Ghost
Bruce Joel Rubin
Ghost
Based on the Academy Award nominated film, Ghost is the latest in a recent run of big screen hits adapted for the stage. 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.
3.3 out of 5 based on 10 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
West End |
| Venue |
Piccadilly Theatre |
| Director |
Matthew Warchus |
| Cast |
Ivan De Freitas, Caissie Levy, Sharon D Clarke, Richard Fleeshman, Andrew Langtree Adebayo Bolaji |
| From |
July 2011 |
| Until |
January 2012 |
| Box Office |
0844 8717627 |
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Based on the Academy Award nominated film, Ghost is the latest in a recent run of big screen hits adapted for the stage. 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.
Reviews
The Stage
Mark Shenton
“It constantly surprises, with layers of genuine feeling and real comedy all kept in constant forward motion, in a show full of plot-driven tension and tenderness”
20/07/2011
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The Daily Telegraph
Charles Spencer
“This may not be a great musical, but it is a highly entertaining one that looks set to keep audiences laughing, gasping and sniffing back tears for a long time to come.”
20/07/2011
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The Times
Dominic Maxwell
“For all the steroidal qualities of Ghost the Musical, it also has wit and heart, and can really, properly dazzle.”
20/07/2011
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The Independent on Sunday
Kate Bassett
“The good news is, the musical proves more impressive than the film... [but] the denouement in Rubin's stage adaptation is even dumber... [Sam] leaves Molly and Oda Mae, surely, facing charges of murder and financial fraud.”
24/07/2011
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The Observer
Susannah Clapp
“Being sad is the true faith: face after face at the Piccadilly is screwed up in distress. Better dead than wed.
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24/07/2011
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The Evening Standard
Henry Hicthings
“The show suffers from following the film too closely. Although its fidelity to the visuals of the original is at times spectacular, the music adds no great poignancy, and its sentimentality feels exaggerated and synthetic.”
20/07/2011
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The Daily Express
Julie Carpenter
“The result is a modern rock musical which remains true to the spirit of the film and rejoices in the sentimental love story - the man next to me was actually sobbing - while the score heightens the emotional intensity”
22/07/2011
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The Financial Times
Ian Shuttleworth
“The show’s moderate success is grounded in setting out not to hit particular targets: not to reproduce the sensations of the film, not to be a massive spectacle in its own right, but to be efficiently evocative of both”
20/07/2011
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The Guardian
Michael Billington
“Warchus masterminds the whole operation with skill. But unlike Matilda, which features members of the same production team, I felt the people were largely secondary to the optical pyrotechnics.”
19/07/2011
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The Independent
Paul Taylor
“You are left with very some hit-and-miss comedy and brilliant visuals and special effects”
20/07/2011
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