LOS ANGELES >> From "Robinson Crusoe" to the "Swiss Family Robinson" and "Gilligan’s Island," audiences have been enthralled by stories of travelers shipwrecked on tropical islands. "Lost" — the ABC series shot on Oahu from 2004 to 2010 — is arguably the most complex, convoluted castaway saga of all.

That makes it ripe for spoofing.

Steven Christopher Parker and Steven Brandon hatched the idea to subject the TV drama to the Mel Brooks treatment with "Lost: The Musical — We Have to Go Back," opening at Hollywood’s Lillian Theatre on Monday — the 10th anniversary of the series pilot’s premiere.

The two-act live stage show condenses highlights from the show’s 121 episodes into a droll story featuring 14 songs performed by the 16 cast members who take on 72 roles.

While some parodies are mean-spirited, the Stevens lovingly lampoon "Lost." Brandon said he’s "a huge fan" and has watched each episode three or four times.

"I recently watched the entire series in chronological order … and know the show inside and out," he said.

Brandon, who wrote the lyrics and directs the unauthorized musical, ran the Canned Laughter theater company in Sydney before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue sitcom writing.

Parker, an actor who appeared in the movies "Rebound" and "Juno" and TV programs such as "ER" and Disney Channel’s animated "Fish Hooks," produced the musical and wrote the script.

"Hawaii is a character on ‘Lost,’" Brandon said. "I went to Hawaii last year and took one of the ‘Lost’ tours. Hawaii is extremely important to ‘Lost.’"

The pair managed to raise the required $8,150 production budget through a Kickstarter campaign this summer.

A sneak peek of "Lost: The Musical" two weeks before opening night revealed an eclectic mix of satirical musical numbers based on tunes from such varied sources as Robin Thicke, Queen and Gilbert and Sullivan.

Cleverly set to the Don McLean classic "American Pie," the opening song, "Bye Bye Oceanic 815," describes the plane crash that launched the series. Another song, "4815162342 Penny," which references numbers full of meaning to the "Lost" mythology, is a takeoff of Tommy Tutone’s "867 5309 Jenny." Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" is transmogrified into "Monster" (Brandon and Parker have cameo roles caricaturing the series’ Smoke Monster).

The "Lost" boys also take delight in poking fun at the show’s inconsistent and expedient plot points. When Dr. Leslie Arzt (Josh Hillinger) sacrifices himself in a dynamite explosion, he declares: "I’m just a guest star, therefore I’m the most expendable." Libby Smith (Kacey Spivey), Hurley’s love interest who was written off of the show in season 2, is dismissed in the play because "her plot line is never fully explained."

When Jin-Soon Kwon (Korean-American actor Will Choi in the Daniel Dae Kim role) speaks English, nobody in the cast understands him — until he speaks Korean.

Tyler Courtad, a handsome, well-built 27-year-old actor from Pittsburgh, makes his Los Angeles theater debut as troubled surgeon Jack Shephard. Courtad described his character as "a flawed hero … who is always the man to save the day. He’s in over his head" — even if Jack doesn’t realize it.

In one scene, to stop a victim’s profuse bleeding, machete-wielding Jack amputates his patient’s leg and arm, exclaiming, "I’m a (expletive) doctor and I can fix anything. Except myself!"

Toward the end of Act 2, Jack sings "Cork of Destiny," a duet with John Locke (Frank Crim) that burlesques the "Wicked" song "Defying Gravity."

Brandon pointed out that like Kim, "Lost" alumni Terry O’Quinn and Jorge Garcia found recurring roles on CBS’ "Hawaii Five-0" because they always get drawn back to the island. "The island isn’t finished with those actors," he said.

Fans unhappy with the much-derided denouement of the TV series will be pleased to find out they can pick the ending to "Lost: The Musical," which offers three alternate scenarios for audiences to vote on before showtime.

Former Makaha resident Ed Rampell co-authored "The Hawai’i Movie and Television Book" (Mutual, $25.95), which has a section on "Lost."