THE LOST BOYS Previews- Page 7

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/1/26 at 8:37pm

the director chose the band to write the music when brought on board by producers.  this is his show from the ground up - music composer and all. 

Updated On: 4/1/26 at 08:37 PM

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 4/1/26 at 9:30pm

Oh this is terrible. Michael’s twink army lives and they ruin every scene. Gone is a great 80s beautiful movie. Michael Arden if you need help let me know. The cast excluding Sho, Ali, and LJ are all over acting and they need to replace the girl who plays Star asap. The opening needs to go and needs to be replaced with a slow moving curtain opener with Cry Little Sister.  Oh hi Quizking in back of me

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/1/26 at 9:41pm

WldKingdomHM said: "Oh this is terrible. Michael’s twink army lives and they ruin every scene. Gone is a great 80s beautiful movie. Michael Arden if you need help let me know. The cast excluding Sho, Ali, and LJ are all over acting and they need to replace the girl who plays Star asap. The opening needs to go and needs to be replaced with a slow moving curtain opener with Cry Little Sister.Oh hi Quizking in back of me"

Lol. I will compile my thoughts more later, but I’m actually not hating this so far. The camp and queer subtext of this show is actually off the rails for sure, but after suffering through Beaches this afternoon, that may color my perspective on this being great because it doesn’t make me wish I was Kelli Barrett slowly dying of Unknown Lady Disease.

Also, may this be the show where Ali Louis Bourzgui finally gets some flowers. He’s in his 20s and is basically the Broadway equivalent of a Rick-roll

[lila12]

Posted: 4/1/26 at 11:05pm

This may be the longest show I have ever seen on Broadway. It certainly feels that way. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 4/2/26 at 12:01am

lila12 said: "This may be the longest show I have ever seen on Broadway. It certainly feels that way."

Oh boy this was long and exhausting. Act two was a hot mess and the battle scene reminded me of Wonderland.Caissie Levy dodged a bullet and we are left with poor Shoshana doing nothing but sitting and setting up a table on and on but omg that voice she should of opened the Palace back up. During the post curtain call scene the audience were laughing and screaming back at one point someone said “oh look a deleted scene”. I don’t see this running at all. Please forgive my spelling I’m exhausted lol

ps there’s a song / scene called Belong to Someone it’s the best scene and song in the show. It’s thrilling and should of closed Act 1

Updated On: 4/2/26 at 12:01 AM

[Ensemble1665759202]

Posted: 4/2/26 at 12:11am

Saw it for the second time tonight and was surprised at how many major changes have already happened since last week, with one song completely gone, a new scene added and plenty of other changes. Will share more details tomorrow. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/2/26 at 1:05am

quizking101 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Oh this is terrible. Michael’s twink army lives and they ruin every scene. Gone is a great 80s beautiful movie. Michael Arden if you need help let me know. The cast excluding Sho, Ali, and LJ are all over acting and they need to replace the girl who plays Star asap. The opening needs to go and needs to be replaced with a slow moving curtain opener with Cry Little Sister.Oh hi Quizking in back of me"

Lol. I will compile my thoughts more later, but I’m actually not hating this so far.The camp and queer subtext of this show is actually off the rails for sure, but after suffering through Beaches this afternoon, that may color my perspective on this being great because it doesn’t make me wish I was Kelli Barrett slowly dying of Unknown Lady Disease.

Also, may this be the show where Ali Louis Bourzgui finally gets some flowers. He’s in his 20s and is basically the Broadway equivalent of a Rick-roll"

Continuing on - how exactly does a 97 minute film become a 2:45 musical? That second act felt LOOOOOONG. It seemed like it needed to give more attention to, and subsequently wrap up, a panoply of subplots that could stand to be trimmed. (In particular, the little brother’s queer awakening and associated superhero musical number can easily be tossed out.) Each subsequent song (all bangers, no subtlety) in act II felt like the volume was being increased a little more, but that was also partly because Shoshana finally had something to do beyond her kitchen acting and a number about “Be Kind, Rewind”. Admittedly, I did find my mind wandering more than once as I wondered how this was finally going to tie up and why it was taking so long to get there.

This show is firmly at the intersection of THE OUTSIDERS and STRANGER THINGS with enough queer subtext and overtures to make a gender studies professor giddy. Personally, I find the former to be a great musical, if a bit heavy handed, and the latter to be a play that’s more about assaulting senses than telling a story. Here, I actually very much enjoyed the wire work and special effects by the cast because it was actually in service to the story and not just used to WOW/distract the audience.

I’m not inclined to tell anyone to skip it because it’s certainly bold in a season full of safe properties, but it needs to trim some fat and also remember that subtlety did exist in the 1980s. I may go back in a month myself to see how things did or did not change.

STAGE DOOR: Everyone came out. The guy at the door said they usually do but timing is contingent on guests and post-show notes. Everything was wrapped by 11:30

[jpbran]

Posted: 4/2/26 at 1:38am

Where’s the stage door in the theater’s new incarnation/elevation?

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/2/26 at 3:02am

jpbran said: "Where’s the stage door in the theater’s new incarnation/elevation?"

Outside to the left of the main entrance. It’s marked and the barricades are usually up