THE LOST BOYS, “the Best New Musical on Broadway” (The Washington Post, New York Post), will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced at a later date.
“We’re thrilled to announce that The Lost Boys will launch its North American tour in Cleveland, delivering the acclaimed artistry, breathtaking flying sequences, and heartfelt story of family that have captivated audiences at The Palace Theatre to cities across the country,” said producers James Carpinello, Marcus Chait, and Patrick Wilson.
“The Lost Boys is already generating buzz on Broadway having just garnered 12 Tony nominations. Here in Cleveland, we are ready do the same when we partner with the producers to launch the national tour at Playhouse Square in the Spring of 2028,” said Craig Hassall, Playhouse Square President and CEO. “We look forward to welcoming the creative team, cast, and crew to town and we know our more than 39,000 season ticket holders will be thrilled to be the first audiences in the country to see what promises to be an incredible touring production!”
The Lost Boys is nominated for 12 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, 5 Drama Desk Awards, 4 Drama League Awards including Best Musical, and 10 Dorian Theater Awards including Outstanding Broadway Musical, and won 2 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards for Favorite New Musical and Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical (Shoshana Bean), a Theatre World Award for LJ Benet, and 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play or Musical (Dane Laffrey) and Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play or Musical (Michael Arden and Jen Schriever).
Perfect weather. Beautiful beaches. And a charming boardwalk…as long as you ignore all the “Missing” posters.
When Lucy and her two teenage sons move to town in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging. As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a startling reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.
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The Lost Boys stars LJ Benet, Grammy Award winner and Three-time and 2026 Tony Award nominee Shoshana Bean (Hell’s Kitchen, Wicked, Mr. Saturday Night, Waitress), 2026 Tony Award Nominee Ali Louis Bourzgui, Benjamin Pajak, Maria Wirries, Paul Alexander Nolan, Jennifer Duka, Miguel Gil, Brian Flores, Sean Grandillo, and Dean Maupin. The cast also features 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.
THE LOST BOYS is the Best Reviewed New Broadway Musical of the Season
“Sink your teeth into The Lost Boys, the best new musical of the season. This maximalist blockbuster mesmerizes at every turn. The toe-tapping, head-banging score from the Rescues layers 1980s pastiche into an appealing indie rock aesthetic. As for said stagecraft? The best coup de Théâtre on Broadway. It’s the kind of visceral thrill only musical theater can deliver. The 2025-26 Broadway season could use a must-see event and lo and behold, The Lost Boys pushes the musical form forward with its rockin’ score and high-wire ambition.” – The Washington Post, Thomas Floyd
“The most ambitious new musical of the season. Michael Arden infuses his visually spectacular production of The Lost Boys with a refreshing 21st century sensitivity. The musical champions found families and individuality over conformity, mixing spectacle with emotionally resonant storytelling about misfits. The staging is a marvel of special effects, but the most spectacular coup is the injection of emotionally resonant meaning. Anything that Shoshana Bean sings as Lucy is gold with the emotional depth she brings to the role. Ali Louis Bourzgui is electric - he commands the stage. The production, full of sensational aerial maneuvers and fog-strewn scenic thrills, is mesmerizing.” – Los Angeles Times, Charles McNulty
“The Lost Boys is the best new musical on Broadway. The Rescues’ songs have energy and attitude and contribute a brooding, heavy-eyeliner vibe. Directed by Michael Arden, The Lost Boys is a serious and ambitious effort of spectacle and heartfelt adventure that doesn’t look or behave like any musical I have seen before. There are plenty of unbelievable sights to gasp at. The intoxicating atmosphere washes over the audience sensorily, with a three-level crypt set by Dane Laffrey that uses the Palace’s extreme height to its winning advantage and lighting by Jen Schriever and Arden that’s so gorgeous it should be billed above the title. On Broadway, bigness has been greatly missed and this show, in every aspect, goes breathtakingly gargantuan.” – New York Post, Johnny Oleksinski
The new musical The Lost Boys, based on the Warner Bros. Pictures film, story by James Jeremias & Janice Roberta Fischer, will feature direction by two-time Tony Award winner and 2026 Tony Award Nominee Michael Arden (Parade, Maybe Happy Ending), a book by 2026 Tony Award Nominees David Hornsby (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” writer/EP) & Chris Hoch (A Christmas Carol), music & lyrics by 2026 Tony Award Nominees The Rescues (Kyler England, AG, Gabriel Mann), choreography and aerial choreography by 2026 Tony Award Nominees Lauren Yalango-Grant (Parade) & Christopher Cree Grant (Parade), music supervision by three-time Tony Award nominee Ethan Popp (Tina, The Tina Turner Musical), and orchestrations & arrangements by Ethan Popp, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez, Gabriel Mann, & Kyler England.
The Lost Boys is “an eye-popping tour de force” (Chicago Tribune) that features scenic design by Tony Award winner and 2026 Tony Award Nominee Dane Laffrey (Maybe Happy Ending), costume design by 2026 Tony Award Nominee Ryan Park, lighting design by 2026 Tony Award Nominees Jen Schriever (A Strange Loop) & Michael Arden, sound design by 2026 Tony Award Nominee Adam Fisher (Sunset Boulevard), aerial design by Gwyneth Larsen (Breaking Surface) and Billy Mulholland (Breaking Surface), hair & wig design by David Brian Brown, make-up design by Christina Grant, fight direction by Rick Sordelet and Christian Sordelet, dramaturgy by Jenna Clark Embrey, electronic music design by Billy Jay Stein and Hiro Ida for Strange Cranium, music direction by Julie McBride, music coordination by Kristy Norter, production management by Juniper Street Productions, with casting by The Telsey Office Kristian Charbonier, CSA, General Management by Bespoke Theatricals, with Mark Kaufman as Creative Consultant.
The Lost Boys marks the first collaboration of James Carpinello, Marcus Chait and Golden Globe, Emmy & Tony Award nominee Patrick Wilson as producers. Devin Keudell serves as Executive Producer. The Lost Boys is produced in association with James L. Nederlander, At Rise Creative, Ayesha & Stephen Curry, Lauren Shuler Donner, Neil Patrick Harris, Douglas Sills, Slash, Kiefer Sutherland, Steve Young, Amy & Grady Burnett, Allison Bloom & Gabriel Mann, Hunter Arnold/Broadway Strategic Return Fund, Eastern Standard Time, DJD Productions/ZK Productions, Jay Marcus/Carl Moellenberg, Stark Sands, Jordan Silver/Kerri Mandelbaum, James Bolosh & Hillary Wyatt, Decca Broadway/Federal Films, Creative Partners Productions, Independent Presenters Network, The John Gore Organization, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley/Leah Lane, Greg & Lisa Love, MacPac Entertainment, Murray Entertainment Inc., Oddly Specific Productions, The Shubert Organization, Toho Co. Ltd., We R Broadway Artists Alliance, Stage Entertainment, Carrie & Joe Staley, W Thompson Family, Drew Elhamalawy/David & Kirsten Abdo, Brandon Blaser/Davis-Carroll, Crossroads Live/Marla McNally Phillips, Anthony & Maria Diaco/D’Angora Padgett Productions, Nancy Glass/Handler-Pawliuk Family, Grove Entertainment/KLIVE Entertainment, Howard-DePhillips/Jamie Stone O’Brien, Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra/Polly & Ed Han, Willette Klausner/Waikit Lau, Knudsen-Weissberger Productions/April Dovey Productions, Nabatoff-Caise/Sean Nyberg, Andy Raab/Ratelle-Eliason, Orfeh/Braedon Young, David & Megan Scacco/Jason & Sarah Sobel, Jason Taylor/Michael Graf, An 11:11 Experience, and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
Based on the 1987 classic Warner Bros. Pictures film The Lost Boys is produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. The Lost Boys opened on Broadway on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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