Creating Back to the Future: The Musical - Hardcover

Klastorin, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419756524 ISBN 13: 9781419756528

Publisher: Abrams, 2023

Synopsis

Premiering at the Manchester Opera House in February 2020 to rave reviews―including a notice from The Guardian that the show “sets a new standard of spectacle,” Back to the Future: The Musical brings the classic 1985 film to life on the theatrical stage.

Featuring music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard and a book by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale (adapted from their original screenplay), the show stars Tony Award–winner Roger Bart as Doc Brown and Olly Dobson as Marty McFly.

Creating Back to the Future: The Musical offers fans of the film franchise and lovers of musical theater an engrossing and entertaining look at the birth of a new theatrical classic. With unprecedented access to cast and crew, author Michael Klastorin (Back to The Future: The Ultimate Visual History) pairs exclusive, in-depth interviews with previously unpublished photography; excerpts from Bob Gale’s personal journal; and a foreword by Gale to reveal and detail the years long process, and the creative ingenuity and technical innovation, that went into the show’s West End premiere.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Klastorin is a production publicist who has worked on more than fifty films―and who spent every shooting day of Back to the Future II and III on set. He is the co-author of Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History and Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History.

From the Back Cover

Premiering at the Manchester Opera House in February 2020 to rave reviewsùincluding a notice from The Guardian that the show ôsets a new standard of spectacle,ö Back to the Future: The Musical brings the classic 1985 film to life on the theatrical stage. Featuring music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard and a book by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale (adapted from their original screenplay), the show stars Tony Awardûwinner Roger Bart as Doc Brown and Olly Dobson as Marty McFly. Creating Back to the Future: The Musical offers fans of the film franchise and lovers of musical theater an engrossing and entertaining look at the birth of a new theatrical classic. With unprecedented access to cast and crew, author Michael Klastorin (Back to The Future: The Ultimate Visual History) pairs exclusive, in-depth interviews with previously unpublished photography, excerpts from Bob GaleÆs personal journal, and a foreword by Gale to reveal and detail the years long process, and the creative ingenuity and technical i

Edition details

• Publisher: Abrams
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419756524
• ISBN 13: 9781419756528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224