Michael Arden to direct musical adaptation of THE LOST BOYS, with music by The Rescues — Page 9

I’m curious as to why a longer rehearsal period would be cause for concern in the creative output ability of the team? Wouldn’t it be more concerning if the cast only had 1 month of rehearsals vs 2?

I may be wrong but would think the more time the cast and crew has together to hammer things out and explore different artistic choices would only lead to a better end product?
 

CoffeeBreak said: "They are indeed hurting for money. The overlong rehearsal period (even with no out of town)of two months has questioned investors in the creative output ability of the team. And the money already spent on numerous expensive workshops to lure investors has at cost sky high. Thisteam works on glitz and behind it appears to be not much. Worry in the ranks. The Palace could indeed have another show replacement by spring..."

 

RippedMan said: "Agreed. An out of town tryout would have cost so much more money."

Absolutely. An out of town tryout would easily cost 8 figures for this kind of elaborate show. 

I would agree but most of the issues seem to come down to the material. Which you can get through rehearsal and run throughs. 

How can we save Shoshana? That was ROUGH. Hopefully this is a curtain call song or something why is the character of David have to do with this ? Seems like this will be a long stretch from the movie. Le sigh

Updated On: 2/2/26 at 02:05 PM

Ensemble1698878795 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "How can we saveShoshana? That was ROUGH"

The song is a little generic. The biggest issue is the mixing of voices. It's just nota great presentation of the material out of context."

Agree

WldKingdomHM said: "Ensemble1698878795 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "How can we saveShoshana? That was ROUGH"

The song is a little generic. The biggest issue is the mixing of voices. It's just nota great presentation of the material out of context."

Agree"

Also agree.  That was super cheesy churchy.  What is the TONE of this musical vs. the film?!   Some good singers but this comes off as pedantic generic C rate "Evan Hansen" hapless angst.  Where is THE LOST BOYS ???  yikes.  "a benediction for our audience?"  nope.

Let's hope the staging isn't this college showcase presentation.  This season...

#SaveShoshana 

Updated On: 2/2/26 at 02:21 PM

That was the most excited my ears have been by hearing a new piece of Broadway music for the first time since I can't remember when.  Y'all are ridiculous.  

kidmanboy said: "That was the most excited my ears have been by hearing a new piece of Broadway music for the first time since I can't remember when. Y'all are ridiculous."

Or what we heard doesn't speak to us. That's not ridiculous. It's called different tastes. 

Merkin2 said: "Based on talking to several Tony voters and nominations, they are much more pro QoV than what we’ve seen on this board. Kristin is a lock for leading actress, it will win Setand other design categories, and if Lost Boys is a dud, Versailles will win Best Musical"

Well the voters don't nominate anything. Just the very small pool of nominators (which usually numbers around 50 after folks inevitably recuse themselves during the season). So you having a convo with "several" of them (supposedly split between nominators and voters) doesn't really mean much in terms of eventual results. No closed musical has won the Best Musical award since Hallelujah Baby. If you think QoV is winning this year...sorry but there is a close to 0% chance of that happening. I think it can still be nominated for lead actress, scenic design, costume design, and maybe score simply due to lack of competition. But that's the end of the list and it isn't going to win any of those categories. 

If Lost Boys is a dud, we still have Two Strangers and Titanique for Best Musical options. Both of which have already done better with critics and audiences than QoV. I think Versailles is firmly in last place among the eligible contenders and the one production I feel totally safe saying it won't be nominated in the top category. 

ColorTheHours048 said: "Video: THE LOST BOYS Cast Performs 'If We Make It Through The Night'


Yeesh. This is pretty rough. Where the other song they’ve released so far felt generic but moody, this one just feels… generic. It’s giving Dear Evan Hansen, which the movie decidedly does not."

Can I get some video with my "Video: THE LOST BOYS Cast, etc, etc?

I agree it gives Dear Evan Hanson vibes, a generic "we feel a lot of emotion about something" song.

It's here on Youtube, if you don't want to deal with BWW's ads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOX89G0axKw

Updated On: 2/2/26 at 08:10 PM

violetsandroses said: "The song sounds like worship music to me. Assuming it's end of act one lol"

I had the same thought!  Especially when it gets to the chorus, it's a dead ringer for a contemporary praise and worship song.