The Office for the Arts at Harvard recently announced that its upcoming undergraduate production of the cult hit Bat Boy: The Musical will debut new scenes and songs by the show's original writers. Composer/lyricist (and Harvard alum) Laurence O'Keefe and bookwriters Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming have been holding writing sessions and workshops at Harvard, working directly with the undergraduate cast and crew to develop the new material.
Bat Boy is the story of a feral half-bat/half-boy, originally invented by the Weekly World News supermarket tabloid. The musical comedy's premiere Off-Broadway in 2001 garnered rave reviews and the show has received hundreds of productions worldwide, but the three writers have nonetheless continued to work on the show.
O'Keefe recently took the time to chat with BroadwayWorld about revisiting the project and his intentions for the show at Harvard and beyond. Check out the full interview below!
The Office for the Arts at Harvard has announced that its upcoming undergraduate production of the cult hit Bat Boy: The Musical will debut new scenes and songs by the show's original writers. Composer/lyricist (and Harvard alum) Laurence O'Keefe and bookwriters Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming have been holding writing sessions and workshops at Harvard, working directly with the undergraduate cast and crew to develop the new material.
After being gone for far too long Bayou City Theatrics returned to the Houston Theater Scene with a lovely new venue and a fun production of the Off-Broadway musical comedy BAT BOY. Still renovating their new space, the performance I attended was rough around the edges. However, it is clear that Colton Berry, Jane Volke, and team are back and ready to take the Houston theatre scene by storm.
BAT BOY THE MUSICAL is now playing at 1st Stage in Tysons and it's a must see. The creators used the old magic “What if…? and came up with a doozy of a story. Funny, touching, edging on camp, BAT BOY is tuneful terror done right.
Playwrights Theatre is pleased to announce the winners of the 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest. From the 470 plays submitted by young writers throughout the state, a panel of theatre professionals has selected four High School plays, three Junior High School plays and four Elementary Schools plays. In each category, selection was blind; plays were selected without knowledge of playwrights' schools, grade or background. The 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest Festival will be held on June 2 and 3, 2014, as part of a partnership between Playwrights Theatre and Premiere Stages at Kean University. Select plays from this festival may be reprised at Playwrights Theatre's nationally-recognized Forum Reading Series in December 2014. This reading series brings together writers from all over the United States.
York Little Theatre (YLT) will present the rock 'n' roll cult classic, Bat Boy: The Musical opening today, March 21. Based on the grocery store tabloid, Weekly World News, Bat Boy: The Musical is a B-movie themed musical comedy with an extraordinary score. The show is directed by Aaron Dalton with music direction by Nick Werner. Dalton was the director of the award winning CABARET that ran last March at YLT. CABARET won best musical in Central PA from BROADWAY WORLD.COM.
York Little Theatre(YLT) will present the rock 'n' roll cult classic, Bat Boy: The Musical opening March 21. Based on the grocery store tabloid, Weekly World News, Bat Boy: The Musical is a B-movie themed musical comedy with an extraordinary score. The show is directed by Aaron Dalton with music direction by Nick Werner. Dalton was the director of the award winning CABARET that ran last March at YLT. CABARET won best musical in Central PA from BROADWAY WORLD.COM.
The Organization for Bat Conservation at the Cranbrook Institute of Science will bring live bats to the opening night of Bat Boy: The Musical by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe at the Bonstelle Theatre on April 12, 2013. Bats will be available for viewing in the upstairs lobby in the theatre from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. and during intermission. Bat Boy trivia will also take place during intermission, with chances to win tickets to Bat Zone as well as Bat Boy memorabilia. Tickets are $20-$25 and are available by calling (313) 577-2960, visiting www.bonstelle.com, or visiting the Wayne State University Theatres Box Office locateD at 4743 Cass Avenue on the corner of Hancock.
Cornish College of the Arts Theater and Performance Production departments present Bat Boy: The Musical, April 10 through 13, at the Playhouse at Seattle Center. The run of the play includes a fundraiser for the Cornish Scholarship Fund, Bat Boy: Backstage Benefit, on April 10.
Equinox Theatre Company presents 'Bat Boy: The Musical', with Book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and directed by Colin Roybal.
The implausible story came straight from the bottom of the barrel tabloid, The Weekly World News. Three teenage spelunkers in West Virginia find a half human/half bat creature. The local sheriff brings him to the home of the town's veterinarian, Dr. Parker, whose kind wife, Meredith, takes care of him and transforms him into a likeable person. Their rebellious teenage daughter, Shelley, falls in love with him and Meredith reveals a shocking secret: Bat Boy is Shelley's twin brother!
The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will close their 15th season with Larry O'Keefe, Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming's BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL.
The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will close their 15th season with Larry O'Keefe, Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming's BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL.
Villanova Theatre concludes its 10/11 Season with the 'outrageously silly and totally charming' cult-classic, Bat Boy: The Musical. Ripped from the hilarious headlines of the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, this off-Broadway Musical of the Year details the discovery of a curious creature - half-human, half-vampire bat - found deep within a West Virginia cave. The Parker family decides to adopt and civilize the well-meaning Bat Boy; but soon, all hell breaks loose as jealousy, betrayal, murder, and other hysterical happenings turn the small town of Hope Fall completely upside down.
Villanova Theatre concludes its 10/11 Season with the 'outrageously silly and totally charming' cult-classic, Bat Boy: The Musical. Ripped from the hilarious headlines of the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, this off-Broadway Musical of the Year details the discovery of a curious creature - half-human, half-vampire bat - found deep within a West Virginia cave.
CCBC Catonsville Academic Theatre will perform BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL 8 p.m. March 23, 25-26; 1 p.m. March 24 and 10 a.m., March 25 in the Q Theatre at CCBC Catonsville, 800 South Rolling Road.
CCBC Catonsville Academic Theatre will perform BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL 8 p.m. March 23, 25-26; 1 p.m. March 24 and 10 a.m., March 25 in the Q Theatre at CCBC Catonsville, 800 South Rolling Road.
CCBC Catonsville Academic Theatre will perform BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL 8 p.m. March 23, 25-26; 1 p.m. March 24 and 10 a.m., March 25 in the Q Theatre at CCBC Catonsville, 800 South Rolling Road.
Villanova Theatre concludes its 10/11 Season with the 'outrageously silly and totally charming' cult-classic, Bat Boy: The Musical. Ripped from the hilarious headlines of the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, this off-Broadway Musical of the Year details the discovery of a curious creature - half-human, half-vampire bat - found deep within a West Virginia cave.
