The Lost Boys with Patrick Wilson, James Carpinello, and Marcus Chait
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If you’ve ever moved to a new town, you know how much of a pain it is. For the Emerson family in the 1980’s, they feel that in a major way as they move to Santa Carla, California. Their biggest obstacles, it turns out? The vampires who reside there.
If this sounds familiar to you, then you remember the 1980’s classic Joel Schumacher movie with the same title, The Lost Boys. The stage musical adaptation has taken Broadway by storm, with direction by two-time Tony winner Michael Arden and set design by Tony winner Dane Laffrey. The musical stars Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, and her boys, Michael and Sam, are played by LJ Benet and Benjamin Pajak, respectively. They run into trouble thanks to David, a resident bad boy and vampire, played by Ali Louis Bourzgui, and his band of vampires.
This show has earned 12 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical. If you want to dive deep into the making of it, the lead producers of the project hosted a three-part series right here on the Playbill Podcast called Time To Kill, so head on back to earlier this year to check those out if you’re interested.
But we wanted to give the show the official Playbill Podcast treatment, so host Alex Birsh (Playbill's COO and SVP) brings on a theatre friend to hear why they believe The Lost Boys is very much worth the price of admission. And then he brings on his special guest: lead producers Patrick Wilson, Marcus Chait, and James Carpinello, and they go into what it’s been like to make so many changes during previews and how much of a thrill it is to see audiences drink up this mega musical of theirs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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