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Some twenty years after a string of vampire musicals flopped on Broadway, the singing undead are ready to make a comeback. Via The Hollywood Reporter, we’ve learned that a musical based on the cult classic horror comedy The Lost Boys officially debuts on Broadway at the Palace Theater in early 2026. The musical will feature a score by The Rescues and direction by Tony Award winner Michael Arden (Parade, Maybe Happy Ending). The book is by Chris Hoch and David Hornsby, a writer/producer on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The announcement comes with an official title logo reveal for The Lost Boys: A New Musical.
The Lost Boys remains one of the most iconic vampire movies ever. It successfully crossed the teen comedy genre with vampires, during the summer of 1987. It’s all about two teen boys who move to a California beach town, which just happens to be overrun with vampires. The Joel Schumacher film became even more successful on video and endless TV airings. A few years back, reports about a prequel musical to The Lost Boys hit the internet. The title for that one was A Lost Boys Story. It had a score written by musician G Tom Mac who wrote the movie’s memorable opening track, “Cry Little Sister.” They announced that musical prequel back in 2020. But it seems Warner Bros., who owns the rights to the property, decided to go in a different direction.
This musical doesn’t seem to be a prequel story at all, just a straight-up adaptation of the 1987 film. The producers even said in a statement, “David Hornsby and Chris Hoch have done a remarkable job of honoring this classic film and its beloved characters, creating something new and unique for the stage that will excite the die-hard fans of the movie as well as those being introduced to this timeless story for the first time.” That doesn’t sound like they are straying too far from the source material. Hopefully, this fares better than notorious vampire musical flops like Dance of the Vampires, Dracula: The Musical, and Lestat. Honestly, if the teenage vampire-hunting Frog Brothers get a killer number, how can they go wrong?
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