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He's no slacker. In addition to his usual job as a weatherman and co-host on TODAY, Al Roker is now a Broadway veteran, after appearing in “Back to the Future The Musical” on March 28. Al stepped in for one night only to play Mr. Strickland, the principal at Hill Valley High and thorn in Marty McFly’s side. He even had the chance to demonstrate his dance moves at the end of the show, when he joined the cast onstage during a performance of Huey Lewis & The News’ “Back in Time.
' Al’s enthusiasm for “Back to the Future,” one of his favorite movies, was evident in 2018, when he and Dylan Dreyer dressed as Doc and Marty for TODAY’s Halloween extravaganza. This time around, he channeled his inner Strickland, nailing the principal’s memorable insult for Marty: “You’re a slacker!” He joked in an insert in the musical’s Playbill, “Of course I was drawn to Principal Strickland. He’s obnoxious, he’s bald and he’s a loudmouth. Always play to your strengths.
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