"The Bodyguard manages to fall simultaneously into two pretty suspect categories - the screen-to-stage adaptation and the jukebox musical, " write Paul Taylor in The Independent.

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Certainly, putting the orchestra on stage for a rock or jukebox musical is in keeping with the show's sensibility, which tends to be more Hammerstein Ballroom than Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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