Back to the Future on Broadway

Set your watches — Back to the Future is landing on Broadway with 1.21 gigawatts of fun, spectacle, and all the '80s nostalgia from the cult classic film. Set an alert for Back to the Future tickets on TodayTix.

What happens when a teenage boy befriends a time-traveling scientist? An adventure through the decades that doesn't need roads. Marty McFly finds himself back in 1955, the year his parents met, and he accidentally meddles in their love story. Can he make things right and fix his own future? Find out at Back to the Future, fueled by Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriters Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard’s tunes, the power of love, and, of course, plenty of plutonium.

If you like musical comedies with a healthy dose of sci-fi, special effects, and fan-favorite characters, then great Scott, you've got to see Back to the Future in New York. Set an alert for Back to the Future Broadway tickets.

The Back to the Future movie was an instant hit when it premiered in 1985, winning an Oscar, a Hugo Award, and three Saturn Awards. The film spawned two other movies and plenty of companion media, but the original film is a cult classic. Back to the Future was inducted into the National Film Registry and remains one of the best-known projects of Michael J. Fox (who played Marty) and Christopher Lloyd (who played scientist Doc Brown).

The show's creators initially planned to premiere the Back to the Future musical in 2015, the year Marty and Doc travel to in Back to the Future: Part II. Following changes in the creative team, the show premiered in Manchester, England, in 2020 and transferred to London's West End in 2021. It was worth the wait, because there was success in the musical’s future. Back to the Future won three Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. The show also won the WhatsOnStage and BroadwayWorld Awards for Best New Musical.

What to Watch For

• Bob Gale, who co-wrote the Back to the Future screenplay with Robert Zemeckis, also wrote the musical's book.
• Back to the Future has an illusion designer, Chris Fisher, to recreate all its science fiction-inspired special effects, like the flying DeLorean and Marty's evaporation during the school dance scene.
• Two cast members from the Back to the Future London production, Roger Bart and Hugh Coles, reprise their roles in the Back to the Future Broadway cast. They play Doc Brown and George McFly, respectively.
• True to the time periods it bounces between, Back to the Future includes various music styles, from '80s rock to '50s doo-wop. Hits from the film like "The Power of Love," "Earth Angel," and "Johnny B. Goode" also pop up amid the musical’s original songs.
• Great Scott! Lots of the movie’s stars have attended the Back to the Future musical, including Christopher Lloyd, Claudia Wells, Frances Lee McCain and Donald Fullilove. And Michael J. Fox said, after watching the musical virtually, “I’m buzzing from what is a truly great show.”