Theater Review: ‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘The Rocky Horror Show’

Theater review: ‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘The Rocky Horror Show’

‘The Lost Boys,’ Palace Theatre, New York City★★★“The good things about The Lost Boys are so good that they make its fumbles frustrating,” said Adam Feldman in Time Out. An adaptation of a trashy cult-favorite 1987 teen vampire movie, Broadway’s last new musical of the 2025–26 season “aims to set your pulse bounding,” and it does, offering “a world we’ve never seen onstage before,” with performers flying and flipping through the air against a ma…

Review | In tough year for musicals, ‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Schmigadoon!’ save the day

NEW YORK — There’s no shortage of stakes when it comes to “The Lost Boys” and the vampiric musical’s high-flying Broadway aspirations. Capitalized for a reported $25 million, the stage adaptation of Joel Schumacher’s 1987 cult classic film — about a family that discovers its California beach town is infested with moody creatures of the night — cost its investors a pretty penny. The show’s first-time writers are pinning their theater reputations…