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News Ghost The Musical Will Play Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, which currently hosts the undead Addams Family clan, will be haunted anew this spring when Ghost The Musical, the London stage production based on the Academy Award-winning film, opens on Broadway April 23, 2012.

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Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman Photo by Sean Ebsworth Barnes

Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin adapted his 1990 screenplay for the stage musical, which has music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard. Rubin also contributed lyrics. The score includes "Unchained Melody," which prominently figures into the film.

Ghost will begin Broadway previews at the Lunt-Fontanne in March 2012. An on-sale ticket date will be announced shortly.

Tony Award-winning director Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests, Boeing-Boeing, La Bête), who staged the high-tech London production, will repeat his work on Broadway along with the original London design team.

No casting has been announced for the New York production. Richard Fleeshman ("Coronation Street," Legally Blonde) and Caissie Levy (Hair, Wicked) created the roles of Sam and Molly, respectively, in London.

Ghost has set and costume design by Rob Howell, choreography by Ashley Wallen with musical supervision and arrangements by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Hugh Vanstone and projection design by Jon Driscoll. Ghost will be produced on Broadway by Colin Ingram Productions Limited and Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Adam Silberman, Land Line Productions, Donovan Mannato, Michael Edwards & Carole Winter in association with Paramount Pictures Corporation and ATG/Robert G. Bartner.

According to producers, "Ghost The Musical is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking 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 original film starred the late Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. Whoopi Goldberg earned the Academy Award for her portrayal of psychic Oda Mae Brown. "Ghost" also earned the Oscar for Best Screenplay.

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Caissie Levy in the London production Photo by Sean Ebsworth Barnes
 
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