Spirits Rise as Romantic Musical Ghost Opens on Broadway

The Great White Way meets the great beyond on April 23, when supernatural romance Ghost opens at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. London headliners Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman reprise their roles as Molly and Sam, joined by Bryce Pinkham and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Carl Bruner and Oda Mae Brown, respectively. Matthew Warchus directs.

The evening’s star-studded guest list is scheduled to include Martina Mcbride, Simon Fuller, Regis and Joy Philbin,
 Gina Gershon, Lucy Liu, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner,
 Liza Minnelli, David Hyde Pierce, 
Kristin Chenoweth, Christine Lahti, 
Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle, Bobby Cannavale,
 Hope Davis, Nina Arianda, Constantine Maroulis, Debbie Allen, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more.

Ghost, based on the hit 1990 film starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze, follows a young couple, Sam and Molly, who get mugged while walking home to their New York apartment one night. Sam is murdered and becomes trapped in this world as a ghost, unable to leave Molly, whom he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to communicate with Molly from beyond in hopes of protecting her. The musical features a book by Bruce Joel Rubin (adapted from his Oscar-winning screenplay) and a score by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.

Check out Broadway.com’s in-depth look at this stage spectacular here, then head to the Lunt-Fontanne to see the love story on stage!