This weekend, theatres across America are going to get LOST. LOST: The Musical that is. In this Rodgers and Hammerstein reproduction of the popular ABC series, Doctor Jack, outcast Sawyer and cutie Kate will not be the only ones stirring up drama.
"We always wanted LOST to be a musical, it just made sense to us," comments show conductor J.J. Abrams, "but the conventions of television just don't allow for that kinda thing. It is such a joy to see the story come to life the way we originally imagined it."
"A lot of people have come up to me and said 'LOST the musical?! Really?!?' and I would just say 'yeah, really'", laughs show producer Damon Lindelof, "everyone is extremely excited about this."
The production is to run about 2 hours with one 15 minute intermission during which the bigger theatres plan on selling LOST paraphernalia.
"We're going to sell little Dharma cookies with the Dharma symbol on them", chuckles Chuck Willstof, manager of the Napa Valley Opera House. "And we are going to sell bottled water we say came from a waterfall up the hill. Haha, but no, it's just bottled water."
Bloggers and theatre patrons alike are already buzzing about the production. Songs such as "What's In The Hatch", "Lock's Got Legs" and "The Theme of the Smoke Monster" are already best selling singles on iTunes, and the show stopper "We Have To Go Back, Kate" is the newest radio sensation.
But is the play a hit with die hard fans or is it just a plane crash waiting to happen?
"I'm a huge fan of the show and I was a little uncertain about seeing it on stage", comments Carl Whitenose, a devoted fan that attended a sneak preview of the play through a contest the show hosted that had viewers allocate meaning to Jack's tattoos. "But they really got us in the spirit. It was all dark in the beginning and they had us count down and so everyone was like " 42! 23! 16! 15! 8!!' and by '4' people were screaming and standing up and cheering and crying!!"
"I was blown away!" gasped another fan, Josh Willaby, directly after the sneak preview, "man, that was so freaking cool! They did everything right, even the title coming at you, they did it all! It even got blurry and clear at the right moments!"
With fan enthusiasm fanning the build-up flame, LOST: The Musical's opening night is bound to be explosive. But the theatre production has a bigger role than just entertainment.
"Since this is how we originally wrote it, the show is finally going to make sense after seeing it done this way," laughs Abrams. Just before the show runner left, he left us one clue as to LOST's future.
"And I don't want to give too much away buuuuttt....who knows, if this works out, maybe we'll do an ice show."
You can get LOST in LOST: The Musical at your local theatres starting July 15th. For tickets, contact your local ticket master.
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