The Rescues go from rock band to Tony Award nominees

The indie group reflects on their two Tony Award nominations for Broadway’s The Lost Boys.

When Kyler England, Gabriel Mann, and Adrianne Gonzalez (AG) formed the band The Rescues in 2008, writing musicals seemed like a far-off dream. Now, the band has been nominated for two Tony Awards for the musical The Lost Boys: Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, the latter with music supervisor Ethan Popp.

“We’re kind of late-blooming theatre kids,” England told New York Theatre Guide. “We were choir geeks who became songwriters, and this show has changed our lives forever because we found out that there was this dream that we never knew that we had, and now we’re living inside of it.”

The Lost Boys is an adaptation of the 1987 cult vampire film that follows two teenage brothers torn between a mysterious biker gang and fledgling monster hunters in their California town. In her New York Theatre Guide review, Caroline Cao noted that The Rescues’ score includes a “luscious a cappella siren song ‘My Heart With You,’” sung by the rambling gang of vampires.

AG was particularly proud of the band’s nod for Best Orchestrations on their first-ever musical. “We actually started making those orchestrations from the beginning as we were writing the songs. We were trying to build this world,” she said. “To be even seated next to all these other people that were nominated for orchestrations when it’s the very first time we’ve done it on this level is so humbling. And as a woman of color, I cannot tell you how meaningful it is even to have a seat at this table.”

The Rescues memebrs are aware of their luck in scoring (pun intended) two nominations on their first Broadway project. “To call musical writing a ‘career’ is a little crazy,” Mann said. But The Lost Boys’ Broadway bow has been a long time coming: “It’s been a five-year journey to this point, and I don’t think you’re ever ready for this moment. We’re obviously totally overjoyed about this news and we feel proud to be part of this group of creative people who have become our family.”

Just like vampires, The Rescues aren’t going anywhere anytime soon — they want to write more musicals. “We never wanna leave this community that we now feel like is our community,” England said. “We want to keep writing this kind of music and these kinds of songs and telling stories in this way forever.”

Get The Lost Boys tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

Photo credit: The Lost Boys on Broadway. (Photos by Matthew Murphy)