Williamsburg native is again in a Broadway touring present, this time in Richmond

Zachary Bigelow was thrilled when he heard that “Again to the Future: The Musical,” his newest present, would carry him to his native Virginia for the third time in his profitable Broadway touring profession.

Even higher: the six-day manufacturing on the Altria Theater in Richmond overlaps together with his thirtieth birthday on Thursday.

“I couldn’t imagine it,” stated Bigelow, a 2014 graduate of Lafayette Excessive College, from a current tour cease in snowy East Lansing, Michigan. “That is so thrilling and particular for me. I’ll discover a while to get right down to Williamsburg, mark my phrases. Really, I’m hoping to carry a bunch of my new pals to indicate off my hometown.”

Bigelow performs the function of 3D — a bespectacled sidekick of major bully Biff Tannen — within the stage adaptation of the beloved 1985 movie. “Again to the Future” tells the story of Marty McFly, portrayed onscreen by actor Michael J. Fox, as he time-travels to 1955 and meets his mother and father earlier than they begin courting.

As well as, Bigelow is an understudy for Biff and a member of the solid’s ensemble. “It’s the perfect of each worlds,” he stated. “I’ve some featured moments and spend the remainder of the time singing and dancing away. It’s additionally very enjoyable to play a not-so-likeable character.”

Zachary Bigelow, heart, with different solid members in “Again to the Future: The Musical.” Lucas Hallauer of Virginia Seaside, who performs Marty McFly, is second from proper. (Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)

“Again to the Future” has eight performances scheduled from as we speak Lucas Hallauer, proper, of Virginia Seaside stars as Marty McFly within the Broadway touring manufacturing of “Again to the Future: The Musical,” enjoying in Richmond this week. (Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)[/caption]

“Somethin’ Rotten!” traveled to Chrysler Corridor in Norfolk in November 2018. Bigelow’s second touring journey to Virginia got here in November 2022, when he appeared in “Anastasia: The Musical” on the Ferguson Middle for the Arts in Newport Information.

Since “Anastasia,” Bigelow has carried out on a Disney cruise line to the Caribbean and in regional productions of “Grease,” “Frozen” and “Drowsy Chaperone,” the latter a Tony Award-winning parody of Twenties musicals. “I’ve actually been far and wide,” he stated. “It’s been busy, however that’s what I needed.”

Bigelow booked “Again to the Future” in late 2024.

“It’s a very joyful present,” he stated. “It’s a love letter to a film that has an enormous cult following, and it’s a lot enjoyable to carry that story to stage for folks to get pleasure from.”

And Bigelow hopes loads of acquainted faces will likely be within the viewers in Richmond: “I hold having extra folks day-after-day telling me they’re coming to a present. Meaning a lot to me. How fortunate am I?”