Photos: Step Into Rehearsals for The Lost Boys on Broadway

The screen-to-stage musical, featuring songs from band The Rescues, begins previews at the Palace Theatre March 27.

March 09, 2026 By Margaret Hall

LJ Benet, Benjamin Pajak, and Shoshana Bean (Avery Brunkus)

They've been waiting for you.

The Broadway adaptation of Joel Schumacher's 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys is in the midst of rehearsals, and Playbill has an up-close-and-personal look at the process. Check out the gallery below!

Photos: Rehearsals for The Lost Boys

With Michael Arden at the helm, The Lost Boys will begin previews at the Palace Theatre March 27, ahead of an official opening night April 26.

Featuring a book by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, with music by the band The Rescues, The Lost Boys uses vampirism to explore the physical transformation, sexual awakening, and identity experimentation of a teenager's coming of age. When the brotherly duo of Michael and Sam move to the fictional town of Santa Carla, California with their single mother, they inadvertently end up in the crosshairs of a group of teenage rebel vampires and adolescent vampire hunters.

READ: Will The Lost Boys Break Broadway's Vampire Musical Curse?

The production will star Benet as Michael Emerson, Bourzgui as David, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Bean as Lucy Emerson, Wirries as Star, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.

They will be joined by Ryan Behan, Grace Capeless, Mateus Leite Cardoso, Ben Crawford, Dominic Dorset, Carissa Gaughran, Ashley Jenkins, Liesie Kelly, Cameron Loyal, Pierre Marais, Mason Olshavsky, Hank Santos, Colin Trudell, DeLaney Westfall, and Pierce Wheeler. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns and Kristian Charbonier.

Arden will lead a creative team that will include Tony nominated music supervisor Ethan Popp (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), choreographers Lauren Yalango-Grant (Parade) and Christopher Cree Grant (Parade), Tony-winning scenic designer Dane Laffrey (Maybe Happy Ending), and costume designer Ryan Park (The Queen of Versailles), with general management by Bespoke Theatricals.

The supernatural horror-comedy film has developed a dedicated fan base in the years since its release, which helped to launch the careers of Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, and more. The original film won the award for Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, and spawned a franchise that included two sequels and two comic book series. Additionally, The Lost Boys has inspired a number of subsequent youth culture vampire projects, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries, and Twilight.

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