Michael Arden Turns The Lost Boys Into a Genuine Broadway Event

The Lost Boys — Joel Schumacher's 1987 vampire cult film — opened at the Palace Theatre on April 26 as a full Broadway musical, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden, with a score by The Rescues and Shoshana Bean leading the cast. Deadline called it "killer fun." Variety called it "rich in imagination, filled with spectacular effects." On Broadway, that combination — a beloved IP, a director who can think theatrically, a performer who commands a room — does not always add up to something that works. This time it does.