THE LOST BOYS Reviews — Page 7

CoffeeBreak said: "MadsonMelo said: "Michael Arden could direct Escape to Margaritaville and I would trust this man could made a good mise en scene out of this, because his direction here elevates a mediocre material that just blows my mind."

Direction of a new musical, especially in this case, is not just staging (most of that was done by his choreography team). Arden chose the writers and the band, that makes the show mediocre - and not fit the 80s material (with exception of one song they hock to make it seem so). He likes tech so much so he claims lighting design credit (pairing himself with an extremely skilled designer who would've done the same work on her own, with or without him). This ego title grab, for a director, is quite something - considering the director shapes the show with the designer as is. it's actually pretty shocking to take that from a female lighting designer. The key here is the set and hiring a good lighting designer who did all the work, plotting, cueing etc.

After this and Versailles, it's grand spectacle over attention to the material /smart choices.

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I wonder what Arden did to you to inspire the enormous grudge you hold against him. It is pathological at this point.

the comparison between the two fails immediately. yes, one could plausibly enjoy the score to QOV more, I guess, or stan Chenoweth, opinions are opinions and all are valid, BUT

the very premise of QOV was gross. it glorified and took minimal shots at the epitome of american greed. it was impossible to root for the vile characters. hard to make that claim re Lost Boys, which is if anything TOO eager to be PC and amicable to the crowds. its apples and rotten apples.

CoffeeBreak said: "I wonder what Arden did to you to inspire the enormous grudge you hold against him. It is pathological at this point."

Nothing. It's just the truth of the matter. That's all."

It’s giving Sweaty Oracle obsession. You two should start a band called the Lost Boys. It would explain most of your hot takes. Lost. 

I’m taking reviews with a pinch of salt until I have viewed it myself…..7 pages on here of very mixed reviews and hundreds of pages on fb and other sites of comments from people who are loving this show….

I saw the show last night through TDF ended up with two tickets on the side of the orchestra row. They were fantastic seats, especially with the reorganization of the palace theater seating I think.
I was really pleasantly surprised with this show. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would’ve. Shoshana Bean, LJ Benet, and Ali Louis Bourzgui blew me away. and the special effects and the music were pretty nice as well. 

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "steven22 said: "I saw the show last night through TDF ended up with two tickets on the side of the orchestra row. They were fantastic seats, especially with the reorganization of the palace theater seating I think.
I was really pleasantly surprised with this show. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would’ve. Shoshana Bean, LJ Benet, and Ali Louis Bourzgui blew me away. and the special effects and the music were pretty nice as well."

Go see stranger things for special effects. Lost boys special effects palein comparison"

I saw Stranger Things when it was in previews and really liked it too! 

Preorders for the cast album - to be released via Atlantic Records - start on May 29.

I will start an OBCR thread when release dates are announced.

TotallyEffed said: "I just saw the show and no shade, if this score could be nominated for a Tony then Queen of Versailles should have gotten one as well."

Agree! The score of Lost Boys isn’t bad… it’s just not memorable and it’s certainly not a “rock” score by any means. I can’t name a single song nor can I hum one. 

inception said: "Watching that Tonight Show performance all I wondered about was if they are all in wigs? Is Ali Bourzgui in a wig, or doeshe have to do his hair like that for the show?"

There’s literally a wig designer on the show…

Was anyone at the Palace this morning? There was a performance of no more monsters outside of the theater with the rescues and Mason as Michael. Just saw it on Instagram. They sound great!  

My husband and I attended the evening performance on 5/13/26 and didn’t love this. We saw eight shows during this visit, and The Lost Boys was the only one that disappointed. It wasn’t bad, but overall we didn’t feel that the transition to a musical really did anything to enhance the story. If anything, it often felt like the songs halted the show every time it started to gain momentum. There are some good voices (Shoshana Bean can really sing), but the only musical numbers we found memorable and propulsive were the ones sung by David when he was not performing as a band member.

The evening was a bit of a slog for us until the vampires took Michael to their lair for the first time. The flying/levitation, even though we were able to see some of the wires from our seats, was choreographed well and sometimes almost balletic. Otherwise, from a production design and special effects perspective, it felt like a knockoff of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and Stranger Things is doing it better. We bought discounted front orchestra tickets; had we paid full price, I would’ve felt that we didn’t get our money’s worth.

Updated On: 5/21/26 at 09:16 AM

MadsonMelo said: "As days goes by, I really hope this doesn't win Best Musical, I really didn't like it."

Then which show gets your vote?

witchoftheeast2 said: "MadsonMelo said: "As days goes by, I really hope this doesn't win Best Musical, I really didn't like it."

Then which show gets your vote?"

Didn't really LOVED any, but ''Schmigadoon!'' as a whole is the best option for me.