“Turning a movie into a musical reeks of desperation,” says a character in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 film “The Lost Boys.”
That insider wink to the audience gets a big laugh — and truer words were never spoken. But this stunner of a show, based on the Joel Schumacher film, is a solid theatrical transformation, rich in imagination, humor and heart — and with spectacular special effects.
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It should also break the curse of flop Broadway musicals about vampires, following the bloodletting of 2002’s “Dance of the Vampires” (music by Jim Steinman), 2004’s “Dracula: The Musical” (music by
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