Back to the Future Musical Documentary Premieres

A new documentary exploring the creation of the hit stage adaptation Back to the Future The Musical premiered on streaming platforms Monday, featuring interviews with original film star Michael J. Fox and the franchise's creators.

Titled A Future on Stage: The Making of a Broadway Musical, the feature-length film is directed by Brian Stillman and is available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube and other digital services. It delves into the challenges and triumphs behind the musical, which adapts the 1985 sci-fi comedy's story of teenager Marty McFly traveling back to 1955 in a DeLorean time machine built by inventor Doc Brown to preserve his family's future.

The documentary includes conversations with Fox, who portrayed Marty McFly in the original trilogy; director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis; and co-writer and producer Bob Gale, who penned the musical's book. Other participants include Roger Bart, who played Doc Brown in the Broadway production; Broadway cast members such as Casey Likes as Marty McFly, Liana Hunt, Jelani Remy, Nathaniel Hackmann, Mikaela Secada and Merritt David Janes; director John Rando; producer Colin Ingram; and production designer Tim Hatley.