Marty McFly is a rock 'n' roll teenager who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown. But before he can return to 1985, Marty must make sure his high school-aged parents fall in love in order to save his own existence.
The further “Back to the Future: The Musical” gets from the film, the more it succeeds. When Doc explains his time machine to Marty, a line of girls dances in, with little explosion designs on their boots, to aid in and dramatize the demo. Marty asks where they come from, but Doc’s mystified too, in a canny bit of meta humor: The rules of musical theater defy scientific understanding.
Back to the Future the Musical struggles to capture what makes the source material so great: the music by John Williams. Composer and Lyricists Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard seem to almost work against Williams' original musical theme instead of letting it influence the new work.
2021 | West End |
West End Premiere West End |
2021 | West End |
West End |
2023 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2024 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
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