The Lost Boys Begins Performances on Broadway March 27

The screen-to-stage musical, featuring songs from band The Rescues, plays the Palace Theatre.

March 27, 2026 By Margaret Hall

Benjamin Pajak, LJ Benet, and Shoshana Bean (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

They've been waiting for you.

The Broadway adaptation of Joel Schumacher's 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys begins performances at the Palace Theatre March 27.

With Michael Arden at the helm, The Lost Boys will officially open April 26. Featuring a book by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch and 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.

The production stars LJ Benet as Michael Emerson, Ali Louis Bourzgui as David, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Maria 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.

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They are 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.

Photos: Rehearsals for The Lost Boys

Arden leads a creative team that includes music supervisor Ethan Popp (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), choreographers Lauren Yalango-Grant (Parade) and Christopher Cree Grant (Parade), scenic designer Dane Laffrey (Maybe Happy Ending), costume designer Ryan Park (The Queen of Versailles), lighting designer Jen Schreiver, sound designer Adam Fisher, hair and wig designer David Brian Brown, makeup designer Christina Grant, aerial designer Billy Mullholland, and special effect designer Marcus Maurette, 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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