Posted: 5/21/26 at 11:12am
Can you rate your 8 shows in order that would be good to hear…
cheers
Posted: 5/21/26 at 2:29pm
Thanks to TDF I went to the matinee yesterday and had a good time. It was 90 degrees and it felt like the old days when I would spend many an afternoon at the movies to escape the heat. When I left The Lost Boys, especially having to descend that long escalator at the Palace, it brought back those old movie haunt feelings.
This was worth attending for the scenic design, aerial choreography and to swoon for Ali Louis Bourzgui. I think I can just listen to him read the phone book and be happy. My favorite moment is Have to Have You. The use of that mosh pit I found spectacular. The way the sets come and go were also very exciting.
I was sad that Paul Alexander Nolan did not get his own song. Shoshana Bean and Maria Wirries were terrific.
Posted: 5/21/26 at 3:11pm
Shoutout to The Lost Boys' marketing team and how well they've built a social media following. A video on their Instagram of an understudy singing outside the theater has more views than Schmigadoon's performance on the Kelly Clarkson Show.
Posted: 5/22/26 at 7:42am
Waiting in the bathroom line after last night’s show, I overheard no less than three people comment “It was sort of Disney’s The Lost Boys.” And if that isn’t the perfect description of this experience (I hesitate to call it a musical), I don’t know what is.
This show is the junkiest of junk foods; not trash, as I said pre-edit. Now, there’s room for junk food in life, but after 2.5 hours, you start to wonder why there’s so damn much of it. Everything is compensating for something else. The score’s monotonous and boring, and most of the songs just… end? Make the set constantly move and change even if we have to come back to the same location in 30 seconds. The set’s ultimately not doing much of anything? Make the vampires fly like they’re in Cirque du Soleil. You can see the wires and the vampires aren’t that threatening? Loud sound and blind the audience. It all starts to pile up in a heap of money and bad judgment. And the greatest sin of all is that it’s never scary or even very funny.
Ali Louis Bourzgui sounds pretty fantastic, and gets the only songs in the show that match the vibe I’d prefer it stuck to. I can totally understand his Tony nomination. Shoshana Bean sounds fantastic too, but it’s clear why Caissie Levy jumped ship to stay with Ragtime. The role is so overwritten, it’s ridiculous. THREE songs in act 2?? Everyone else in the show ranges from underused to “Ugh get off the stage.” Every single teenage character was obnoxious, and don’t get me started on the gay superhero song. (I’m all for wink-wink corniness, but my god.)
If this is worthy of 12 Tony nominations, that certainly tells us what kind of season we’ve had.
Updated On: 5/24/26 at 07:42 AM
Posted: 5/22/26 at 9:19am
B.JAMES said: "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 forgot how fkn insufferable people on here can be.
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I'm baffled by what counts as so "fkn insufferable" about the OP that someone was not only movtivated to write such an intense reaction, but four people upvoted him. It seems in line with most other comments on the show: not bad, not great, special effects okay but ST effects are better. I mean, so what?
Posted: 5/22/26 at 1:31pm
It's an exciting, expensive looking show. People pay a lot of money for tickets and as much fun as a bare stage is because the ACTORS ARE THE ATTRACTION 🙄, the average theater goer wants a spectacle and this is it. People screaming like it's a rock concert yet not a phone in sight? People being so into this reminds me of The Outsiders, it was the popular show then just like this is now.
Everyone on this board can agree on one thing: The Great Gatsby is not a good show but it looks expensive. It's great to look at. Same thing with Moulin Rouge. Which is why the former is still running and the latter did so well and is cleaning up on the road.
It turns out people want their money's worth and this production is doing that. Their marketing team, their social media team, and everyone creating the feeling that this is an event all deserve raises. Oh and it doesn't cost 900 bux which is super helpful!
"It just looks really cool" was the most overheard comment by me. And in the world we are currently living in, sometimes that's enough. A great escape for a few hours. This will win Tonys but doesn't need them. Love.
Updated On: 5/22/26 at 01:31 PM
Posted: 5/22/26 at 2:42pm
Totally agreed. I had such a great time and was blown away by the physical production. Not just the flying and drops, but everything-small intimate scenes that could have easily been done with way fewer set pieces were still brilliantly realized and executed-and LARGE. It was such a joy to see real, physical 3 dimensional sets. I didn't realize until watching just how rare it had become. The whole show is big.
Posted: 5/22/26 at 2:52pm
This show certainly need Tonys, they have yet to meet the weekly nut as far as we know, right?
They need a Best Musical seal to go beyond and think about turn a profit on Broadway.
Posted: 5/22/26 at 4:04pm
It was such a joy to see real, physical 3 dimensional sets. I didn't realize until watching just how rare it had become. The whole show is big.
Right? We got so used to projections and bare stages, it feels great to see such an incredibly maximalist production. This is what people want in a Broadway production with Broadway prices. Go figure.
Posted: 5/22/26 at 4:51pm
MadsonMelo said: "This show certainly need Tonys, they have yet to meet the weekly nut as far as we know, right?
They need a Best Musical seal to go beyond and think about turn a profit on Broadway."
I think they’re the only new musical meeting their weekly nut tbh
Posted: 5/22/26 at 6:52pm
They need a Best Musical seal to go beyond and think about turn a profit on Broadway."
Yeah, no. This is not a show that needs to win a Tony to keep afloat or turn a profit. In fact, it's the one show that does not need to win Best Musical from a financial standpoint.
Posted: 5/22/26 at 8:28pm
Ensemble1665759202 said: "MadsonMelo said: "This show certainly need Tonys, they have yet to meet the weekly nut as far as we know, right?
They need a Best Musical seal to go beyond and think about turn a profit on Broadway."
I think they’re the only new musical meeting their weekly nut tbh"
They are likely not and if they are, it has only been in the last week or two and barely. This is a show with a weekly cost of 1.1mil at the very least and likely more. Two Strangers has a reported running cost of around 500k, which it has been consistently hitting and exceeding.
Once it hits and sustains weekly grosses of $1.5mil and higher, then we can start talking about how it’s doing well. But right now, it has maybe hit costs in the last two weeks. And that is not sustainable for a production that cost this much to put up. We’ll see how it fared this week, which has both the holiday weekend and lot of people in town for graduations.
Updated On: 5/22/26 at 08:28 PM
Posted: 5/23/26 at 10:58am
Kad's post says it all, bluntly and persuasively. It's still a hard show on which to gauge the word of mouth's impact: I've mentioned it to a number of theatergoers who are indifferent, precisely because it's vampire-themed. I remember thinking that Gatsby didn't have a chance in hell, with such blandly dismissive reviews and no score standout to market. But there's quite a pop-cultural chasm between a classic-titled musical and yet another show taken from an 80s film, particularly a teen-centric piece. My guess is, the production would be wise to {also} play up the family angle, to frame the piece as a displaced clan's battle for restoration and healing, to hit the sweet spot in the Venn diagram uniting Outsiders and Evan Hansen. It's hard to say whether marketing the spectacle alone - as poetically eye-catching and thrilling as much of it is, at least in act one - will broaden the audience. They've begun to use more shots of Bean and the sons, and that serves my point. Let folks know it's family-friendly, generally speaking, for older children.
Updated On: 5/23/26 at 10:58 AM
Posted: 5/23/26 at 11:04am
It is not making its weekly. It's over produced/directed - the likelihood of it being a financial success is very low. Now that much of the mains stem theater people have seen it - it'll be up to tourists.
Posted: 5/25/26 at 7:31am
‘The Lost Boys’ and Its Three-Tiered, High-Flying Vampire Spectacle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/theater/lost-boys-flying-broadway-vampires.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lFA.mwou.Io7PTUAxtWZw&smid=nytcore-android-share
Posted: 5/25/26 at 7:41am
Tony puff piece.
Updated On: 5/25/26 at 07:41 AM
Posted: 5/25/26 at 9:08am
So? It’s the time of year for that. You weren’t calling out the one about Rachel Dratch.
Posted: 5/25/26 at 9:21am
Kad said: "Ensemble1665759202 said: "MadsonMelo said: "This show certainly need Tonys, they have yet to meet the weekly nut as far as we know, right?
They need a Best Musical seal to go beyond and think about turn a profit on Broadway."
I think they’re the only new musical meeting their weekly nut tbh"
They are likely not and if they are, it has only been in the last week or two and barely. This is a show with a weekly cost of 1.1mil at the very least and likely more. Two Strangers has a reported running cost of around 500k, which it has been consistently hitting and exceeding.
Once it hits and sustains weekly grosses of $1.5mil and higher, then we can start talking about how it’s doing well. But right now, it hasmaybe hitcosts in the last two weeks. And that is not sustainable for a production that cost this much to put up. We’ll see how it fared this week, which has both the holiday weekend and lot of people in town for graduations."
thank you!
Posted: 5/25/26 at 10:43am
CoffeeBreak said: "Tony puff piece."
"Seeing the nail to the coffin sooner than expected" - CoffeeBreak 10/31/25
"Hearing he may leave too. investors for producers are jumping off the ship too. Fears of another sinking" - CoffeeBreak 12/11/25 (on Tony nominee Ali Louis Bourzgui)
"They need the money due to extreme ballooning of costs already by director and creative team - and some producing that has some producers jumping ship. It could still be scrapped for a later date, west end try-out or altogether." CoffeeBreak 12/23/25
"You won't have a problem getting tickets. They are holding back the MAJORITY of the seats right now trying to get anything sold as its advance isn't doing well." - CoffeeBreak 1/28/26
"They are indeed hurting for money.... Worry in the ranks. The Palace could indeed have another show replacement by spring" - CoffeeBreak 1/28/26
"They seem mixed over on reddit... surprisingly seeing many pleasantly surprised by Beaches, Vosk and the Little Cee Cee." - CoffeeBreak 3/27/26
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱
Posted: 5/25/26 at 3:36pm
CoffeeBreak said: "It is not making its weekly. It's over produced/directed - the likelihood of it being a financial success is very low. Now that much of the mains stem theater people have seen it - it'll be up to tourists."
I will say, having seen it while I was in town this weekend, I was wildly entertained (more so in the first act) and found it technically impressive, but I also made sure to tell my fiancée that he will have to come to the city to see it sooner than later because I see little way it can ever become financially successful enough for a long run. I love being able to see the money they put into it on the stage, but there’s so much of it, and it’s just such a hard sell (for example, my parents had no interest in seeing it). I wish them luck, because I’m so glad I snagged a ticket on a whim, but they’ve got a hill to climb.
Updated On: 5/25/26 at 03:36 PM
Posted: 5/27/26 at 8:11am
I saw the show last night and agree with the general consensus. It gets high marks for its ambition, but I did feel like the second act jumped the shark and it all became rather silly and predictable. The show was an example of how you can pull out all the bells and whistles, but if the story is not written in an effective way that strikes an emotional chord, the results will ultimately be mediocre. I will say that Shoshana Bean was quite good and I loved her playground number, even though it was foreseeably staged. She probably has a good chance of winning the Tony award for her performance was well grounded. Normally in a contemporary musical, the musical numbers propel the action forward. I did not find this to be true with the Lost Boys. And I think that might’ve contributed to its downfall.
Posted: 5/27/26 at 8:40am
Ensemble1665759202 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Tony puff piece."
"Seeing the nail to the coffin sooner than expected"- CoffeeBreak 10/31/25
"Hearing he may leave too. investors for producers are jumping off the ship too. Fears of another sinking" - CoffeeBreak 12/11/25 (on Tony nominee Ali Louis Bourzgui).
"They need the money due to extreme ballooning of costs already by director and creative team - and some producing that has some producers jumping ship. It could still be scrapped for a later date, west end try-out or altogether." CoffeeBreak 12/23/25
"You won't have a problem getting tickets. They are holding back the MAJORITY of the seats right now trying to get anything sold as its advance isn't doing well." - CoffeeBreak 1/28/26
"They are indeed hurting for money....Worry in the ranks. The Palace could indeed have another show replacement by spring" - CoffeeBreak 1/28/26
"They seem mixed over on reddit...surprisingly seeing many pleasantly surprised by Beaches, Vosk and the Little Cee Cee." - CoffeeBreak 3/27/26
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱"
You're welcome. This was and is indeed all true. Does not mean it would come to fruition. Many did leave financially - and Bourgzi had additional offers outside of theater.
Both Ensemble 02 and 97 work for The Lost Boys and prefer to discredit others.
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