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THE LOST BOYS Reviews
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#225
Posted: 6/2/26 at 9:43pm
There is no way to make cables totally invisible or to totally obscure harnesses. I think all things considered, the production does a very good job at seamlessly getting it done in a very unobtrusive way. I think some suspension of disbelief is required when actors are being flown- stage effects have hard limits.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#226
Posted: 6/2/26 at 9:50pm
At a certain point you can even see actors removing the cables and them going back up into the air
Yeah, it's like they are human beings that can't actually fly or something.....
Suspension of belief is a requirement to see this show. Enjoy.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#227
Posted: 6/2/26 at 10:41pm
Kad said: "There is no way to make cables totally invisible or to totally obscure harnesses. I think all things considered, the production does a very good job at seamlessly getting it done in a very unobtrusive way. I think some suspension of disbelief is required when actors are being flown- stage effects have hard limits."
I think they did amazing at hiding them in Act 1. I was very close and it looked great. Wish they had been consistent with the effect in the second act and use similar lighting, that's all.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#228
Posted: 6/2/26 at 11:07pm
The problem is there ARE ways to hide these cables better - they just haven't designed the locations better in the grid and lighting instrument locations. If you are sitting close to the side, they are very visible (quite a bit from the mezzanine as well) - and the unclipping pretty obvious.
I also don't understand why they never flew much after Act I. It seems they would - even if not lit terribly well?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#229
Posted: 6/3/26 at 12:06am
You don't need to understand something you despise (yet keep seeing over and over and over again) so hard, brah.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#230
Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:08am
You've got it wrong. I don't despise it. Most don't understand why they never fly much in Act 2. Don't be mad I see it for what it is. There are good there - it's just not a great show. The production is great technically - but could be better there too. But good try.
Updated On: 6/3/26 at 01:08 AMBroadway Star Joined: 7/7/07
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#231
Posted: 6/3/26 at 2:28am
Having only watched the (in my opinion, pretty terrible) film recently, there's only one bit of "flying" in what I presume is the second act of the stage show anyway, isn't there - when the vampires attack the family home at the end (and even then in the film they just use crane shots to do it). I can see why, if they're beholden to that story structure, there isn't much else to see.
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#232
Posted: 6/3/26 at 9:18am
DeNada said: "Having only watched the (in my opinion, pretty terrible) film recently, there's only one bit of "flying" in what I presume is the second act of the stage show anyway, isn't there - when the vampires attack the family home at the end (and even then in the film they just use crane shots to do it). I can see why, if they're beholden to that story structure, there isn't much else to see."
I think the movie's pretty terrible, too. Thought so when I saw it in first release (at 18, the right age to appreciate it). Surprised it was being made into a musical, and even more surprised so many people apparently want to see it.
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#233
Posted: 6/3/26 at 10:35am
My personal problem with the flying wasn’t the cables in and of themselves; it’s how often it happens and the effort it takes to clip in and out. It’s why magicians don’t typically perform the same tricks back to back. I can suspend disbelief the first time, but the next time, I’m looking for the strings (literally and metaphorically). By the third time, it’s like… okay, we get it, you spent money on a complex flying rig.
Updated On: 6/3/26 at 10:35 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#234
Posted: 6/3/26 at 11:30am
Isn't it interesting, triggering audience expectation? This will seem random, but this discussion of the clipping and unclipping takes me back to No, No, Nanette. Ruby Keeler wore regular shoes through the top of act one until a specific entrance in one scene. People in the audience would whisper, "Look! She's got on her taps!" and sure enough, within minutes she launched into "I Want to Be Happy," invariably to thunderous applause. Here we have wires telling us the vampires wanna be flyin'.
THE LOST BOYS Reviews#235
Posted: 6/3/26 at 4:14pm
I'm pretty sure no flying rigs are involved in the dead-falls off the train bridge (except for Michael's fall of course). Those drops down into the trap room with its trampoline crash pads are all done courtesy of gravity, I believe.
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