by Charles McNulty

“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.”

by Johnny Oleksinski

“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.”

by Frank Rizzo

“A theatrical transformation rich in imagination, humor, and heart — and with spectacular special effects. Families, lost and found, are at the heart of this show, as is the young’s desperate need to belong.”

by Adam Feldman

“Swooping in, teeth bared, this show aims to set your pulse bounding; no other new tuner this season has been so ambitious in scope or anywhere near so spectacular in stagecraft. Director Michael Arden and scenic designer Dane Laffrey have created a world we’ve never seen onstage before: surprising, thrilling, sometimes genuinely unsettling.”

by Emily Nussbaum

“Exhilarating. Kinetic and poetic, earnestly emotional and rock-and-roll. An homage to the fearlessness of adolescence, when every risk feels worth taking, whatever the cost.”

by Helen Shaw

“Tonight the design freaks feast. The Lost Boys contains the finest spectacle I’ve seen this season outside of the Met Opera.”

by Kristy Puchko

“The Lost Boys took me back to that feeling of being a child in awe of the magic of live theater. Much as Alan Menken and Howard Ashman did with Roger Cormans Little Shop of Horrors, David Hornsby, Chris Hoch, The Rescues, and Michael Arden have taken an odd horror movie and expanded it into a wildly entertaining, rich stage musical.”

by Dave Quinn

“A cinematic Broadway spectacle that thrills. It moves with the swagger and speed of a movie determined to keep topping itself. This is not a show that asks audiences to lean in quietly; it grabs them by the collar and dares them to hang on. It offers audiences a glossy, high-voltage night at the theater. Arden and his design team create a production of near-constant motion and atmosphere. Dane Laffrey’s set keeps transforming in clever ways. Lighting by Jen Schriever and Arden is the show’s secret weapon, sculpting the stage with moonlight, neon, and menace. The aerial work from Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant sends bodies soaring and diving through the darkness with impressive precision. The cumulative effect is undeniably exciting.”

by Dalton Ross

“What is awaiting audiences at The Lost Boys at the Palace Theatre on Broadway is a massive spectacle with tinges of both horror and humor, yet wrapped in a whole lot of heart. The uniformity and sheer magnitude of the bombastic anthems written by The Rescues are delivered so beautifully by the cast, delivering pleading, powerhouse vocals and gorgeous harmonies. The Lost Boys is a big and bold production marrying technical enchantment with a talented cast of vocal heavyweights.”