ENTERTAINMENT NOTES

Deborah Cox plays stalked singer Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard, opening Today at Memphis’ Orpheum Theatre.
Deborah Cox plays stalked singer Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard, opening Today at Memphis’ Orpheum Theatre.

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Psychic medium John Edward will speak from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Holiday Inn Little Rock Airport Conference Center, 201 Bankhead Drive, Little Rock.

TODAY

Bodyguard onstage

Deborah Cox plays the superstar singer who hires a former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard to protect her from an unknown stalker in The Bodyguard (book adapted by Alexander Dinelaris from Lawrence Kasdan's screenplay for the 1992 Warner Bros. film that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner).

The U.S. national tour production will be onstage 7:30 p.m. Today-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main St., Memphis. Tickets are $25-$125. Call (901) 525-3000 or (901) 743-2787 (ARTS) or visit the website, orpheum-memphis.com.

AUDITIONS

Studio musical

The Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., will hold auditions for the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, book by John Cameron Mitchell), by appointment only, 3-6 p.m. Saturday, with callbacks at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Director Sheridan Posey and music director John Willis will cast one man and one woman (you must be 18 to audition). Prepare 32 measures in the style of the show and provide sheet music for the accompanist; the singing audition will also include a check of vocal range. Some auditioners may be asked to read from the script. Provide a head shot and resume, if you have one.

Make an audition appointment via email: [email protected]. Production dates are Aug. 10-13 and 17-20. Call (501) 374-2615.

EVENTS

Psychic reading

Medium John Edward, author and the former host of TV's Crossing Over With John Edward and John Edward Cross Country, on a countrywide tour of speaking engagements, will offer a two-hour group reading event, including "question and answer sessions and messages from the other side," according to his website (johnedward.net), 7-9 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Holiday Inn Little Rock Airport Conference Center, 201 Bankhead Drive, Little Rock. Doors open at 6. Tickets are $150, which includes a one-year membership to Edward's Evolve group, $225 for VIP (entrance via a special line and a post-event meeting and photograph with Edward). Visit the website for information on Evolve and to buy tickets.

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