YEE: Ghost The Musical

I’ve been majorly slacking in writing reviews!
This was such a great night! I love going to Broadway shows and I love Unilocal events so this was two awesome worlds colliding! I was SO stoked that we were given TWO soundtracks on our way in from Ryan C!
And one can never have too many Unilocal mints. Truth.
Thank you Ryan C. for this great night and for getting us tickets to a great show! What a treat!

YEE: Ghost the Musical
Overall
5 Stars
Gold medal — Free CD
Silver medal — Great seats
Bronze medal — Great elite perk
Thank you Ryan! Another great event. The OC events have been really fun and a great variety since Ryan has taken over :) Thank you for the tickets and the CD. The seats were comfortable and had a great view of the show. What a great perk for being a elite. The show was really fun. It was surprisingly good with great special effects and even some magic for the ghost parts.
Happy Unilocal Eliting!

What a nice date at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts! I had never seen the movie Ghost and enjoyed the musical’s story. It was very intriguing and I liked the connection Sam had with the «fake psychic» Oda Mae. All of this made me want to see the original movie; the story must be good.
The actor/​singer playing Sam had a great voice and I liked hearing him sing Unchained Melody. The ensemble was great, too. We had the chance to take a picture at a pottery wheel which was fun. Thank you to Ryan C and the Segerstrom Center for a night of fun. I enjoyed it.

Turning the movie Ghost into a live theater production, I was curious. How were they going to get all those special effects in there? How was it going to all work?
And as the curtains raised, I sat and watched an amazing performance, with the «special effects» done so well, I could only sit and contemplate if some real wizardry was going on! Walking through walls, passing their hand through an object. Do my eyes deceive me?! Well, needless to say, from where I was sitting, they did a very good job.
As for the theater itself, I love it. I always worry about seating at theaters. I stand at exactly 5 feet, so I tend to worry that someone very tall will sit in front of me, and my viewing experience will inevitably be ruined. But not here. The seats are great for viewing, theater style at its finest. Definitely helped that Unilocal provided us with some great seats for the show.
I loved the movie (yes, I’m old enough to have seen and remembered the movie — believe it or not, I was actually asked that), and really liked this theater adaptation of it. Thanks Unilocal and Ryan C. for the opportunity to see such a great show, and in addition the soundtrack which I’ll for sure be bumping in my car.

Stellar YEE! Not only did we get to see the musical courtesy of Unilocal,but we got a complimentary copy of the musical soundtrack — for both Elites and their +1’s — and a coupon code for their friends to get tickets at 30% off! As usual, Ryan C. put together an exceptional Elite event!
Check-​in was on-​time and smooth. The venue, Segerstrom Performing Arts Center, was gorgeous as usual, and we scored some pretty good seats in the Orchestra level, Row S. This was a really good adaptation of the original movie. The best part were the special effects and staging, especially during the subway train sequence. The acting was good and in general, the singing was pretty good too. There were one too many songs in this musical IMO, but hey, that is what a musical is supposed to be!
I got to meet fellow Elite Unilocaler, Steven T. in the flesh and see old and familiar faces.
Thanks for a great theater event, Ryan!

«Oh, my love, my darling.
I’ve hungered for, your touch.»
A night out at the theatre, courtesy of Unilocal!
Being a big fan of the movie, I couldn’t wait to see Ghost The Musical. I was a young buck when I first saw the flick back in the day, and I remember shedding a tear or 10 at the end. Would the waterworks open up this night? We shall see…
Upon check-​in, Elites & their +1’s received complimentary cast recordings of Ghost the Musical, along with a 30% off coupon for tickets. Not bad at all!
We had great seats, off center right in Row S, seats 21 & 22. Great view of the stage.
The star the show, of course, was Carla R. Stewart, who played «Oda Mae Brown», the role Whoopi Goldberg won the Oscar for. Her comedic timing & emotional outbursts were fun to be spectacle of. Steven Grant Douglas had some resemblance to the late Patrick Swayze as Sam. Katie Postotnik, as Molly, had no resemblance to Demi Moore. Which is good! I’m not much of a Demi Moore fan ;p
Brandon Curry, the Subway Ghost, was hard to understand. His character shouted over & over, with loud guitar riffs piping through the speakers.
The «Ghost» special effects were pretty well done, considering everything had to be mobile. The settings were mainly Sam & Molly’s apartment, the bank, the subway & Italian restaurant.
One thing that was a major buzzkill were the several times the blaring spotlights were shone into the audience. I have chronic dry eye as is, a side effect of my bone marrow transplants, so I don’t need another thing irritating them. However, that was only a minor inconvenience to an entertaining evening, enjoying a wonderful musical.
I can triumphantly say, no tears from me. But, I heard Kevin B. bawling like a baby ;p I missed a photo-​op with the clay table that others took pics of. The show was so long, I was ready to call it night.
*Philosophical Note* If someone wronged you in life, even being an accessory to your death, getting the chance & using the opportunity to torment the source of your pain for vengeance, as Sam did to Carl, would «heaven» approve of your actions? I don’t know…
Thanks, Ryan, for letting me have the chance to get cultured, watching Ghost The Musical at the Segerstrom! You’re a great CM & I’m glad I could attend!
Excelsior!

I always love seeing plays and musicals at the Segerstrom Center and Ghost the Musical was no exception. I was so happy that I was able to bring my dad with me as my guest to this event! Unilocal provided us with wonderful Orchestra level seats, which I was not expecting. We had a perfect view of the center of the stage. I had never seen the movie, but the play kept me captivated throughout. They really put on a great production with a lot of technical work and special effects such as bright flashy lighting and ghostly visuals. The Segerstrom Center is in my opinion the best place to see a play in OC without having to go all the way to LA. THANK YOU to Ryan C for working hard as always to bring us the best events, and to the Segerstrom Center for their generosity in providing us not only with the tickets, but 2 soundtrack CDs of the songs from the musical, recorded by the original cast. This production of Ghost is now one of my favorite musicals.

Ryan C. is the rocking-​est Unilocal CM ever. This is yet another feather in his cap.
Got great Orchestra seats, left stage for this Unilocal E. + 1 event. Got two copies of the musical score (one to keep and one to share!)
Shout out to new Unilocal friends; Tiffany C & Izza.
Easy parking (pre –paid at the entry), easy access back to the 405 freeway.
Quite spacious venue, comfortable seats, enough leg room for patrons to walk by without being «inappropriate».

So I didn’t go with Unilocal,but I did buy tickets to see Ghost The Musical at Segerstrom on opening night 7÷29÷2014 and I just needed to share that it was AMAZING!
I didn’t expect it to be so great. Highly recommended!!! The special effects were magnificent. The acting and singing was fantastic. Storyline was superb. My favorite part? Oda Mae Brown (the psychic lady) was absolutely spot on and entertaining.

THEATRE NERDS, PARTY OF TWO!
Why, that’s us! My wife and I grew up doing theatre, went to school to study it, and now work in the field so getting to combine my Unilocaliness with my passion in life — that’s a sure bet!
Say, what? They made that movie into a musical? Yes, yes they did.
Now, is this the best musical I’ve ever seen? No. No, it certainly is not. But a free ticket and a free soundtrack! Super fun night, baby!
OK, so we parked — ten bucks in a neighboring lot — or you can risk fines or whatever by parking at South Coast Plaza a couple of blocks away. But we show up, check in, shake Mr. Ryan C.‘s hand, and we’re off to the lobby.
SCFTA is lovely — the lobby is spacious and there are always exhibits to check out prior to heading to your seat. We noted a «Theatre 101» kind of display — learn about tech theatre stuff! Yay! And we saw a great LEGO display — but the coolest exhibit… the photo booth where you can recreate the iconic pottery scene from the movie Ghost. We did — my wife and I — and we put our own sort of spin on it.
Off to our seats in Row L. We hopped over the laps of several other Unilocalers, silenced our cell phones, and were off into the realm of mystical New York City… oooohhhh!
OK, so Ghost The Musical has some flaws… yeah. For one, the sound mix was a bit off — or he actors were a bit lazy-​tongued… or both. I had trouble understanding them when they sang. There are some beautiful songs in this show — not all of them are great — but there are certainly a few I’ll be singing along to in the car now that I’ve got my own soundtrack! Woot!
Oda Mae is so dang funny — she kept us engaged in the story… the story which is pretty good… but it doesn’t transition especially well from drama to song like some other musicals. It’s sort of like, wait, why are you singing and dancing now?
And the dancing… it sort of comes out of nowhere. I felt that it could have been toned down a bit.
Now, this show got nominated for three Tonys in 2012. Two were for design… lighting and scenic. And it shows.
The set pieces are wonderful, interactive, flowing pieces that never distract and function well. The lighting is beautiful and the two combine — along with some projections and LED screens to create some awesome effects. The subway, amirite, you guys? And the whole — going through the door thing? You know what I mean if you saw it. Also, note that there is a magician credited in the program… I’m sure that person’s responsible for the body switches and flying props and the like. Super cool stuff!
Overall, I can’t complain about a free ticket to a national touring show — I love to get out to the theatre any chance I get. SCFTA is a great place to go — and Unilocal is rockin’ it with these Elite events lately! Thumbs up!

I love a good night out at the theater so i was so happy to see this YEE pop up on the calendar! Thanks Ryan C, Unilocal OC, and Segerstrom for these awesome opportunities to keep us Unilocalers cultured haha… added perk was a free copy of the soundtrack upon check-​in and couple that with great Orchestra Tier seats — this made for a lovely mid-​week date night :)
The musical itself was better than i expected and i think it kept to the movie story line pretty well. loved some of the cool special effects and none of the scenes were overly cheesey… i do have to admit that i was expecting more of the iconic pottery scene. it was so short and anti-​climatic haha. Still overall definitely no complaints at all and i was thoroughly entertained the whole time.
Special shout out to Justin B. for being a trooper and accompanying me to this musical! I know this wasn’t your first choice on how to spend your evening so it’s greatly appreciated :)

When I think of Ghost, I always refer back to the iconic scene involving the clay spinning wheel. Luckily, Family Guy ruined that image for me and I always imagine Peter Griffin running in with a ghost buster vacuum and sucking up Patrick Swayze.
Can you imagine how awesome a Ghost buster musical would be?
So first off, tip of the hat to Ryan and the Segestrom for not only hooking us up with seats to the beautiful theater but also giving us 2 copies of the soundtrack. It is always a pleasure to be in the awesome Segestrom theater where every seat is a great seat due to the elevation of the rows.
As for the musical itself, I’m not a huge fan of most movie adaptations into musicals because it takes away from the dialogue and oftentimes the musical pieces just get repetitive. Furthermore, I think the musical was actually longer than the film. However, some of the best scenes are the fortune teller scene and the fight in the subway with the matrix stunts.
Overall, the musical wasn’t my favorite but the theater experience is always amazing!
So when you see a ghost, who you gonna call?!
WHOOPI GOLDBERG!

Never would have come to this musical if not for the event. Yes, I’ve been to other productions here, but Ghost (1990)?? But my skepticism turned to deep appreciation after the intermission, and I’ve already told all of my Facebook friends they should check this out at the Segerstrom CFTA.
We were particularly impressed by the technical work on the subway fight scenes. And, of course, Oda Mae. The performance transcended the initial cynicism I had about the typecast role. Thanks to all involved!

Thank you, Ryan! This is awesome event. I LOVE musical and this event definitely is one of the best! Besides all the Unilocal cute pins and mints, we even have free CDs this time! It’s so awesome!
And the musical is pretty fancy with the multi media effect, adapt the movie scenes well to the stage. I won’t say the music and song impressed me, but it’s fun moments are still winning audience laughs.

Thank you so much Ryan for the tickets to see this show. It was my first real Unilocal event and I’m impressed by how well it’s organized. Great seats to the show and received 2 copies of the soundtrack.
The show had really cool special effects, which I’ve not seen in musicals before. Really creative. Oda Mae totally stole the show and the subway scenes were awesome. Overall though, the musical was way too corny. Not a fan of this musical, but still an interesting experience as I was really curious how they’d pull this movie off as a musical.
Thanks Unilocal & Ryan!

I was originally waitlisted for this event but I was so happy to find out that I was in on the day of. Thanks to Unilocal,Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and Ryan C. for treating some Unilocalers to a musical. I’ve seen Ghost, the movie, but I didn’t know they made a musical. It follows the story in the movie for the most part and fills in with some neat dance routines and songs. Unchained Melody is featured throughout and the cast is great. My favorite scene is the iconic pottery wheel scene but of course they do their spin on it.
I do feel that the sound could use some work since at times I could hear the cast and sometimes I couldn’t. Maybe it was where I was sitting but maybe not. The acoustics in Segerstrom Hall are kind of weird. I’ve been to older theaters with better acoustics but this one is nice because it is closer to home. Each Unilocaler and their guest walked away with a copy of the Ghost the Musical soundtrack CD. They also gave us a code (LOCALE) for 30% off Ghost tickets should we know anyone that wanted to attend a show.

This is why I really enjoy being part of the Unilocal Elite Squad, awesome Elite event and theater tickets baby!
I’ve been to the Segerstrom Center many times and it’s a great venue for so many different types of shows, musicals, etc. I really enjoyed the movie Ghost, so when this event came up I wasted no time clicking that RSVP button!
When I arrive and check in, Ryan hands me two tickets and two CD sound tracks from the show, nice!
We find our awesome seats on the first level (row U — right of center) and the theater fills pretty quickly.
The show starts and we’re off! Pretty good show, but far from perfect. I have to agree with Kevin N. Successful movies that are made into musicals don’t always work. This one mostly worked, though a few of the song /​dance numbers seemed really out of place and just added to the length of the show (it was 3 hours)! On the up side, some of the effects were really well done and the humor added by the «Oda Mae Brown» character made the show a lot more entertaining! So funny! The 2^nd half seemed to flow a lot better than the first as well.
Now a quick rant for the shows director or lighting director: What the HELL is with BLINDING everyone in the audience by shining those really bright lights in our eyes SO MANY TIMES during the performance??? I can understand the one specific times/​scenes, but all the other times were completely unnecessary and really, really annoying! (grumble grumble grumble) OK, rant over.
OK now I’m about to confess something to the ENTIRE Unilocal WORLD and beyond here, something most guys would never, EVER admit to, but I’m about to. Are you ready? You sitting down with your seatbelts on? Damn the torpedos, ’cause here I go! At the end of the original movie, tears flowed from my eyes like someone turned on the faucet. Surprisingly, at this end of this musical version, tears flowed again! So there you go, I admitted it! I’m a manly man and you’d better not say otherwise! Ya got a problem with that? Well do ya buddy??? Yeah I didn’t think so! :-)
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the staff at the Segerstrom, Mr zombie food himself, Ryan C and Unilocal for this opportunity to see Ghost The Musical!

GREAT show in a beautiful theater! & we even got free soundtracks so we can relive the moments on our own. You can bet that I played it in my car on the way home! Such a cute and funny love story. Thanks Ryan for organizing this event!

Great theatrical adaptation of the classic Ghost movie! They definitely kicked it up a notch with the special effects in this one! If you’ve seen the original movie you know what the story line is about. Although the show did start off abit on the slow side the second act and Oda Mae Brown’s well timed comic relief and every kept us engaged.
Thanks again to Unilocal and Ryan for organizing another great YEE! Gotta love the copies of the soundtrack for my guest and I too! Definitely another great night hanging out with fellow Unilocalers and meeting some new ones!

Ryan does it again.
I haven’t been to a live theater show in a long time, and I forgot how much fun they can be.
Ryan hooked us up with great seats and even a free copy of the soundtrack, as well as a discount code to allow friends to buy tickets for 30% off. Wow. Way more than I was expecting.
We also got to sit next to other Unilocalers and meet some great Elites that I hadn’t met before.
Just another awesome night being an OC Unilocaler!