Back to the Future Closes on Broadway January 5 | Playbill

Broadway News Back to the Future Closes on Broadway January 5

Based on the 1985 film, the musical centers on teenager Marty McFly when he is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by Dr. Emmett Brown.

Aaron Alcaraz, Nathaniel Hackmann, Will Branner, Casey Likes, and Evan Alexander Smith in Back to the Future Evan Zimmerman

Back to the Future: the Musical leaves New York at 88 miles per hour January 5. The Broadway production, which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre August 3, 2023, plays its final performance after completing 35 previews and 597 performances.

Based on the 1985 Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film about teenager Marty McFly—who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by Dr. Emmett Brown—the musical has a book by Bob Gale, and new music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, with additional songs from the film, including “The Power of Love” and “Johnny B. Goode.”

As previously announced, a German staging of the musical will open in the 2025–2026 season, with details to be announced. The show is also headed to Royal Caribbean's new cruise ship Star of the Seas in a 100-minute condensed iteration. That staging will debut along with the ship when it disembarks from Port Canaveral in Orlando, Florida, in August.

The final Broadway cast stars Tony winner and 2024 Tony nominee Roger Bart as Doc Brown, Casey Likes as Marty McFly, Liana Hunt as Lorraine Baines, Jelani Remy as Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry, Evan Alexander Smith as George McFly, David Josefsberg as Strickland, and Nathaniel Hackmann as Biff Tannen.

Tony winner John Rando directs. The production also features set and costume design by Tim Hatley, lighting design by Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Finn Ross, choreography by Chris Bailey, musical supervision and arrangements by Nick Finlow, illusions by Chris Fisher, orchestrations by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, dance arrangements by David Chase, and casting by Tara Rubin. Bespoke Theatricals serves as general manager.

Back to the Future: The Musical made its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House in March 2020. The West End production opened in London September 13, 2021, at the Adelphi Theatre (where it continues) and subsequently won the Best New Musical Olivier Award. The Broadway production was nominated for two Tony awards, taking home none.

Visit BacktotheFutureMusical.com.

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