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Creating Back to the Future the Musical.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klastorin, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals.
- Silvestri, Alan.
- Back to the future (Motion picture).
- Silvestri, Alan. Back to the future (Musical).
- Genre:
- Illustrated works
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Abrams, Inc., 2023.
- Summary:
- The official behind-the-scenes companion to the stage musical adaptation of Back to the FuturePremiering 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Michael Klatorin (Back to The Future: The Ultimate Visual History) pairs exclusive, in-depth interviews with previously unpublished photography; excerpts from Bob Gale's personal journal; and a foreword by Gale to reveal and detail the years long process, and the creative ingenuity and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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Roger Bart
- Introduction by Bob Gale
- Prologue: Fourteen Years Earlier
- Act One: We Can Do It!
- Act Two: Forward to the Future!
- Intermission: Life in the Time of COVID
- Act Three: A Triumphal Return
- The Music of the Night
- Coda
- Afterword by Robert Zemeckis
- Acknowledgments
- Adelphi Production Credits, 2021
- Copyright Page
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Klastorin, Michael Creating Back to the Future the Musical
- ISBN:
- 9798887071954
- OCLC:
- 1388496636
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