CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you grew up in the 1980s, there’s a good chance “Back to the Future” is your favorite movie. Part sci-fi action thriller, part heartwarming family comedy, the movie tells the timeless story of a teenager named Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), who travels 30 years into the past and inadvertently interferes with his parents’ meeting.
The film spawned two blockbuster sequels and a Tony-nominated musical that premiered on Broadway in 2023. Bob Gale, who produced and co-wrote the three films with Robert Zemeckis and penned the book for the stage adaptation, spoke to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer prior to the musical’s arrival at Playhouse Square on June 11, the first major stop on its inaugural North American tour. In part one of the interview, Gale takes us behind the scenes of the iconic movie franchise.