"Back to the Future: The Musical" -- REVIEW

Link to Musical

https://www.backtothefuturemusical.com/



Back to the Future: The Musical is a musical with music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard and a book by Bob Gale. It is adapted from the 1985 film Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis and Gale. The show features original music, as well as songs featured in the film, such as "The Power of Love" and "Johnny B. Goode".

The musical originally was slated to première in London's West End in 2015,[2] the year to which the film trilogy's characters traveled in Part II.[3] However, original director Jamie Lloyd left the production in 2014 citing "creative differences" with Zemeckis, resulting in a delay in the production.[4] The musical finally received its premiere at Manchester Opera House in February 2020, ahead of a 2021 West End transfer. It starred Olly Dobson as Marty McFly and Roger Bart as "Doc" Brown. The production received positive reviews in London and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2022.

The musical began previews on Broadway on 30 June 2023 and opened on 3 August 2023. Bart reprises his role, and Casey Likes plays Marty.

Background
The movie and its two sequels were box office successes, taking in over $936 million at the box office. In England, the popularity of the film Back to the Future had been boosted by its television broadcasts on Christmas or Boxing Day for several years starting in 1988.

At a 2004 DeLorean convention, Bob Gale said that he was interested in adapting Back to the Future for Broadway.[7] In 2012, a musical adaption of the 1985 film Back to the Future began development[8] leading to the exploration of an adaptation.[3] Workshops for the musical took place in 2014, in July in London and the following month in Los Angeles, with the intention to open the show in the West End in 2015,[9] in time for the 30th anniversary of the film.[10]

Jamie Lloyd was initially engaged to direct the production[11] but withdrew from the project in September 2014 after the workshops, citing creative differences.[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. For me, that was the dealbreaker".[13] Lloyd's withdrawal from the production was expected to delay the premiere until at least 2016, and a new director was sought.[14] During the delay several others left the original creative team, including Soutra Gilmour as scenic designer[15] and Jon Clark as lighting designer

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