Ghost to Take Up Residence at West End's Piccadilly Theatre

Ghost, the new musical based on the hit film, has found a London home at the Piccadilly Theatre. The show will begin previews June 22, 2011, with an official opening July 19. Ghost will replace the revival of Grease that is closing at the Piccadilly on April 30, 2011.

As previously announced, Ghost will feature music and lyrics by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics fame and Glen Ballard. Bruce Joel Rubin is adapting his Oscar-winning screenplay for the stage as well as writing lyrics. Matthew Warchus, who won a Tony Award for helming God of Carnage and is the driving force behind the upcoming Broadway revival of La Bête, is set to direct. Sharon D. Clarke will play the medium Oda Mae Brown (the Whoopi Goldberg role). No other casting has been announced.

Ghost is based on the 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Goldberg. Walking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, and Sam is murdered on a dark street. He is trapped in this world as a ghost, 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 film was nominated for an Academy Award, but it is perhaps best remembered for one of the most iconic love scenes of the '90s, featurings Swayze, Moore, a potter’s wheel and The Righteous Brothers’ song "Unchained Melody."