Back To The Future – Theatrical Production at Kennedy Center Opera House

Showcasing the culture in the decades of the 1950s and 1980s, Back To The Future was a certified popular science fiction movie when it was premiered in movie theaters. The story, Despite being heavily focused on the future, was seamlessly able to blend the contrasting 1980s and 1950s lifestyles yet still remaining inventive with its science fiction theme and keeping features of then-impossible concepts.

The timeless story enabled the writers, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, to not only carry on the first movie and extend it into a film franchise, but also significantly expand the divergence of Back To The Future to another variety of viewership – theater fans. The suggestion for a theater revamp was brought up to Robert in 2005, and after extensive preparation, Zemeckis and Gale were ultimately ready to open Back To The Future The Musical in 2020.

As one of the more modern new plays in today's theater, the show had the room to apply changes that could appeal to its younger audience and also take advantage of the available tech, which at the time of the 1985 movie was not invented yet. With the musical adaptation, it's much easier to get swept up in emotion and is also a lot more engaging because of the musical appearing more organic in the actual physical sense. With real actors, scenes, and organic fan reactions, the liveliness in each showing is invariably the most authentic it can be. The tone of the show is also tweaked to a small degree; due to the fact that the musical is now in this decade, the play tends to focus more on looking towards what comes next in place of reminiscing the past.

The limited production of Back To The Future's musical adaptation in District Of Columbia also looks toward the constant improvement of theatrics, having Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington as the musical's chosen theater to host the musical. Kennedy Center Opera House is one of the favorite in Washington with an enormous stage platform and seating capacity, allowing it to house the maximum number of fans in every production. Seats to Back To The Future The Musical on Thursday 16th July 2026 are currently available by purchasing from our ticketing partner by accessing the links that can be found above this page.