One of the late Stephen Sondheim’s darkest works (and that’s saying something), this revival follows the “Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” his lovesick and deranged assistant, a pair of innocent lovers and an evil judge who lords over them all. If you can, attend the tale of Josh Groban-as-Sweeney Todd. (Webber opted to forgo an in-person appearance at the show.) His letter earned him boos in absentia, for which he later apologized.
Who knew? Webber ruffled feathers this summer when he called the London production a “costly mistake” in a letter the West End cast read aloud after their final performance. Webber’s new version of “Cinderella,” with a book by Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman,” “Killing Eve”), paints our protagonist not as a faultless princess-to-be but as a grungy and headstrong heroine. And when his long-running musical “Phantom of the Opera” closes later this year, his new spin on Cindy’s rags-to-royalty tale will carry the mantle. There is an unofficial rule in musical theater that Andrew Lloyd Webber must always have a show running on Broadway. As for what it’s capable of onstage… well, we’ll let audiences discover those delights for themselves. Who knew? The DeLorean seen onstage in the British production isn’t a real vehicle – less than 10,000 DeLorean cars were ever made, so the musical’s crew painstakingly recreated one for the production. Goode” performance, but jazzes them up with extended dance sequences and soaring solos. The musical retains all the signature moments from the original movie, from Biff’s bullying to Marty’s “Johnny B. A hit in London’s West End, “Back to the Future: The Musical” promises sci-fi spectacle, ’80s nostalgia and attempted unintentional incest. Roy Rochlin/Getty Imagesĭoc Brown’s DeLorean is careening onto Broadway this summer. The DeLorean featured in "Back to the Future: The Musical" was on display during New York Comic Con 2022.
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