The reviews for Ghost: The Musical
Terry Teachout (Wall Street Journal): The musical version of Ghost … belongs not on Broadway but in the Smithsonian Institution. Not only would such a transfer free up a valuable piece of real estate, but it might also help historians of the future to understand what went wrong with the Broadway musical in the 21st century.
Elysa Gardner (USA Today): The score … veers from such tunes to hard arena-rock candy, throwing in a few touchy-feely ballads for the grieving Molly. But the lyrics … are more likely to make you laugh than cry. During the aforementioned production number, a ghost croons to Sam, “There’s a tag on your toe now/You’re cold now/You died.”
Charles Isherwood (New York Times): Ghost … may not be the very worst musical ever made from a movie … but it is just as flavorless and lacking in dramatic vitality as many that have come before. … High-tech flourishes lend the show the feel of one of those sensory-bath, movie-inspired rides at the Universal Studios and Disney theme parks. But the thrill is fairly minimal.
Suzy Evans (Back Stage): Exactly what is wrong with Ghost: It’s trying to be something it’s not. Warchus has turned a touching silver-screen love story into an overly flashy showbiz musical that betrays the intimacy of its source. … Because book writer and co-lyricist Bruce Joel Rubin’s scene-for-scene re-creation of his Oscar-winning script matches it almost too perfectly, the cast is essentially asked to mimic the film.