Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#1
Posted: 4/23/26 at 9:42am
Should I watch the movie before or after seeing the show?
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#2
Posted: 4/23/26 at 10:23am
Yes !! Watch the movie and see the beauty of it
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#3
Posted: 4/23/26 at 10:28am
You don't have to see the movie at all. It's extremely corny, badly written with some of the worst acting you'll ever see on screen. The musical is far superior to the movie.
Updated On: 4/23/26 at 10:28 AM
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Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#5
Posted: 4/23/26 at 10:55am
I saw the show yesterday, and would opine that the musical's biggest mistake is its (mostly 2nd act) adherence to the film's blend of "teenage comedy" and a darker, more psychologically compelling dive into the allegory of vampirism.
It has one of those act 2 starters through the younger son's prism on vampires, and though it's arguably justified - it's in the movie - the intrusion of cliches that have been recycled and revised since early Stephen King undercuts the show's ambitions: to find a fresh allegory in the vampire subculture. As soon as we get into the heart stakes and garlic stuff, all of the subtler elements are upstaged. I was moved by the re-minted tropes - the group that's lived in the abandoned iron works since 1906 and became a rock band - so the little boy comic book catalog of lore feels like pandering. The show feels strongest when it approaches the undead with that Anne Rice earnestness. No apologies. So winking, even if in the DNA of the story, cheapens it for me. Again, mine may be a subjective take.
Stand-by Joined: 11/19/07
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#6
Posted: 4/23/26 at 2:50pm
The show is better, it was fun to watch the movie after seeing the show. I hadn’t watched it since I was a teenager. I
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#7
Posted: 4/26/26 at 2:11am
gibsons2 said: "You don't have to see the movie at all. It's extremely corny, badly written with some of the worst acting you'll ever see on screen. The musical is far superior to the movie."
MUCH prefer the movie. The tone is at least consistent - and it knows what it wants to be. Both have bad acting.
Lost Boys Movie vs. Stage Show#8
Posted: 4/26/26 at 9:24am
Obviously both are polarizing (even just within the few replies here), but I went into the show blind and then watched the movie after. I would recommend that -- there are a couple of surprises ("twists" may be too strong of a word) that I enjoyed experiencing for the first time in the theater.
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