Roger Bart and Ben Joyce in Back to the Future the Musical. Picture: Sean Ebsworth Barnes
The producers of the crowd-pleasing Back to the Future the Musical have marked the first birthday of the award-winning production in the West End by announcing another extension to the show’s crowd-pleasing London run with performances at the Adelphi Theatre now booking up to 23 July 2023.
Based on the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, the brainchild of producer Colin Ingram (Ghost – The Musical) and the creators of the much-loved time-travelling film series, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the hit show currently stars Ben Joyce as Marty McFly alongside original cast member Tony Award-winning Broadway actor Roger Bart as Dr Emmett Brown with Amber Davies as Lorraine Baines McFly, Oliver Nicholas as George McFly, Jordan Benjamin as Goldie Wilson, Harry Jobson as Biff Tannen, Sophie Naglik as Jennifer Parker, Gary Trainor as Strickland, Will Haswell as alternate Marty McFly and Dave McFly, and Emma Lloyd as Linda McFly.
The cast also includes Amy Barker, Simeon Beckett, Sia Dauda, Tyler Davis, Glen Facey, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Adam Margilewski, Cameron McAllister, Alessia McDermott, Bryan Mottram, Laura Mullowney, Anna Murray, Jon Reynolds, , Melissa Rose, Georgia Tapp, Justin Thomas, Charley Warburton and Tavio Wright.
The critically acclaimed Olivier, WhatsOnStage and Broadway World Award-winning Best New Musical had its opening night in London on 13 September 2021.
Featuring a book by Gale and new music and lyrics by the film’s Emmy and Grammy Award-winning composer Alan Silvestri and six-time Grammy Award-winning Glen Ballard the stage musical also includes songs from the film including Huey Lewis and the News’ Oscar-nominated ‘The Power of Love’.
Tony Award-winning director John Rando (Urinetown, On the Town) heads a creative team that includes the multi-Tony and Olivier Award-winning design team of Tim Hatley (set and costume design), Hugh Vansone (lighting), Gareth Owen (sound) and Finn Ross (video). Choreography is by Chris Bailey, with illusions by Chris Fisher, musical supervision and vocal arrangements by Nick Finlow, orchestrations by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook and dance arrangements by David Chase. Casting is by David Grindrod Associates.
The musical premiered in Manchester in early 2020 at the start of what was to have been a limited 12-week season before heading for London. A box office record breaker at the Adelphi, the Manchester and London productions have been seen by half a million people to date.
The ‘Original Cast Recording of Back to the Future the Musical’ released on Sony Masterworks Broadway label has had over three million streams.
The show is due to open on Broadway in 2023 with further plans to rollout internationally.
Angela Thomas
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