GHOST the Musical - any info?

[BtMartin25]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 1:26am

Greetings all! I'm a college Musical Theatre major and for our Musical Theatre History and Script Analysis class we all drew out a slip with a brand new work on it and have to research as much information as possible on this new musical.

I, of course, drew "GHOST The Musical" which opens in London in 2010... and was wondering if anyone has any information they could give me? I have been to the website which hasn't done much. Any demo recordings? Casting announcements? Scenic Designs?

Any personal contacts with cast or production team?

Thank you in advance!
-Brian

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 2:00am

Word is Laura Michelle Kelly is attached.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 2:12am

Playbill.com: Warchus to Direct GHOST Musical

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:50am

Seeing how this is a RESEARCH project...may I introduce you to GOOGLE? Gads of hits to be read.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 6:41am

Its due to have a try out out of town (rare for the UK) and the Manchester Palace Theatre (where i work)

[BtMartin25]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 2:28pm

of course I've already googled it. But there are many things that would be missed without the devoted fans of Broadway and the West End. Soch as songanddanceman2's comment! Thanks

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:48pm

If it doesn't include "Unchained Melody," I'm not going. (It's an iconic moment, same as "You Don't Own Me" from First Wives Club or the Motown score to Sister Act, and look at how both shows fared without those elements on American shores. Not very well. I suspect the latter only did well in the UK because it was not such a big hit or considered sacrosanct there.)

[BwayBuff2]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:00pm

I think Sister Act the Musical WILL be a smash hit when it comes to Broadway next year. The show has made drastic changes (for the better) since premiering here in the US.

[AnythingGoes2]

Posted: 9/29/09 at 11:04am

It shouldn't have gone the Palladium in the UK. The venue is way too big.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 9/29/09 at 2:23pm

@ BwayBuff2: I think everybody who ignores just how linked the story is to that Motown score in the film is severely overestimating the average out-of-town tourist audience's sentimentality. They did in Pasadena, and they did in Atlanta. In the UK, the film's not such a classic (granted, it's not any kind of true classic here either, but it was a bigger hit and much more highly regarded) that it was considered off-limits to change. But in the US, I think regardless of any changes for the better, it will meet with the same response it has thus far.