Let's talk about 'The Lost Boys' musical's post-credits scene

We know. You can't have a post-credits scene for a Broadway show, because they don't have credits — they have curtain calls. But what else are we to call it when, after the cast of the 12-time Tony–nominated The Lost Boys: A New Musical takes to the stage for their curtain call, the lights drop for one more scene? "We call it a tag," The Lost Boys director/co-lighting designer Michael Arden told Mashable in an interview over Zoom. "But it is a post-credit[s] scene." The two-time Tony–winning director is up for Best Director of a Musical and —alongside Jen Schriever — Best Lighting Design of a Musical this Sunday at the 79th Annual Tony Awards. So, as Mashable's Entertainment Editor, I sat down to delve into how Arden and company adapted Joel Schumacher's 1987 cult classic into a Broadway musical that has critics (this one included) raving. We talked about the changes from the movie, the expanded queer representation, and, of course, flying vampires.

You May Also Like

Then, I had to ask about the scene that urges audiences to leave not on the high of a cheery curtain call, but on the dizzying surprise of what comes after. What happens in The Lost Boys: A New Musical's post-credits scene?