The undead are next in line to defy gravity on the Great White Way.
Rehearsals for the Broadway stage adaptation of “The Lost Boys” — based on Joel Schumacher’s cult-classic 1987 vampire flick — is going to fang-tastic new heights, with cast members flying through the air at the Palace Theatre.
Leading man Ali Louis Bourzgui — who is sinking his teeth into the role of head vampire David, played on screen by Kiefer Sutherland — says they’ve already been working on their sky-high moves for six months.
“Our brilliant trainers at Fifth Wall Studio have taught us how to use our bodies in the air, as well as how to still keep technique while singing,” Bourzgui tells Page Six. “I definitely used to be someone who was scared of heights, but this process has practically forced it out of me.”
“Sometimes I’ll be flying in from the ceiling and think ‘Oh. Maybe I should be nervous right now.’ It’s interesting how you can train your nervous system over time just as much as you can train your muscles,” he said.
Along with mastering the show’s choreography, Bourzgui — who previously starred in Broadway’s “The Who’s Tommy” — says safety has been the production’s top priority while the cast learns to embrace their inner night-fliers.
“That’s made us comfortable to go above and beyond, pun intended,” he says.
The show, directed by Michael Arden, begins previews March 27 and officially opens April 26.
It also stars LJ Benet, two-time Tony Award nominee Shoshana Bean, Benjamin Pajak, Maria Wirries, Paul Alexander Nolan, Jennifer Duka, Miguel Gil, Brian Flores, Sean Grandillo, and Dean Maupin.
The show is about a mother and her two sons who move to Santa Carla, CA, and run into the Lost Boys, a teenage rock band of secret vampires.
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