The North American tour of Back to the Future: The Musical, which launched in June, recently celebrated its premiere at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, where it continues through December 1.
Members of the cast from the original 1985 film attended the November 5 Los Angeles opening, including Lea Thompson, Billy Zane, Claudia Wells, Donald Fullilove, Harry Waters Jr., and more. Creators Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale were also on hand to celebrate.
Don Stephenson (Titanic, The Producers, Trouble in Mind) and newcomer Caden Brauch star in the tour, joined by Burke Swanson as George McFly, Zan
Berube as Lorraine Baines, Cartreze Tucker as Goldie Wilson/Marvin
Berry, Ethan Rogers as Biff Tannen, and Luke Antony Neville as Principal
Strickland.
The ensemble includes Joshua Blackswan Abbott, Emily Applebaum, Tade Biesinger, Ina Black, Brittany Bohn, Luther Brooks IV, Alyssa Carol, Jenny Dalrymple, Lucas Hallauer, Laura Sky Herman, Will Jewett, Ben Lanham, Kiara Lee, Dwayne P. Mitchell, Zoe Brooke Reed, Fisher Lane Stewart, and Ross Thompson.
Check out photos from the recent premiere in the gallery below.
Laura Sky Herman, Burke Swanson, Luke Antony Neville, Don Stephenson, Caden Brauch, Zan Berube, Kiara Lee, Cartreze Tucker, and Ethan Rogers
Company of Back to the Future: The Musical
Company of Back to the Future: The Musical
Laura Sky Herman and Frances Lee McCain
Bob Gale, Caden Brauch, Don Stephenson, and Robert Zemeckis
Will Jewett and Billy Zane
Kiara Lee and Claudia Wells
Fisher Lane Stewart and Marc McClure
Harry Waters Jr., Cartreze Tucker, and Donald Fullilove
Zan Berube and Lea Thompson
Bob Gale, Caden Brauch, Don Stephenson, and Robert Zemeckis
Based on the 1985 Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film about
teenager Marty McFly—who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a
time-traveling DeLorean invented by Dr. Emmett Brown—the musical has a
book by Bob Gale, new music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen
Ballard, with additional songs from the film, including “The Power of
Love” and “Johnny B. Goode.”
Tony winner John Rando directs. The production also features set and costume design by Tim Hatley, lighting design by Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Finn Ross, 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, and casting by Tara Rubin. Bespoke Theatricals serves as general manager.
Back to the Future: The Musical made its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House in March 2020. The West End production opened in London September 13, 2021, at the Adelphi Theatre (where it continues) and subsequently won the Best New Musical Olivier Award. The Broadway production, which opened in August 2023, currently plays the Winter Garden Theatre through January 5, 2025.
For the current touring itinerary, visit BacktotheFutureMusical.com.
