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Is the 'Ghost' musical a scary idea for Broadway?

Patrick Swayze fans: if the idea of a "Dirty Dancing" remake had your shorts in a twist, then brace yourself for this one. "Ghost the Musical" is headed for Broadway this spring, the New York Times reports.Yes, the supernatural romance brought to life by Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg is coming to the Great White Way after the musical adaptation's recent successful run in London. Matthew W
Demi Moore, left, and Patrick Swayze in a scene from \"Ghost.\"
Demi Moore, left, and Patrick Swayze in a scene from \"Ghost.\"Paramount via AP / Today

Patrick Swayze fans: if the idea of a "Dirty Dancing" remake had your shorts in a twist, then brace yourself for this one. "Ghost the Musical" is headed for Broadway this spring, the New York Times reports.

Yes, the supernatural romance brought to life by Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg is coming to the Great White Way after the musical adaptation's recent successful run in London. Matthew Warchus, the Tony Award-winning director of "God of Carnage" is going to direct the spring show (he also directed the show in London) but even in those capable hands, I have a very difficult time imagining the film that shaped my summer of 1990 working on Broadway (not to mention, without the help of movie magic JUST HOW will Molly and Sam get all that clay off each other before their post-pottery heavy petting session begins?)

That said, if tickets fell in my lap, I'd probably go to see how they managed to put a musical version of the film together. What do you think? Sound like a good idea?

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