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Read our four-star review of *Back to the Future* on Broadway, the award-winning musical adaptation of the classic film playing at the Winter Garden Theatre. Read all our theatre reviews at NewYorkTheatreGuide.com.

The Broadway musical captures the spirit of the popular movie.

“Back To The Future: The Musical,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, doesn't have much going for it in the way of tuneful songs or show-stopping dances, but it does have a star vehicle.

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The addition of 17 songs turns the 1985 sci-fi classic into a big “why?” musical with a big wow factor.

‘Back to the Future: The Musical,’ adapted for Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre, is a carefully faithful spectacle.

The movie-to-musical transfer is so broadly staged, you wonder whether the it aims to be a self-aware joke for fans or a thrill ride with sincerity.

"Back to the Future," a hit musical from London, has landed at the cavernous Winter Garden Theater. Based on the 1985 movie, the show is a crowd pleaser if only because everyone who sees it knows the story and is ready to see it re-enacted on a stage. And boy, is it ever. From the moment you wal

'Back to the Future: The Musical' doesn't quite hit 88 mph on Broadway, but Roger Bart soars as Doc Brown. Read our review.

'Back to the Future: The Musical,' the Olivier-winning musical adaptation of the hit 1985 film, arrives on Broadway, complete with a flying DeLorean.