{"id":2997,"date":"2025-12-13T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:26:40","slug":"yack-to-the-future-a-talk-with-david-josefsberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"Yack to the Future: A talk with David Josefsberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DavidJosefsberg-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2998 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DavidJosefsberg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DavidJosefsberg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DavidJosefsberg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DavidJosefsberg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Broadway actor David Josefsberg plays  Doc Brown in the touring musical adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.broadway.com\/shows\/back-to-the-future\/?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23306757768&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD9zq3uOKUE-e2HlF-WmKulxmH9AZ&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvTJBhCwARIsAL6Demgz6J6D43oiujVl5t33694W6OU8uG1E3lUM8qEQjr_LE_kJbjQXyggaArpxEALw_wcB\"><em>Back to the Future<\/em>, in Columbus Jan 6-11<\/a>. We discuss the changes in the musical version, such as added dance and songs, and his experiences with great props like the iconic DeLorean (I want it!). Josefsberg describes making the role his own while respecting Christopher Lloyd&#8217;s portrayal. He also mentions a very important person in his life who attends a Columbus university.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Broadway Start David Josefsberg takes us Back To The Future: Now with more singing!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MbUF3Iq17jE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7974\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2997-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3\">https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2997-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Craft_2025-12-24_BttF.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadway actor David Josefsberg plays Doc Brown in the touring musical adaptation of Back to the Future, in Columbus Jan 6-11. We discuss the changes in the musical version, such as added dance and songs, and his experiences with great &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2997\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[578,575,580,576,579,577,581],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-craft-productions","tag-back-to-the-future","tag-broadway-actor","tag-christopher-lloyd","tag-david-josefsberg","tag-delorean","tag-doc-brown","tag-michael-j-fox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3004,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions\/3004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}