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Ghost the Musical to Open in 2011
| Ghost the Musical will receive its world premiere in 2011 at the Manchester Opera House, opening for a limited 7 week season from 28 March to 14 May, prior to a West End transfer. The Piccadilly Theatre, where Grease is currently in its third year, is rumoured to be a possible venue. |
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Eurythmics Star’s Musical Debut Based on the Oscar winning film Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost the Musical marks the West End musical writing debut of Eurythmics star Dave Stewart who is writing the music and lyrics with Grammy Award winning songwriter Glen Ballard, whose credits include Alanis Morrissette’s album Jagged Little Pill. Ghost screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin is understood to have adapted his original Oscar-Winning screenplay for the stage. Matthew Warchus will direct the new production, with design by Rob Howell (the pair previously worked together on the spectacular musical version of The Lord of the Rings). |
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Swayze's Iconic Love SceneWalking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam murdered on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her. The film's iconic love scene, with Patrick Swayze (Sam) and Demi Moore (Molly) at a potter's wheel, was famously performed to The Righteous Brother's Unchained Melody. No casting has yet been confirmed, though English actress Laura Michelle Kelly, currently starring on Broadway in Mary Poppins, has taken part in a couple of Ghost workshops |
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