BACK TO THE FUTURE - THE MUSICAL to close on Broadway in January 2025 with international productions announced
Photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
Back to the Future – The Musical has announced it will play its final Broadway performance on 5 January 2025, before moving to Germany in the 2025-2026 season for an open-ended run with more territories to be announced soon.
Now in its 4th year in London’s West End, Back to the Future – The Musical will open four productions in major markets in the next 18 months including Germany, Japan and the recently announced 8-year deal with Royal Caribbean to play the musical in its full physical form on Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world.
Lead Producer Colin Ingram said: “With nearly 40 percent of our audience never having seen a production on Broadway before, I’m proud that at a time when theatre is viewed by so many as being inaccessible that this show was able to bring in a new audience and it is my hope that this legacy endures and these people return to see another Broadway show in the future. We are having the same success across the North American Tour where the show has already been seen by half a million people - many also new to the theatre. We look forward to welcoming fans to the theatre with four new productions opening next year including Japan and Germany as they join our two existing productions in London’s West End (now in its 4th year) and the North American Tour.”
The Broadway production currently stars Tony Award winner and 2024 Tony Award Nominee Roger Bart as Doc Brown, Casey Likes as Marty McFly, Evan Alexander Smith as George McFly, Liana Hunt as Lorraine Baines, Jelani Remy as Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry, and Nathaniel Hackmann as Biff Tannen. The ensemble includes David Josefsberg as Strickland and Mikaela Secada as Jennifer Parker, with Aaron Alcaraz, Gregory Carl Banks Jr., Susie Carroll, Brendan Chan, Kevin Curtis, Samuel Gerber, Marc Heitzman, Kimberly Immanuel, Joshua Kenneth Allen Johnson, Jamary Kendricks, Katie LaDuca, Lizzy Marie Legregin, JJ Niemann, Jessie Peltier, Becca Petersen, Jonalyn Saxer, Blakely Slaybaugh, Gabi Stapula and Davis Wayne.
Casting for the German production will be announced shortly.
Back to the Future – The Musical has a book by Bob Gale, and new music and lyrics by Emmy and Grammy Award-winning Alan Silvestri and six-time Grammy Award-winning Glen Ballard, with additional songs from the film.
The production is directed by Tony Award winner John Rando and features a multi-Tony and Olivier Award-winning design team that includes 2024 Tony Award Nominee Tim Hatley (set and costume design), Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone (lighting), Gareth Owen (sound) and 2024 Tony Award Nominee Finn Ross (video), with 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, music direction by Ted Arthur, and casting by Tara Rubin.
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