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Mortal Kombat: Live Tour was a martial art theatrical stage show featuring Mortal Kombat characters, sound, and laser light effects on stage. The plot was based on three fighters rescuing their friends and retrieving a magic amulet from the master of Outworld, Shao Kahn in order to save the earth.

[edit] Show summary

The show debuted at Radio City Music Hall in New York on September 14, 1995, followed by a 200 city road trip into 1996. The show replicated Mortal Kombat martial arts and video game moves on stage mixed with dancing and music. Lip synching were pre-recorded and used to demonstrate the official MK sound effects, though there was no dismemberment, decapitation, or Fatalities visible in the show. The audience participated by yelling "Run!" or "Kick him!" as part of the live action.

[edit] Characters

Publicity photo of the Live Tour cast

The following Mortal Kombat characters appear in the show.

Baraka #1 — Ryan Watson
Baraka #2 — Allen Sandoval
Jax #1 — Hakim Alston
Jax #2 — Shah Alston
Jax #3 — Tyrone C. Wiggins
Johnny Cage #1 — Jeff Durbin
Johnny Cage #2 — Brad Halstead
Johnny Cage #3 — Ted Nordblum
Kabal — Tracy Fleming
Kano — Joseph "Eddie" Acavedo
King Baraka — Percy Brown
Kitana #1 — Jennifer DeCosta
Kitana #2 — Lexi Alexander (credited as Lexi Mirai) ^[1] ^[2]
Liu Kang #1 — Carmichael Simon
Liu Kang #2 — Jon Valera
Liu Kang #3 — Allen Sandoval
Liu Kang #4 — Michael Li
Mileena — Jennifer DeCosta
Raiden — Garth Johnson
Scorpion #1 — Anthony Demarco
Scorpion #2 — Darius Wahrhaftig
Scorpion #3 — Drew MacIver
Shang Tsung #1 — Sidney S. Liufau
Shang Tsung #2 — James Kim
Shang Tsung #3 — Simon Kim
Shang Tsung #4 — Michael Li
Shang Tsung #5 — Jimim Kim
Shang Tsung #6 — Drew MacIver
Shao Kahn #1 — Jeffrey D. Haris
Shao Kahn #2 — Ted Nordblum
Sindel #1 — Eileen Weisinger
Sindel #2 — June Castro
Sonya #1 — Kerri Hoskins
Sonya #2 — Cathleen Ann Gardner
Sub Zero #1 — Ryan Watson
Sub Zero #2 — Darius Wahrhaftig
Sub Zero #3 — Drew MacIver

[edit] Additional cast members

Rodney J. Carreon
Karen Kobayashi
Bobby Liu
Pawl Wawszczk
Mark Chemeleski
Chante Hardesty
Rodney T. Knight
Mike Roberts
Ming Tran
Paul Perris

[edit] Staff

Writer — Drew MacIver
Director — Drew MacIver
Producer — Lawrence Kasanoff
Fight Coordinators — Pat E. Johnson
Fight Coordinators — Garth Johnson
Fight Coordinators — Barbara Bernhardt
Fight Coordinators — Tracy Fleming
Fight Coordinators — Drew MacIver
Fight Coordinators — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

[edit] Production Notes

As part of the show, the actors instructed the audience to buy Mortal Kombat amulets at the concession stand to save the earth. However, the tour merchandising team failed to actually manufacture the amulets.^{[citation needed]}
Joseph Acavedo (Kano) did not speak English at the time of the tour's run.^{[citation needed]}
Hakim Alston (Jax) played an Outworld warrior who was defeated by Liu Kang (Robin Shou) in the original MK movie a year earlier.
Fight Coordinator Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa also appeared in the movie as Shang Tsung.
the lasers were produced by Laser Fantasy International of Seattle and operated by Dave Haskell and Chris Thornberry. A medium frame Spectra Physics and a 40 watt laser scope were used along with a custom fiber system for these effects.

[edit] References

[0] Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour (1996) (V)

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