Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that the new Broadway and West End musical GHOST THE MUSICAL will play Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph) from Jan. 7 - 19, 2014. Relive the iconic and magical moments from the Oscar-winning movie Ghost in a brand-new Broadway musical. Ghost The Musical breathes glorious new life into a timeless love story.
Ghost The Musical is directed by Tony Award-winner
Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests, Boeing-Boeing) and created by a team of Grammy and Academy Award-winners, including an original score by
Dave Stewart (half of the multi-Grammy Award-winning Eurythmics) and
Glen Ballard (
Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror,
Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill). GHOST THE MUSICAL features a book by
Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Jacob's Ladder, The Time Traveler's Wife) who has adapted his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for the stage. This brand new score also includes the iconic song "Unchained Melody," famously performed in the film by The Righteous Brothers.
Set in modern day New York City, GHOST THE MUSICAL is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one night after a romantic dinner, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam dead 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, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hopes of saving and protecting her.
GHOST The Musical has been enjoyed by over 500,000 people worldwide and has been nominated for numerous awards including five Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards. The Associated Press callsGHOST The Musical "Eye-poppingly brilliant" while Variety assures the audience will experience "A limitless array of dazzling effects." Newsday promises that GHOST The Musical is "Unlike anything seen on stage before" and the Daily Telegraph says that GHOST The Musical "Will keep you gasping!"
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film in 1990, Ghost became a blockbuster hit and an instant classic, winning numerous awards worldwide. The film starred
Patrick Swayze,
Demi Moore,
Tony Goldwyn and
Whoopi Goldberg and was directed by
Jerry Zucker.
Bruce Joel Rubin's script won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and
Whoopi Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of psychic
Oda Mae Brown.
GHOST THE MUSICAL is part of the Broadway In Chicago 2014 Spring Season. Group tickets for 10 or more are now on sale by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at
(312) 977-1710. Individual tickets for GHOST THE MUSICAL will go on sale at a later date. For more information, visit
www.BroadwayInChicago.com or
www.ghostthemusical.com.
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