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Casey Likes - Wikipedia

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Casey Likes
Born	(2001-12-25) December 25, 2001 (age 22) Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
Education	Chandler High School
Occupations	Actor singer filmmaker
Years active	2010–present

Casey Likes (born December 25, 2001) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Marty McFly in the 2023 Broadway production of Back to the Future: The Musical at the Winter Garden Theatre and originating the role of William Miller in the musical theatre adaptation, in 2019 in San Diego and then on Broadway in 2022, of the film Almost Famous.^[1]

Early life

Likes was raised in Chandler, Arizona.^[2] His mother, Stephanie Likes, is also an actress and appeared in Les Misérables on Broadway and on a national tour.^{[citation needed]} Likes attended Chandler High School where, in 2019, he performed as Jean Valjean in the school's production of Les Misérables. For this role, he won Best Lead Male at the 2019 ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards.^[3] This award made Likes a contestant in that year's Jimmy Awards in New York City. At this competition, Likes was selected as one of the eight finalists.^[4]

Career

Likes began his career performing in school and community theatre in and around his hometown.^[2] His first professional stage role was William Miller in the new musical Almost Famous at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California.^[5] The production ran from September to October 2019.^[6] When it transferred to Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre from November 2022 to January 2023, Likes again played William Miller,^[7] garnering a 2023 Theatre World Award.^[8] The Broadway cast recording of Almost Famous, released on April 21, 2023, features Likes.^[9]

Between his two runs in Almost Famous, Likes appeared in season 2 of Crypt TV's web series, The Birch, as Brian Moses (2021).^[10] In 2021, he wrote, directed and acted in a short film titled Thespians, starring Broadway performers Sydney Lucas, Andrew Barth Feldman, Rob McClure and Antonio Cipriano.^[11] Likes starred as Richie Shepherd in the MGM horror film Dark Harvest (2023).^[12] He also played Gene Simmons, the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, in the Neil Bogart biopic Spinning Gold (2023).^[13]

Likes has starred as Marty McFly in Back to the Future: The Musical on at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway since June 2023.^[14] In the role, he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical.^[15]

Filmography

Film and television

As an actor
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Everything Must Go	Young Nick in 1969
2010	Cowboys vs. Vampires	Steve
2013	American Blackout	Hank, Jr.	TV movie
2015	Thrasherland	Carpenter	Short film
2018	Krampus: Origins	Billy
2021	The Birch	Brian Moses	Web series, 4 episodes
2021	Thespians	Mike	Short film; also writer, director and producer
2023	Spinning Gold	Gene Simmons
2023	Dark Harvest	Richie Shepard

As a filmmaker
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	I Got You	writer, director, producer and cinematographer	Short film

Stage

Year	Show	Role	Theatre	Notes
2019	Jimmy Awards	Performer/Jean Valjean	Minskoff Theatre	Finalist
2019	Almost Famous	William Miller	Old Globe Theatre	Pre-Broadway production
2022	The Outsiders	Ponyboy Curtis	n/a	Workshop production
2022–2023	Almost Famous	William Miller	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre	Broadway debut
2023–2024	Back to the Future: The Musical	Marty McFly	Winter Garden Theatre

Awards and nominations

Stage
Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2019	ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards	Best Lead Male	Jean Valjean, Les Misérables	Won
2019	ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards	Best Vocalist	Jean Valjean	Won
2019	National High School Musical Theatre Awards	Best Actor	Jean Valjean	Finalist
2023	Theatre World Award	n/a	Almost Famous	Honoree
2024	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical	Back to the Future: The Musical	Nominated

References

^ Scheps, Leigh. "Casey Likes on Playing Marty McFly in Back to the Future on Broadway". Broadway Direct. The Nederlander Organization. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Soloski, Alexis (November 29, 2023). "Casey Likes, of Back to the Future, Is on a Roll". NYTimes.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^ "Stars of tomorrow shine at ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards". ASU News. 2019-06-06.
^ "Meet Your 2019 Jimmy Award Winners". Theater Mania. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ Willman, Chris (2019-10-03). "Almost Broadway: Cameron Crowe on Adapting 'Almost Famous' as a Stage Musical". Variety Magazine.
^ "Almost Famous". The Old Globe. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "Almost Famous". PlayBill.
^ "Theatre World Award Winners 2023". New York Theater. 2023-05-01.
^ Hall, Margaret (21 April 2023). "Almost Famous Broadway Cast Album Released April 21". PlayBill.
^ Noraas, Dana. "Dark Harvest: Release Date, Cast, and Everything We Know So Far About the David Slade Horror Movie", Collider.com, July 19, 2022
^ "Almost Famous Standout Casey Likes Releases Thespians, Featuring Rob McClure and Young Stage Stars". Broadway.com.
^ N'Duka, Amanda (2021-06-01). "'Dark Harvest': Casey Likes & E'myri Crutchfield Tapped To Star In MGM Horror Film". Deadline.
^ "The greatest music story never told!". Spinning Gold.
^ Kennedy, Mark (August 3, 2023). "Stars of Broadway's Back to the Future musical happily speed into the past". The Newark Advocate. Retrieved May 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Culwell-Block, Logan (2024-04-23). "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, Wins Best Play; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

External links

Casey Likes at IMDb

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