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The Lost Boys: a New Musical (2026) as textposts, part 1

I love the joy and playfulness Maria Wirries brings to Star. It's such an underrated and important part of her character to me, that she is in fact having fun being one of the boys right up until she isn't, just like Michael.

She's not just any new recruit---she's David's favorite. He picks people he wants to save, but also people he believes will thrive as vampires. I need to get a sense of why he picked her, why he believed in her. If Star is JUST sad and withdrawn and guilty, then it doesn't work. She has to also be fearless and silly and have poor judgement! Like a normal teenager!

Which is a key difference from the movie! I believe movie!David and Star have a fucked up bond in that she's his now, and thus his to protect, and I will never ever let go of Gertz's face when Max is looking at David's body because she is doing MATH...but it's not the same connection (this is NOT Gertz's fault tbc; she is doing all she can with the world's flimsiest role). It feels like movie!Star is doing some flirty fishing to recruit the new boy, even if David told her Michael was going to be her first. Musical!David? Absolutely intended Star to eat poor Moonbeam right up until the punchening, when he decided actually new plan, new boyfriend.

Wirries' Star is so full of life, like a candle burning at both ends. The performance of "Have to Have You" has really evolved a sense of playfulness since the show opened, and I think that's important! Yeah, it's a show, but it's also like an outlet where Star can pour all these feelings safely (i think she wrote "have to have you," actually). All her hunger and desire and the things she WANTS to do but knows she can't. She forgets herself with David on stage, with Michael during his Last First Date. She wants to. And then she stops for a second, up on the billboard, and Jesus fuck Wirries' face just looks TIRED. Like...well, the comedown from a high.