'We Will Rock You' Musical Takes Stage At Mahaffey

ST. PETERSBURG, FL —Experience the music of one of the greatest all-time bands, Queen, when the Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg stages the rock musical experience, We Will Rock You, Monday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m.

The musical two revolutionaries, Scaramouche and Galileo, as they fight to save rock ‘n roll in a post-apocalyptic world without any musical instruments. They join a small group of societal outcasts, the Bohemians, as they fight to take back the iPlanet from the all-powerful Globalsoft, led by the Killer Queen. They fight for freedom, individuality and the rebirth of rock ‘n roll.

With the release of the Oscar-winning film, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the music of Queen is more popular than ever. In 2002, many of the band's hits were compiled into the rock musical, We Will Rock You, which began a new tour of North American this fall.

While the musical is a quirky, eccentric and heartfelt story of outsiders, it’s also a creative cautionary tale for the cyberage.

It reflects the scale and spectacle that marked Queen’s live performances and earned the band its pinnacle position in rock history.

“Annerin is proud to be able to produce We Will Rock You, and we are obviously lucky with our timing,” said Jeff Parry, president of Annerin Theatricals. “This is a show I have wanted to produce since I first saw it in London. My vision was to be able to produce it in such a way that it plays in soft-seaters as well as cut-down arenas. I thought that Queen’s musical was for everyone, not just the typical Broadway crowd. Therefore, we’re producing it in a way that can accommodate most buildings and audiences that want to experience the music of Queen in a uniquely theatrical manner.”

Since 2002, more than 16 million theater-goers in 19 countries have taken in the production which based on the songs of Queen with a book by Ben Elton (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Popcorn).

The original West End production featured music supervision from Brian May and Roger Taylor and Elton. The futuristic story includes 24 of Queen's biggest hits including “We Are the Champions,” “Radio Ga Ga,” “I Want To Break Free,” “Somebody To Love,” “Killer Queen,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Under Pressure,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Another One Bites The Dust” and, of course, “We Will Rock You.”

The musical will be performed in the 2,031-seat Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater, 400 1st St. S.

Tickets range from $83 to $174 and can be purchased online through Patch promotional partner, Ticket Network.