THE LOST BOYS Previews — Page 14

No. Not connected with the show or Arden. You'll have to ask the "ensemble" brothers about that. Yes. opinionated.

MHE cost much more than 15m. It will take many many many years to recoup. It's weekly running costs are quite high. LB weeklies are much higher still.

LB is the BIGGEST production of a musical this year. By far. It's not the best production or best musical of the year.

But agree it will sell well to middle america (without recoup). Fans of the movie however don't leave terribly thrilled especially with the music, tone and lacking "grandpa".

Updated On: 4/26/26 at 02:10 AM

Auggie27 said: "This piece is bringing out a hard to describe response in a diverse audience. Both nostalgia via a reminted chunk of another era, and something distinctly very 2026. It's emotion-fueled, filled with yearning and - the dark story of abandonment - a daring, unapologetic melancholy to enhance the eventual cathartic redemption. And it's got hot young performers who ignite in front of us. People exit feeling stirred. All of the quibbles, and I noted a nitpicky handful here last week, ultimately don't matter."

I love this thought! I'm curious to see where the reviews land, but for me personally, this was the biggest surprise of the season and I'm really looking forward to going back next weekend.

Caught this on Thursday night and I too was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The production was exciting, the score did feel redundant but the power ballad energy kept everything moving forward. Yes, the second act does veer into YA comedy (and that opening of Act Two Dracula crap certainly established where we were going but was totally unnecessary.) If you check out the film on Google, it is listed as a comedy horror genre, whatever that might be. All in all, there was a palpable excitement in the air and I chose to go along with the ride despite any objections I may have felt. You certainly see where the budget was spent and that stagecraft alone kept me engaged. This final show of the season is probably gonna be the biggest wild card tonight as for how the critics will respond.

Updated On: 4/26/26 at 01:15 PM

I’m curious too.
Of the 16 Broadway shows to open so far in 2026, a whopping 11 of them were classified by the New York Times as “Critic’s Picks”- with other reviews in almost every case mostly falling in line with the Times’ opinion. So whatever else, people can’t say that the critics this season are being the big meanies they’re often generalized as being.

blug said: "Is the younger audience response to this similar to the positiveyounger audience response to Be More Chill?

In other words, is there something here for the grownups?"

The spectacle of the show is for anyone who sees it. The younger audience will latch onto the music, teen centric story, incredible voices and singing. The overall production is a great delivery. The story landing is up for debate.

I went into this yesterday afternoon as a last minute decision and curiosity. I don’t know if the house opened late, but when I arrived at 1:35, the line was almost at 6th Ave.

As for the show, it is the spectacular people have wanted. I went solo and was surrounded by fans of the movie and families. And a full house. It is far from perfect, but I think it could be review proof.

It is a wonder to watch. Some songs could be eliminated easily and some of the book is cringe. I say this as someone who sees everything. The average audience will not care. The entire house was invested and the roaring curtain call was quite something I haven’t seen in a while. The merch line was crazy (good merch, btw).

Uniformly great performances and a mind blowing scenic design. Though we do need to get Shoshana out of the kitchen! I didn’t realize tonight was opening, so it’s locked. It is far from perfect, but I wish it the best and look forward to revisiting (and getting the socks at merch). It may not recoup or win much on the awards front (I’m happy to be proven wrong), but I had a great time seeing a movie I love pretty much translated well to the stage. Warner has done well this season with their properties. DDA was not reviewed well, but I enjoyed it. This was a bigger win. Can’t wait for the reviews to roll in!

Jordan Catalano said: "Went back to the show tonight to see what kind of work has been done on it and amazingly, Arden and the team have actually done quite a bit. About 16 minutes or so has been removed - I compared the song list from the March playbill and tonight and they were the same, so I'm not sure of all the music changes. I'm sure the May Playbill will have the revised song list.I was sad to hear "Be Kind Rewind" was gone, mainly because I'm a sucker for anything set in a video store or related to that but the song that replaced it is in the same setting and was a pretty decent song, so I was happy. They even expanded the video store set a bit.

Funny enough, some of the things I thought were questionable at the first preview, like the tone of the show and the amount of ballads are still present but much less bothersome to me than before. In fact, I didn't even notice or think of either of those while watching like I did last time. I think the flow of the musical is much better now so the tone doesn't really come off ASuneven and that would be due I'm sure to cuts that Arden hasmade. Damnit, I even shed a tear (just a little one) at the last number.

But I want to talk about the audience. Watching this crowd shuffle in before the show and they were LOUD. Really excited and rambunctious and well, not your typical theater crowd. Which is fine. But I'll be god damned if that didn't turn out to bethe most respectful audience I've been in, inyears. No phones. No wrappers. No ice shaking. No talking.But that doesn't mean they were silent -I haven't heard a response to a show like this since I don't even know. The only way to describe it is saying it was electric. Response to many of the songs and scenes (and not in an annoying over the top way) had me looking around thinking "Oh my God, this show is gonna be huge". Quality of the show aside or whatever the critics are going to say tomorrow night, I just have a feeling it won't matter. These people LOVED IT and again, I can't remember a time I saw that many people of pretty much all ages,file out of a theater loudly saying how much they loved a show and "OH MY GOD IT WAS AMAZING!" Even in the pouring rain tonight, hundreds of people were lined up by the stage door outside.

Obviously, I could be wrong but it's just that feeling that this thing could really have some staying power and word of mouth is going to make this one last."

I had that exact same experience when I went a couple weeks ago. I couldn’t help but get caught up in the excitement. Word of mouth really is everything in theater. People revisiting 10 plus times during previews says a lot. That hasn’t happened for a new show in a while.

I agree that "Belong to Someone" is a haunting, soulful heartbreaker. It's performed in the single most stunning visual sequence, what I saw as Magritte-inspired. And it's the point when the narrative digs deeper, past the film, and excavates what's truest: the setting and story-defining melancholy. The Venn diagram explored - a swath of turf where tribes of the undead and the living both cope with a deep well of ineffable sadness - is the best thing in the show. The song's a helluva keeper.

What happened to the review thread? Ah, well.

Sounds like the producers have their work cut out for them in promoting the hell out of this show. I don't think just winning Tonys will cut it lest it suffer the same fate as Hell's Kitchen.

EDIT: Yup. Looked again and it's not there for me. Weird. Anyhow, on to more interesting topics...

Updated On: 4/27/26 at 01:40 PM

blug said: "What happened to the review thread? Ah, well."

? It's still there: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/THE-LOST-BOYS-Reviews/4#5562073