Michael Arden to direct musical adaptation of THE LOST BOYS, with music by The Rescues - Page 3

[theatrejunkie007]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 12:37pm

darquegk said: "I'm still thinking the "vampire musicals are universally rejected from day one" consensus may shift. Remember, the last time we had a series of vampire shows, that was before Twilight, before Interview with the Vampire, before the whole girls-and-gays cultural moment that vampires have."

Totally agreed. I think this is going to be a smash and totally will reverse vampire sentiments on a way and become THE vampire musical of a generation. It’s expensive alright but think it has a shot at being a long-runner. 

Updated On: 10/8/25 at 12:37 PM

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 12:44pm

I think (barring any extraordinarily baked-in technical needs and stunts a la Back to the Future), this is part of the somewhat bonkers current theatrical licensing model: your Broadway run is never LIKELY to make you money, but is required as a very expensive advertisement for your show in touring and licensing. Nobody can gamble on their show being the next long-runner anymore, because those are so rare. It's all about the exposure and the legitimacy of a major stage production, to make people think your show is worth licensing over the next twenty years or so.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/9/25 at 10:29am

Presale live right now using code BELONG.

 

 

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/9/25 at 3:07pm

SiriusXM just played a song - without the title - on the Broadway Buzz.  It is hard to tell the context - it was a pretty hard rock song.  I think it was about telling someone to let them in and to join them.  Out of context it wasn't a bad song.  It didn't really grab me. 

The song is to be released broadly tomorrow but Sirius has it now 

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/9/25 at 3:40pm

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 03:40 PM

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 2:59am

That song “Have to Have You, wasn’t awful. But I’m not sure why the guitar solo was there. Also it just kinda ended. Of course this is all taken out of context. I just hope during the guitar bit it’s not a dance break! 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 12:01pm

They are starting really early with tickets, releasing songs, the cast reveal, merch, etc. I think it's a great idea, and with the excellent producing team behind it, I think this could be fantastic.

Updated On: 10/10/25 at 12:01 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 12:36pm

The key art and marketing imagery is also very cool. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 12:39pm

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 12:39 PM

[gibsons2]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 1:03pm

Everything looks nice and very expensive about this musical, except the actual music I've heard so far. 

[BillyFlynn2]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 3:00pm

This is going to do very well.  The score is absolutely fantastic; these guys wrote a truly exceptional score.  Certain elements of the story appeal to adults, other elements appeal to teenagers, and other elements appeal to the younger crowd.

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 5:18pm

Sutton Ross said: "They are starting really early with tickets, releasing songs, the cast reveal, merch, etc. I think it's a great idea, and with the excellent producing team behind it, I think this could be fantastic."

 

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 05:18 PM

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 5:23pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "

Besides you who is on this excellent producing team? You seem to be posting a lot about it with the same adoration and seemingly different screen names?



Sutton Ross said: "They are starting really early with tickets, releasing songs, the cast reveal, merch, etc. I think it's a great idea, and with the excellent producing team behind it, I think this could be fantastic."

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I know there's a lot of younger first time co-producers on this one. Maybe that explains the upticks in shill accounts recently?

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/10/25 at 5:37pm

I know there's a lot of younger first time co-producers on this one. Maybe that explains the upticks in shill accounts recently?"

 

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 05:37 PM

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 11:10pm

Certain elements of your post will appeal to people who don't realize you joined two weeks ago. Other elements of your post will appeal to people who don't think you are the show publicist and other elements will appeal to younger people who don't think you are the show producer.

BillyFlynn2 said: "This is going to do very well. The score is absolutely fantastic; these guys wrote a trulyexceptional score. Certain elements of the story appeal to adults, other elements appeal to teenagers, and other elements appeal to the younger crowd."

 

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 11:10 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 11:52am

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "I know there's a lot of younger first time co-producers on this one. Maybe that explains the upticks in shill accounts recently?"

Historically it's been the older co-producer types who gravitate to this board. The younger ones tend to be more drawn to socials (which is probably a better use of their time).

Given that the three lead producers have produced a cumulative zero Broadway shows, and none of the authors have written for the stage before, it's unlikely that this will be a normal process. That doesn't mean it's destined to fail. But this could not have bigger underdog status, given the size of its theatre and relative obscurity of the source material.

Releasing some music in advance is kind of the bare minimum that a new musical can do, and it neither helps nor hurts to announce the show a year in advance (GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER and Rudin's CAROUSEL also did that) and to put some merch on sale.

I wish them well.

Also...I just noticed Michael Arden is credited as co-lighting designer on this one?

Updated On: 10/12/25 at 11:52 AM

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 12:40pm

This feels like Stranger Things 2.0 without the brand recency.  The key art and grainy VHS look ...

[Theatrefan2]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 12:57pm

If Back to the Future, which is a much bigger 1980s  IP, struggled on Broadway (after the initial rush). Then lost boys is going to need to be really good and have excellent word of mouth .

Updated On: 10/12/25 at 12:57 PM

[DaveyG]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 3:50pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Given that the three lead producers have produced a cumulative zero Broadway shows, and none of the authors have written for the stage before, it's unlikely that this will be a normal process. That doesn't mean it's destined to fail. But this could not have bigger underdog status, given the size of its theatre and relative obscurity of the source material."
 

$25 million is a huge amount for any producer to raise. I wonder how far along they are. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 4:15pm

CoffeeBreak said: "This feels like Stranger Things 2.0 without the brand recency. The key art and grainy VHS look ..."

Unless it’s a huge boardwalk, home and cave set I dont picture this being huge unless they have a carousel to open the show with like the movie and the flying.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 5:35pm

There are two aerial designers on the show.  It’s not going to be small and 25 million is likely low for what it will be.  

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 7:06pm

DaveyG said: "$25 million is a huge amount for any producer to raise. I wonder how far along they are."

Don't know how far they are from goal but I know they're still actively raising. (The idea that they're still raising is not a red flag tho -- almost every musical is still raising at this stage of its lifecycle -- but if they still have, say, $10mil to go, that would be concerning.)

Updated On: 10/12/25 at 07:06 PM

[mufish]

Posted: 10/13/25 at 10:08pm

I attended a panel they had yesterday at New York Comic Con. Zachary Quinto was there to moderate the discussion, which included Patrick Wilson, Michael Arden, LJ Benet, Ali Louis Bourzgui, and Maria Wirries. A few notes/takeaways:

• It sounds like it'll be a pretty big show as Michael Arden talked about using the space. There will definitely be flying; Ali and LJ both talked about doing a flying test
• The vampires will be a band and all play instruments
• LJ Benet sang a song from the show, I can't recall the title but there are probably some videos out there or will be eventually - I saw at least one person near me recording it. Despite being in a room in the Javits, I thought it sounded great and even out of context rather enjoyed it (for all that's worth haha)
• They don't seem to be seeing this purely as a "vampire show" and are well aware of the history of vampire shows. Arden talked about one of the big elements is that it's about a family, and is an opportunity to highlight a relationship between two brothers, which isn't something that is often seen in theatre
• Maria Wirries said the show will get more into Star's story, which the movie apparently doesn't do as much (sorry, haven't seen the movie yet!)
• Arden didn't want to give too much away as far as which specific scenes of the movie will be in the show, but did mention one of the things he likes to do is surprise the audience in some way - which apparently isn't the flying since they talked so openly about that!
• Heartwarming/serendipitous personal anecdote: LJ Benet, who will make his Broadway debut, told a story about how his mom told him after he booked the show that his grandfather used to sell programs on the street outside the Palace 
• They played a video they recorded for "Have to Have You," the song that was recently released. It was a video of everyone in the studio recording the song. The guitar solo you hear is Slash...I assume they just got him to record the solo for purposes of adding some cachet to it and that in the show, if anything it'll just be one of the band (Ali mentioned he plays guitar, so maybe him?) playing it. Or maybe it's not part of the version in the show at all

They gave everyone a window card on the way out, which was nice! I would've thought the Stranger Things panel earlier in the weekend would've handed something out as well, but I digress. All in all, I'm looking forward to visiting the Palace for this next spring.