Laura Michelle Kelly to Lead GHOST Musical in U.K.?

Baz Bamigboye reports in the U.K. Daily Mail today that a stage musical adapation of the movie Ghost may hit Manchester sometime next spring in anticipation of a West End transfer in the summer of 2011, likely at the Piccadilly Theatre. Bamigboye writes that high on the list of Manchester venues for the out of town tryout is the Opera House of Manchester, where the show would would play for an extended 10 week-or-so run.  So far, producers are reportedly only in discussion-phase. Laura Michelle Kelly is rumored to be in talks to play the female lead ('Molly Jensen') made famous by Demi Moore in the film version.

Matthew Warchus is set to direct the project, which is to be designed by Rob Howell. The show is expected to feature magical illusions. Oscar-winning Ghost screen-writer Bruce Joel Rubin as adapted the screenplay for the stage and has also written the musical's lyrics. Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard composed the score and also contributed to the lyrics.

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Ghost was released on the big screen in 1990 starring the late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg. The film was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker. It was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning for Best Original Screenplay, as well as Best Supporting Actress for Whoopi Goldberg.

Laura Michelle Kelly has appeared in the West End in Beauty and the Beast, Whistle Down The Wind as Swallow (2000), Les Misérables as Eponine at The Palace Theatre (2001), Mamma Mia! as Sophie at Prince Edward Theatre (2002), and My Fair Lady as Eliza at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (2003).[1] She made her Broadway debut in a revival of Fiddler on the Roof as Hodel (2004) and also played the Great White Way as Mary Poppins in the Broadway hit.

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