Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Cleveland in 2024. "He was very much putting the attention on me in a very humble way. Back to the Future: the Musical Officially Opens on Broadway Back to the Future: The Musical is playing now at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. after playing the role on the National Tour and starred as Katherine in DisneysNewsieson Broadway. Sends the crowd out on a massive high. Have the characters wink toward our dystopian present, which is dominated by tech nerds who love sci-fi stories just like Back to the Future. 2 hours and 40 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission. But its all about the car anyway. The audience, meanwhile, takes its own even longer journey back from 2023 to 1985. The DeLorean takes off and flies over the audience, and into the future, as the curtain closes ("Finale"). | His latest book is Shy, with and about the composer Mary Rodgers. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Everything you need to know about the Seattle Bumbershoot The production has the same creative team as the original West End production. While planning to use a wire running from the clocktower to send the lightning to the DeLorean, Doc looks to the scientists throughout history, longing to be famous while noting of those who fail to fulfil their goals despite their best efforts ("For the Dreamers"). The musical is inspired by the legacy of rock-and-roll guitarist Ritchie Valens. They can smell when people aren't having a good time and or that we're just faking or phoning it in," Bart says. In Running time: 2 hours 35 minutes. Right before he left, I realized I hadn't asked him the question I wanted to ask him. [12] Bob Gale later recalled that those creative differences were over whether the character Biff should sing: "[Lloyd] thought that a villain would be more villainous if he didn't sing. The ensemble includes Merritt David Janes( Strickland), Mikaela Secada (Jennifer Parker), Amber Ardolino, Will Branner, Victoria Byrd, Brendon Chan, Kevin Curtis, Nick Drake, Samuel Gerber, Marc Heitzman, Kimberly Immanuel, Joshua Kenneth Allen Johnson, Hannah Kevitt, JJ Niemann, Becca Petersen, Emma Pittman, Jonalyn Saxer, Blakely Slaybaugh, Gabi Stapula, and Daryl Tofa. TV/Film: HBOsThe Undoing, Ghosts of Christmas Always(Hallmark),STAG(independent feature film). The production received positive reviews in London and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2022. $40 each, limit 2 tickets per person, subject to availability. Its plot is necessarily complex and its characters compensatorily flat instead of, preferably for a musical, the other way around. There are a few mild edits: Doc, instead of being attacked by a group of Libyan terrorists, now suffers from radiation poisoning, and Martys 1985 girlfriend, Jennifer (Mikaela Secada), is still absent from most of the story but joins in to sing across-the-decades harmony for a duet in the second act. | Aside form Bart, Olivier Award nominee Hugh Coles will also return to the show from the West End production, once again playing George McFly. Fox, who famously [43] Frank Rizzo of Variety wrote, "with the frequent breaking of the fourth wall and the milking of some meta moments, you wonder what exactly the shows aiming to be: a self-aware joke for fans or a thrill ride with sincerity". The musical incorporates not just The Power of Love and Johnny B. Goode but the distinctive horn fanfares from Silvestris soundtrack, which pop up as underscoring onstage. With Back to the Future already selling great in Gotham, only time and the box office will reveal the musicals Broadway future. The shoot-out with the Libyans is replaced by a plutonium mishap, and the dog is gone, too. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, More 'Back to the Future' Stars Reunite at Gala for Broadway Musical, A Look Back at Michael J. Hackmanns past favorite roles include both Gaston and the Beast inDisneys Beauty and the Beast, and Quasimodo inDisneys Hunchback of Notre Dame,and many of Frank Wildhorns and Stephen Sondheims antagonists. Knowing music will be needed for George and Lorraine to kiss, Marty volunteers to play guitar instead. August 22, 2023, By All rights reserved. Sometimes looking at the past with fresh eyes can lead to a new road forward, but with Back to the Future, time just stands still. However, upon arrival, the car shuts down before Marty can keep driving to the hospital to save Doc. The Playbill favorite is taking his autobiographical cabaret show on the road following the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. "To paraphrase Marty McFly, you guys are ready for this, and your kids are gonna love it (too)!" How will that work? On Marvin's request for another song, Marty performs "Johnny B. Goode", but his guitar solo stuns the crowd. His other big song, For the Dreamers, is a straightforward celebration of inventors. WebBased on the 1985 Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, Back to the Future: the Musical has a book by Bob Gale and new music and lyrics by Emmy and Grammy Gale said in a statement. [6], At a 2004 DeLorean convention, Bob Gale said that he was interested to adapt Back to the Future for Broadway. [34] The announcement was accompanied by the release of Olly Dobson's rendition of "Back in Time", which was featured in the first film and its soundtrack, in addition to the original track "Put Your Mind to It". Earlier this month, Fox and Lloyd reunited 37 years after the film's premiere for a special Comic-Con panel. That fidelity ties down the actors, who each have to deliver a performance really close to someone elses. The movies two hours were barely enough to tell the story; to tell it in about two-and-a-half, while leaving room for those 17 new songs, everything else has been cut to the bone, with no room for subtlety, let alone expressivity. August 22, 2023, By 1 Hit, 37 TV Shows We Cant Wait to See This Fall, The WGA and AMPTP Are Meeting Again This Week. Roads? Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Michael J. RELATED GALLERY: The Cast of Back to the Future: Where Are They Now? by Finn Ross, choreography by Chris Bailey, musical supervision and Last September, Gale told Digital Spy that Back to the Future: The Musical is the closest fans will get to another sequel in the franchise. The production, based on the 1985 film hit that spun off two sequels, arrives with a flourish: LED lights flashing, sound system blaring and special effects blazing. 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Events of the Week: Back to the Future: The Musical, Ping Pong 4 ", Gale added, "Regardless of whether you've seen the original film, Back to the Future: The Musical, with its outstanding performances and incredible stagecraft, will delight and enthrall you, your kids, your parents, and everyone you know! August 22, 2023, By Quinn, Grace Swaby-Moore, and Alexandra Wright, joining Sia Dauda, Dylan As George escorts a grateful Lorraine to the dance, singer Marvin Berry and his band, on a smoke break, free Marty from the dumpster but Marvin's fingers are accidentally clamped by the closing lid. 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Giving it added propulsion is not a new musical number but rather the films rousing underscoring by Alan Silvestri who, with Glen Ballard, wrote the musicals so-so new songs. Sign up for reopening news, announcements, and exclusive discounts on tickets to your favorite shows! When the ledge under Doc crumbles, thats a screen too. Back to the Future: The Musical is at the Winter Garden Theatre. It doesnt. 336. On Friday, producers for the musical stage adaptation of the beloved 1985 film announced that the show which premiered in the West End in 2021 and went on to win the 2022 Olivier Award for best new musical will tread the boards this summer, with performances beginning at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on June 30, 2023, ahead of an Aug. 3 opening. Jesse Green is the chief theater critic for The Times. Tony winner Roger Bart will reprise his role in the musical as Doc Brown, the time-machine inventor immortalized on screen by comedic favorite Christopher Lloyd. The brand-extension musical is a tough genre to game, demanding something new for newcomers yet fidelity for fans. The award-winning new musical based on Robert Zemeckis' hit 1985 movie arrives on Broadway. Tannen, Lee Ormsby as Strickland, Rhodri Watkins as Dave McFly, Patricia Touring venues, however, may be more welcoming, with less demanding audiences looking for the comfort of familiar titles and the promise of spectacle. sag under the weight of expectations. Tuesday marked Back to the Future: The Musicals gala performance, celebrating its arrival on Broadway and benefiting the Michael J. Joining the previously announced cast is The Devil Wears Prada musical star Liana Hunt as Lorraine, Ain't Too Proud's Jelani Remy as Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry, and Les Miserables' Nathaniel Hackmann as Biff Tannen. Back to the Future: The Musical - citytheatrical.com Thank you for subscribing and supporting our journalism. Fox, who famously originated the role. [14] During the delay several others left the original creative team, including Soutra Gilmour as scenic designer[15] and Jon Clark as lighting designer.[15][16][17][18]. Rihanna and A$AP Rockys Latest Collaboration Is Here, 29 Plays and Musicals We Cant Wait to See This Fall. Experience this high-voltage comedy as the iconic story is adapted for the stage by the movies creators Bob Gale (Back to the Future trilogy) and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) and is directed by the Tony Award-winning John Rando. Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted into the theatre. Bachelor in Paradise: Four Former Bachelorettes Arrive on the Beach in Raunchy Season 9 Trailer (Watch), Charles Martinet Retires From Voicing Mario: You Are All Numba One in My Heart, Drew Barrymore Exits Event After Fan Rushes Stage and Says You Know Who I Am, I Need to See You. When Marty's band audition is rejected ("Got No Future"), Marty's girlfriend, Jennifer Parker, comforts him ("Wherever We're Going") but they are interrupted by fundraisers for the restoration of the town's clock tower, which was damaged by lightning in 1955. Additional songs from the film including "Johnny B. Goode" and the Huey Lewis hit "The Power of Love" will also be included. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. Fox 'kind of means more to me than just his performance' as Marty McFly in the 1985 classic 'Back to the Future'. Here are 10 films that use music in inventive ways that help one He has also appeared with Virginia Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Theater Saint Louis, San Francisco Lyric Opera, and others. The whole plot is defensive about the hetero nuclear family; Marty has to make sure his parents get back together, and his plan involves making his dad more masculine and violent. Some of the key figures in front of and behind the camera explained how it happened. to support our journalism and get unlimited access to our coverage. This password will be used to sign into all, a Vulture critic covering theater, film, and TV, A Back to the Future Musical Is Coming to London, That Right-Wing Folk Song Is Now a No. Back To The Future | Playhouse Square Lorraine Baines, Jay Perry as Goldie Wilson, Jordan Pearson as Biff The production is directed by Tony winner John Rando with set and Because the incident-filled plot needs to move forward as quickly as possible, any deepening of character or relationships is fleeting at best. Still, in this first post-Phantom of the Opera season, I have to admit that the car alone might be worth a ticket. Roger Bart, left, as Doc Brown and Casey Likes as Marty McFly with a life-size replica of the souped-up DeLorean DMC from the film. And Lorraine (Liana Hunt) apparently misunderstands the physics of reflection because shes using her open bedroom window as a mirror. Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. Fox did. At Hill Valley High School the next day ("Hill Valley High School Fight Song"), Doc and Marty infiltrate the school, with Marty encouraging George to ask Lorraine out to join her for the school's upcoming dance. the musical, which opened in London September 13, 2021, has a book by "And then a minute later, I was walking through the door and I was on stage.. Lorraine falls for Marty who tries to fend off her advances ("Pretty Baby"). The cast recording was released on March 11, 2022.[35][36]. Logan Culwell-Block The screens, which so dominate the set, provide for cuts between Doc and Marty, the scores basically the one you know, and the actors are really there only to sit in a car and on a ledge and shout lines you know. BFA: NYU. Though large, its less a full-scale new work than a semi-operable souvenir. Sex and the City turns 25: A conversation with Skipper, Carrie's nice-guy pal from season 1. Other Broadway credits include: Mel BrooksYoung Frankensteinin which he originated the title role of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein,Disaster,Triumph Of Love, The FrogsandBig River. Tickets and info: Back to the Future: The Musical - Wikipedia Similarly, My Myopia, the appealingly peculiar song that introduces George in 1955, creates the illusion of depth (My myopia is my utopia) from a plot hole. Well, to be fair, Doc does make a brief journey to the 21st century at the top of the second act, but the satire is toothless. New York Magazine. Marty reveals he encountered both of his parents when Doc warns him against meeting anyone in history, causing Doc to instruct him to get George to meet Lorraine. Roger Bartis best known for originating the role of Carmen Ghiain Mel Brooks Broadway musical,The Producers, for which he received Tony and Drama Desk nominations. Wilkins as Linda The box office opens Monday through Saturday at 10 AM and Sunday at 12 PM. Subscribe. Our two new drama critics share and compare their enthusiasms. Theater Review: Back to the Future: The Musical She made her Broadway debut starring as Sophie inMamma Mia! *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything,' " Likes adds, revealing how Fox recalled one of Back to the Future's most iconic lines. Back to the Future: The Musical Announces Broadway Dates London's Back to the Future Welcomes New Company Members The stagecraft is well managed (Chris Fisher, of The Cursed Child, is credited with the illusions, while Finn Ross did the video design and Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone the lighting), but watching the climax, where Doc and Marty race to get everything set in time for lightning to strike, I kept noticing how much the musical nearly turned into a movie. Roger Bart on playing Doc Brown in "Back to the Future: The Marty visits George to boost his self confidence and dance abilities in preparation for the dance ("Put Your Mind to It"), running through the plan for George to win over Lorraine as well. Randos staging of that number is not ideal; though George (Hugh Coles) is supposedly peeping at Lorraine from a tree, it looks more like hes in a rowboat made of leaves. He revised the character for Universals theatrical adaptation ofThe Producersas well. When Docs DeLorean accidentally transports the teenager to 1955, during the exact week in which George McFly (his patsy father) and Lorraine (his boozing mother) fell in love at a high school dance, his presence threatens to create a causal paradox, interfering with their courtship and erasing his own existence. In Back to the Future: The Musical, director John Rando, writer Bob Gale (who co-wrote the original screenplay with the movies director, Robert Zemeckis), and Jelani Remy, center, as Goldie Wilson, a janitor in 1955, performing Gotta Start Somewhere., Silvestris John Williams-y main title music. Meanwhile, Biff and his gang learn of Marty's attendance at the upcoming dance and plot to beat him up ("Teach Him a Lesson"). A Montclair State Alumni and New Jersey Native. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre. Darlington-Delaire, Helen Gulston, Matthew Ives, Connor Lewis, Louis The Broadway arrival of the West End hit Back to the Future continues the march of Hollywood brand extensions to the musical stage. And most importantly, what Patricia Field outfit will Kim Cattrall wear? Andrew Gans Performances of Back to the Future: The Musical begin at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on June 30, 2023, ahead of an Aug. 3 opening. (Bart and Coles are reprising their roles from the West End production.) The song succeeds as comedy, but the show doesnt dig deeper into her psyche from there. Thats what we call a caucausal paradox. Something like The Bands Visit could quietly expand in its own direction, whereas Mean Girls and Moulin Rouge! Mon 13 Sep 2021 18.59 EDT ow does a car speed at 88mph on stage? "It was kind of a whirlwind," Likes, 21, recalls to PEOPLE of the evening where he and costar Roger Bart, who plays Doc Brown in the musical, posed on the red carpet with their onscreen counterparts Fox and Christopher Lloyd. There were two Back to the Future sequels: one in 1989 and one in 1990. Michael J. Rogerwon the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for playing Snoopy inYoure A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Tickets for the West End production are currently on sale through Jelani is a Papermill Playhouse Rising Star and Chita Rivera award recipient. Fox on Emotional 'Back to the Future' Reunion with Christopher Lloyd: 'Just So Happy', All of the Actors Who Have Played Willy Wonka, Eric McCormack on How He Got 'Closer' with Sean Hayes Years After Losing Touch Post-'Will & Grace' (Exclusive). Reality Stars Accuse Bravo of Depraved Mistreatment. An adaptation of the Disney animated featureHercules,Rogersang the title characters song Go The Distance and was nominated for an Academy Award for best original song. Back to the Future: The Musical is officially coming to Broadway this summer, with performances beginning at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 30, 2023, Anthony Simpson-Pike directs Jonathan Harvey's play, which will launch a limited U.K. tour in September. ", The plot line of the stage show sticks closely to the film, according to a release from the show: "When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. George discourages Marty from chasing big dreams, Likes made his Broadway debut in another musical adapted from a film last fall when he played the lead role in Almost Famous. The West Wing co-stars will reunite for the production in celebration of Recovery Month. Having memorized the films, line by line and shot by shot by wearing out the used VHS tapes he bought with his childhood lunch money at Blockbuster, it is an incredible honor to step into this iconic role and help tell this story for new generations! Vi Dang Following his recording as Steve inPaint Your Wagon, his Curly inOklahomawill be available soon on all music streaming platforms, followed next year by his Billy Bigelow. 13.9K subscribers. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Back to the Future review: Broadway musical is a Characters make fun of the irony of Reagans career path from cowboy actor to president, but the story sure comes with a lot of Reaganite ideas: When order is restored in the present, Martys parents arent just happy, theyre also, crucially, rich. See an Exclusive Clip From Good Night Oppy, a New Doc About the Mars Rover That Defied the Odds 'Back to the Future' Cast Takes Adorable Selfie During Convention Reunion: 'So This Happened'. It can be defended if some other value is countervailing. Oddly enough, Jelani Remi as the 80s mayor/50s janitor a minor character in the film gets the biggest hand with his rousing Gotta Start Somewhere.. | "If Bob Zemeckis and I time traveled back to 1980 and told our younger selves that the script they were struggling to write would become a Broadway musical 43 years later, they'd kick us out of their office and call us crazy. I think I first encountered Doc Brown and Marty McFly as a little kid on an amusement-park ride at Universal Studios, which I remember was confusing because I hadnt yet seen any Back to the Future movies. Fox Jokes About 'Weird' 'Back to the Future' Mother-Son Plot: 'I Realized It Was Bizarre', 'Wonka' First Look! If you prefer to read in print, you can also find this article in the August 14, 2023, issue of He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the No. Lloyd, 83, even joins Bart, 60, in a new video to tease the Broadway run, playing a used-car salesman who sells Brown the iconic DeLorean time machine. That must have been the biggest challenge for this musical adaptation of the hit 1985 film Youll perhaps notice a V-shaped set of slats in the stage, ready to ignite behind the wheels of the car, and later on, the DeLorean soars into the air for its own Defying Gravity moment turns out the flying cars are here. Still, you might hope that something in the musical, for instance music, would change the way the material lands. Now hes in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself back to the future. Tickets | New York | Back to the Future the Musical "I got to briefly meet him and while we're taking pictures, I kind of whispered to Michael, Thank you for everything. Barthas also had recurring characters in a number of other television series: Desperate Housewives(playing George, the pharmacist), Episodes(SHOWTIME), No Tomorrow,Grace And Frankie,Revenge,TheresJohnnyand The Lost Room. Ben Joyce in Back to the Future: The Musical on the West End Mark Senior. The second-act reprise of the number is brief and remains lyrically vague. 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