Static is heard and Molly gets up to change to station, as she turns the dial Unchained Melody is suddenly heard. Molly in her anger sits down to do some pottery as the radio plays. Shaken, Molly leaves there with the knowledge that the psychic is a fraud and she loses hope, much to Sam's dismay ("Rain/Hold On"). As Molly swears to suspend all disbelief, a drunken Carl wanders the streets trying to convince himself it was not his fault ("Suspend My Disbelief/I Had a Life").Īt the police station, it's revealed that Oda Mae has quite the criminal record. She goes to the police and Carl goes straight to Willie's place where a distraught Sam discovers the truth, in that his murder was at Carl's own error. Molly takes this information to Carl, who tells her that it's crazy, but promises to check it out. Through Oda Mae, Sam tells her that he was set up, murdered, and that she needs to go to the police Oda Mae bails as soon as she hears the word. Eventually, she comes around, and agrees to listen. She gets a visit from Oda Mae, but Molly is hesitant to believe, until Oda Mae starts parroting things that only Sam would know. In the meantime, Molly is grieving and not taking the loss very well ("With You"). By some miracle, she actually hears Sam, and he convinces her to go talk to Molly on his behalf - by singing '10,000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall' obnoxiously, no less. Desperate, Sam then seeks out a psychic, Oda Mae Brown, who seems to be a total fraud ("Are You a Believer?"). He finds out that the man's name is Willie Lopez, and that he'd eventually go back for what he was looking for. Needing to know who he is, Sam pushes himself through the front door with great effort, and follows the man all the way back to his own apartment. Sam manages to spook the man and he flees. When she's alone, the man that killed Sam sneaks in and begins to ransack the place while Molly is upstairs, forcing Sam into a panic that he'll hurt her, too. A trapped Sam struggles to reach out to Molly ("I Can't Breathe").īack at the apartment, Carl helps Molly clear out some of Sam's old things clearly, she's hesitant to let go, totally unbeknownst to the fact that Sam is very close by, unable to move on himself. Instead of moving on, however, Sam becomes a ghost, and he stays behind with Molly instead of following the light unable to leave Molly, he follows her to the hospital, and another ghost explains what he's become ("Ball of Wax"). It goes off and Sam is fatally shot, leaving Molly to cry out for help ("Sam's Murder"). Sam fights back instead of surrendering, and the two struggle for the gun. However, they're soon approached by an armed man that tries to steal Sam's wallet. Molly tells him that she'd still like to hear it every now and again, but his reply reassures her nonetheless. Sam is taken aback and Molly suddenly asks why he never tells her that he loves her ("Three Little Words") he assures Molly that he doesn't say it in so many words because he prefers to say it through his actions. Thanking him, Sam leaves, and meets up with Molly, who later confesses that she wants to marry him. He confides in Carl with his discovery, and his friend not only agrees to keep the findings a secret, but promises to investigate himself, so Sam can keep his date. She starts to say something about it, but soon stops herself, and Sam distracts her with a rendition of "Unchained Melody," leaving her insecurities temporarily forgotten.Īt work, Sam notices some discrepancies with several accounts and is unwilling to let them go, despite the fact that he has a date with Molly that evening ("More"). However, Sam clearly shies away from the word "love", which makes Molly visibly uncomfortable. The three of them seem to be a tight-knit group, with Sam and Molly very much in love. Sam is a banker, Molly a sculptor, and their friend Carl Bruner is introduced as one of Sam's co-workers, come to help them settle in. The musical starts when Sam Wheat and his long-time girlfriend, Molly Jensen, move into a loft apartment in Brooklyn together ("Here Right Now"). 2.6 International Tour (2018) and UK National Tour (2019).A medium, Oda Mae Brown, helps Sam to get in touch with Molly to warn her.
Molly is in danger and Sam cannot leave her. When Sam dies he becomes caught between the real world and the next. The plot centres on lovers Sam and Molly, who are attacked as they are returning to their apartment. It toured the UK in 2013, after the London production closed in October 2012. A Broadway transfer opened in April 2012. Ghost then began its West End premiere in summer 2011, opening on 19 July. Ghost: The Musical is a musical with book and lyrics by Bruce Joel Rubin and music and lyrics by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.īased on the hit 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film of the same name, the musical had its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House in Manchester in March 2011. 14 March 2011 ( ): Manchester Opera House