The darkness draws in as The Lost Boys finally arrives on Broadway! A musical adaptation of the 1987 cult vampire movie, the production is directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden (Parade, Spring Awakening) with music provided by rock band The Rescues, and a book written by Chris Hoch and David Hornsby.

Take a read below to find out what the critics thought of The Lost Boys at New York's Palace Theatre.

The Reviews

Timeout

"Director Michael Arden and scenic designer Dane Laffrey, whose past collaborations include Maybe Happy Ending and A Christmas Carol, have again created a world we've never seen onstage before: surprising, thrilling, sometimes genuinely unsettling. The good things about The Lost Boys are so good, in fact, that they make its fumbles especially frustrating; there's a sense of lost opportunity. But to an impressive extent, the show succeeds where earlier vampire-themed musicalsthe ironically short-lived Dance of the Vampires, Dracula and Lestathave merely sucked."

The New York Times

"When the musical version of "The Lost Boys," written by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, with score and lyrics by the Rescues, nails its combination of goofiness and grandeur... Still, the relationship with the film proves tricky. The anticipatory part of horror, it turns out, transfers nicely to the stage Arden and his frequent collaborator, the set designer Dane Laffrey, are masters of atmosphere. But translating the thriller aspect is harder, and "The Lost Boys" loses its way as it tries, unwisely, to map itself onto the film's action-packed second half."

New York Theatre Guide

"To its credit, the adaptation pumps lifeblood into the theme of cyclical patriarchal violence...However, David Hornsby and Chris Hoch's script is unable to flesh out the characters beyond archetypical shells."

Theatermania

"David Hornsby and Chris Hoch have written a muscular yet cheeky book that pays homage to the film, retains choice comedic moments ("Death by stereo!"), and ditches dated material in exchange for themes of family and identity. Indie rock band the Rescues elevates it all with a solid score (music director Ethan Popp co-orchestrates, and Julie McBride conducts the band), while Markus Maurette's special effects and a flock of flying rock-n'-roll vampires (aerial design by Gwyneth Larsen and Billy Mulholland) are primed to wow the most jaded Van Helsing."

Variety

"This stunner of a show, based on the Joel Schumacher film, is a solid theatrical transformation, rich in imagination, humor and heart and with spectacular special effects."

Deadline

"The creative team behind The Lost Boys musical, along with a terrific cast, seem to have figured out how, exactly, to adapt the horror genre to the stage, and, yes, it has much to do with advances in stage craft and tech, from the jump-scare-friendly improvements in sound design (the better for those loud thunder-like cracks) to special effects (the aerial stunts that bedeviled Angels in America rehearsals back in the early '90s seem more than a bit quaint compared to all the soaring these vampires do)."