Overview
- Stage Entertainment announced Tuesday that TV moderator Elton will appear as Gerald Strickland in Zurück in die Zukunft - Das Musical at the Stage Operettenhaus on the Reeperbahn.
- The engagement is confirmed for two performances on 29 and 30 July and is explicitly a short guest run rather than a cast change.
- Elton, 55, called the role “something special” and described the chance to perform in the Hamburg staging as an exciting trip to Hill Valley.
- The Hamburg production opened in March and stars Raphael Groß as Marty McFly and Jan Kersjes as Doc Brown with credits to Bob Gale, director John Rando, and new songs by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard.
- Because the appearances are limited, the announcement functions as a marketing draw that is likely to create heavy demand for a small number of tickets and concentrate fan interest on those dates.