Filmdom’s most famous DeLorean prepares to park on Broadway.
A musical adaptation of the 1985 hit film “Back to the Future” will hit Broadway next summer, its producers announced Friday. It’s the 21st of the month, and it’s the day that avid fans celebrate “Back to the Future Day.”
With a creative team that combines film veterans and Broadway stalwarts, the musical is already living in the UK.
The opening at the Manchester Opera House on March 11, 2020 was ill-timed. Its production ended after a few days due to the coronavirus pandemic. The show was then moved to London last fall, where it was lucky enough to win the Olivier Award for Best New Musical this year, and is still running at the Adelphi Theatre.
A beloved sci-fi movie about a teenager who travels back in time in a DeLorean, disrupts the lives of his future parents, spawned sequels and various spin-off ventures, and contributed to the fame of its star, Michael J. Fox . .
“Back to the Future: Musicalincludes a book by screenwriter Bob Gale, who co-wrote and co-produced all three films, and songs by Alan Silvestri, who composed the scores for the films, and record producer and songwriter Glenn Ballard. It contains. The musical also includes pop songs featured in the film, such as “The Power of Love.”
Directed by Jon Rand, who won a Tony Award for 2002’s Urinetown.
Two members of the London cast have signed on to reprise their roles on Broadway: Roger Bart as inventor Doc Brown and Hugh Coles as the protagonist’s father, George McFly. Casting for the lead role of McFly has not yet been announced.
The musical will open on June 30th and will open on August 3rd at the Winter Garden Theater, home of the star revival of ‘The Music Man’, which is scheduled to close on January 1st. is.
musical and Colin Ingram It has $23.5 million in capital investment as lead producer, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
After more than 40 years working on projects related to “Back to the Future,” Gale is delighted to finally be working on Broadway, more than 15 years after Leslie Zemeckis. The wife of film director Robert Zemeckis saw “The Producers” and suggested that “Back to the Future” could also be made into music. “Broadway is the gold standard. Musical theater was actually invented on Broadway.
Gale said the creative team is fine-tuning the script and sets for the Broadway production, incorporating lessons learned from the British production. Those are small changes, he said.
“One of the things people appreciate about this movie is that the more you watch it, the more detail you get,” he said.