Photos: Backstage at The Lost Boys on Broadway With Shoshana Bean, Ali Louis Bourzgui, LJ Benet & the Full Cast
The Lost Boys Broadway cast invites Broadway.com backstage at the Palace Theatre for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look
(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com)
What to Know
- The Lost Boys on Broadway has built a strong backstage family atmosphere at the Palace Theatre, with cast members sharing personal mementos, fan art and supportive traditions that reflect the show's themes of connection and belonging
- Shoshana Bean, Benjamin Pajak, LJ Benet, Maria Wirries and more reveal how close relationships offstage strengthen their performances
- Broadway.com's exclusive backstage photos offer a behind-the-scenes look at cast rituals, dressing rooms and life at the Palace Theatre, highlighting the camaraderie behind Broadway's new vampire-inspired hit
Backstage at the Palace Theatre, the energy is electric. The Lost Boys cast members share stories about one another that give the impression they've been a close-knit group for years, though the show only officially opened at the end of April. The space, too, feels lived in; the common area walls are plastered with posters from both the Broadway production and 1987 film, as well as completed puzzles (including a certain 1980s-themed jigsaw started by Shoshana Bean in Benjamin Pajak's Broadway.com vlog). Dressing rooms are filled with fan art, signed movie memorabilia and personal mementos—many of which were gifted by members of the company and crew. Bean's most treasured include handwritten notes from Pajak and the original Marko, Alex Winter, who she worked with in Bill & Ted Face the Music.
“She’s in me now,” Bean says of playing matriarch Lucy Emerson, when asked how she gets into character. “If there is anything, it’s loving on [onstage sons] Benjamin and LJ [Benet], making sure they’re OK, how they’re feeling. The relationship of mothering them is almost stronger offstage than on if that’s possible. Equal if not more."
"Especially during previews, we all needed pick-me-ups throughout, so everybody was taking moments to write on people's things and bringing over photos of each other," reveals Maria Wirries, who shines as Star. "Pictures of people as babies, things to make us laugh. Because we're in this building all the time, it feels in some ways like being at home."
Talk about finding your family. It's a fitting environment for a musical that, while cloaked in vampire lore—and a thick cloud of haze—tells a deeply human story with connection and belonging at its beating heart.
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