These bloodsuckers can hit some high notes.
“The Lost Boys,” the cult vampire film from the 1980s, is being turned into a musical. The show will feature music from The Rescues and will be directed by Michael Arden, who recently brought the Tony Award-winning revival of “Parade” to Broadway. David Hornsby, a writer on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and Chris Hoch will handle the book. Tony Award nominee Ethan Popp (“Tina, The Tina Turner Musical”) will serve as music supervisor for the production.
Broadway and film actors James Carpinello, Marcus Chait and Patrick Wilson will produce the show, which marks their first collaboration. The production will be mounted under a special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
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The Rescues released their major label debut “Let Loose The Horses” on Universal Republic in 2010. Other work include 2013’s “Blah Blah Love and War” and a 2017 self-titled album.
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The original 1987 film of “The Lost Boys” was based on a story by James Jeremias and Janice Roberta Fischer, and was directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Richard Donner. It follows two teenage brothers who move with their divorced mother to the fictional town of Santa Carla, California, only to discover that the town is a haven for vampires. The film was released by Warner Bros. and boasted an ensemble that included Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland and Dianne Wiest. It became a touchstone for Reagan era teens, helping to kick off a new wave of youth-centered horror stories like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Twilight.”
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