Upcoming and GIVEAWAY - Back to the Future: The Musical, Detroit Opera House, Oct. 28 - Nov. 9 {ends 7/28}
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Read on for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Wednesday, October 29th show.
About the show:
Lead producer Colin Ingram together with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back to the Future film trilogy, and Broadway In Detroit are thrilled to announce that BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical will arrive in Detroit as part of the 2025-26 Broadway Season. This spectacular live experience based on the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film has thrilled millions worldwide with its destination now set for the Detroit Opera House from October 28 – November 9, 2025. Individual tickets go on sale Friday, August 1 and will be available online at BroadwayInDetroit.com starting at 10:00 a.m.
The nostalgia-rich Broadway production played an impressive 18-month run at the Winter Garden from August 3, 2023, through January 5, 2025. That production is moving to Hamburg, Germany starting March 2026 for an open-ended run with more territories to be announced soon. Now in its fourth-year captivating audiences in London's West End, BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical recently launched a successful production in Tokyo. It is set to premiere in Sydney on September 26, 2025, and will debut aboard Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, in August 2025.
The critically acclaimed West End production of BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical officially opened in London on September 13, 2021, has been seen by more than 1,800,000 people to date, and broken multiple Adelphi Theatre box office records. The production won the Best New Musical Olivier Award as well as multiple WhatsOnStage Awards and a Broadway World Award for Best New Musical. BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical had its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House on March 11, 2020.
Marty McFly is a rock ‘n’ roll teenager who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown. But before he can return to 1985, Marty must make sure his high school-aged parents fall in love in order to save his own existence.
Based on the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical has a book by Bob Gale, new music and lyrics by Emmy and Grammy Award-winning Alan Silvestri and six-time Grammy Award-winning Glen Ballard, with additional songs from the film including “The Power of Love” and “Johnny B. Goode.” Bob Gale is the co-creator and co-writer of the Back to the Future film trilogy and Alan Silvestri composed the iconic film score for the series.
BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner John Rando and features a multi-Tony and Olivier Award-winning design team that includes Tim Hatley (set and costume design), Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone (lighting), Gareth Owen (sound) and Finn Ross (video), with 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.
Bob Gale said, “To paraphrase Marty McFly, you guys are ready for this, and your kids are gonna love it (too)! If Bob Zemeckis and I time traveled back to 1980 and told our younger selves that the script they were struggling to write would become a Broadway musical 43 years later, they'd kick us out of their office and call us crazy. Well, sometimes, crazy ideas give birth to great entertainment, and now Bob and I are eager to share our musical vision with audiences worldwide. Regardless of whether you've seen the original film, BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical, with its outstanding performances and incredible stagecraft, will delight and enthrall you, your kids, your parents, and everyone you know!”
Lead Producer Colin Ingram said, “BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical is delighting audiences throughout North America and on has sold over 600,000 tickets. Marty, Doc and all at Hill Valley can’t wait to continue this tour across North America thrilling audiences with this heartfelt story and stagecraft that has not been attempted before.”
The Original Cast Recording of BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical is available from Sony Masterworks Broadway in all formats, including vinyl. (https://soundtracks.lnk.to/BTTFAlbum) A deluxe 2-disc edition of the Original Cast Recording featuring never heard before demos of the songs from the musical was released by Sony Masterworks Broadway on June 30, 2021.
A 240-page hardcover book, Creating Back to the Future The Musical by Michael Klastorin, the official behind-the-scenes companion to the stage musical adaptation of Back to the Future, published by Abrams Books, was released July 3, 2023. Orders can be made at abramsbooks.com.
Back to the Future the film was released in 1985, starring Michael J. Fox as “Marty McFly” and Christopher Lloyd as “Dr. Emmett Brown.” The film grossed $360.6 million at the box office worldwide and the total box office for all three films in the Back to the Future franchise was $936.6 million (over $1.8 billion in today’s money).
For more information visit www.BackToTheFutureMusical.com.
BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical is the second show in Broadway In Detroit’s 2025-26 Subscription Season. This season also includes Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Hell’s Kitchen, Shucked, The Outsiders, & Juliet, and Suffs. Full series subscriptions start at $315 which includes a ticket to all 7 shows are still available at www.broadwayindetroit.com/season.
Performance schedule for BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical appearing October 28 – November 9, 2025 at the Detroit Opera House located at 1526 Broadway St, Detroit, MI are:
- Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
- Sunday matinees at 1:00 p.m.
- Sunday evening performances at 6:30 p.m.
- Special Open Caption performance on Sunday, November 2 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $30.00 (including facility fee) and will go on sale Friday, August 1 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at BroadwayInDetroit.com.
For group sales (10 or more) please email broadwayindetroitgroups@atgentertainment.com or call 888-746-1799, Option 3.
GIVEAWAY:
One of my lucky readers will win two tickets to the opening night of Back to the Future: The Musical, Tuesday, October 28th at 7:30pm at the Detroit Opera House!
Enter via the widget below. Giveaway will end on Monday, July 28th, at 11:59pm ET, and winner will be chosen the next day and will be notified via email, and have 24 hours to respond, or an alternate winner will be chosen. Winner will receive their tickets via email from Broadway in Detroit closer to the show date.
Detroit-area residents only, please.
Good luck!
2 tickets for Back to the Future: The Musical, Oct. 28, Detroit Opera House
