Vampire spectacle is best new musical on Broadway

Directed by comeback kid Michael Arden, “The Lost Boys” is a serious and ambitious effort of spectacle and heartfelt adventure that doesn’t look or behave like any musical I have seen before. Without actually being immersive, the intoxicating 1980s arcade atmosphere washes over the audience sensorily, with a three-level crypt set by Dane Laffrey that uses the Palace’s extreme height to its winning advantage and lighting by Jen Schriever and Arden that’s so gorgeous it should be billed above the title. And the magical aerial stunts — used for everything from high-flying music solos to vampiric sneak attacks — would make Sandy Duncan green with envy. This show, in every aspect, goes breathtakingly gargantuan.