‘Back to the Future’ Reunion: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Attend Broadway Musical Performance
26.07.2023 - 19:33
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Jordan Moreau Michael J. Fox came face to face with his younger self on Tuesday. Like a time-traveling scene out of “Back to the Future,” the star met Casey Likes, the young actor who plays Marty McFly in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the classic film.
Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson reunited on the red carpet at the Winter Garden Theatre, which was complete with a prop replica of the famous time-traveling DeLorean, before a benefit performance of “Back to the Future: The Musical” for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. A crowd of fans flocked to the theater and stuck through a rainy afternoon to see a pair of Marty McFlys and Doc Browns collide.
Fox posed with Likes, and Lloyd shook hands with Roger Bart, who transforms into a wild-haired Doc, before the show started. “Back to the Future: The Musical” will have its official Broadway opening on Aug. 3, but the special Tuesday performance brought together alumni from the original 1985 comedy, including Marc McClure, Harry Waters Jr., Donald Fullilove and even producer Steven Spielberg.
After the performance, there was a special auction, and the musical’s producer Colin Ingram hoped to raise half a million dollars. Many of the cast members wore gray ribbons on the red carpet to raise awareness for Parkinson’s research. “I watched [‘Back to the Future’] growing up all the time, and my mom always said I reminded her of Michael J.
Fox. He’s always been a hero of mine and it’s really special I get to be a part of that legacy now,” Likes told Variety.” “Parkinson’s research is unbelievably important. He’s done so much hard work for it, and it’s a program that needs to keep things funded.” “When I saw [‘Back to the Future’] in 1985 in the
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