‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Star Casey Likes Reveals Michael J. Fox’s Amazing Opening Night Advice
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Casey Likes fully expected to be performing on Broadway this year, but the plan was for him to be riding shotgun with Stillwater instead of sitting behind the wheel of a DeLorean.
He’d appeared as teen rock journalist William Miller in an acclaimed run of “Almost Famous: The Musical” at The Old Globe in San Diego and reprised the role when the show transferred in 2022 to Broadway.
But New York critics were harsher, and “Almost Famous” struggled to draw crowds. “It was a shock to our system because it did so well on the West Coast,” says Likes during a recent interview in a Hell’s Kitchen burger joint. “When I got the call that we were closing last winter, it just felt so sudden.
But it was an important lesson for me. This is a business, and this is a job.” Fortunately, the 21-year-old Likes didn’t have to wait long before landing his next gig.
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