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Lost Boys Musical Takes Flight on Broadway

CBS Sunday Morning profiles the cast and creative team behind the stage adaptation of the cult-classic vampire film.

Updated on Nov. 1, 2026 in Children’s Theater

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Broadway's stage adaptation of The Lost Boys, which has won multiple major theater awards, was profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, with host Tracy Smith interviewing director Michael Arden and cast members LJ Benet and Ali Louis Bourzgui. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

CBS Sunday Morning featured the cast and creative team of The Lost Boys, a Broadway musical adapted from the cult-classic film, in a segment on vampires in Broadway and Hollywood. Host Tracy Smith interviewed director Michael Arden, LJ Benet, and Ali Louis Bourzgui.

Why it matters

The segment spotlights a stage production that has collected multiple major theater awards and that relies on flying sequences above the audience. It offers national viewers a look at how a film property is reimagined for the live theater.

The Lost Boys has won 4 Tony Awards, 11 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, 2 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards, and 2 Drama Desk Awards. The source does not report ticket sales or attendance figures.

The players

Michael Arden

Tony Award-winning director of The Lost Boys who was interviewed for the segment.

Tracy Smith

Host of CBS Sunday Morning who conducted the interviews for the segment.

The details

The segment examined how the production handles its vampire theme, noting that it does not explicitly identify its characters as vampires. Performers described adjusting to flying above the stage over hundreds of performances.

Timeline

  1. CBS Sunday Morning published the segment on November 1, 2026.

Industry Dynamics

The Lost Boys follows the Broadway pattern of adapting cult films, such as the 1987 film it is based on, into stage musicals. The segment places this production within a wider trend of screen properties returning to theater.

Readers interested in seeing the show can check Broadway listings for current performance schedules and ticket availability. The segment does not provide details on pricing or future tour dates.

The takeaway

The segment shows how a film's cult following can carry into a stage production that reinvents its supernatural story through spectacle. Audiences interested in theater adaptations can watch for similar productions moving from screen to stage.

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Source note: This article includes information reported by Broadway World.