The opening night of London’s Back to the Future: The Musical will go on without Doc Brown actor Roger Bart, who tested positive for COVID-19. Deadline confirms understudy Mark Oxtoby will make his debut in the West End production, an adaptation of the classic 1985 comedy co-created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The film stars Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly opposite Christopher Lloyd as the eccentric, time-traveling inventor and scientist Doctor Emmett Brown. Olly Dobson headlines as the out-of-time teen in Back to the Future: The Musical, set to run through April 2022.
Welcome to Hill Valley! Take an electrifying ride back in time as the 1985 blockbuster film and pop culture phenomenon arrives in London’s West End as a groundbreaking new musical adventure!
When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself… back to the future.
Adapting this iconic story for the stage are the movie’s creators Bob Gale (Back to the Future trilogy) and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump). The production features original music by multi-Grammy winners Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame) and Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror), alongside hit songs from the movie including The Power of Love, Johnny B. Goode, Earth Angel and Back in Time.
Tony Award-winning director John Rando leads the Tony and Olivier Award-winning creative team, with Tim Hatley designing set and costumes.
Strap yourself in for a thrilling theatrical experience this August!
When BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL hits 88mph, you’re gonna see some serious… entertainment.
