Bat Boy: The Musical Descends on San Diego
Those of us out there who are lucky enough to remember Weekly World News (oh, Ed Anger, where are you when we need you?!?) no doubt have a soft spot for “Bat Boy.” If you’re in the San Diego area, get ready as you’re in for a real treat!
From the Press Release:
OB Playhouse and Theatre Company announces its next production: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL. Story and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming; music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe; directed and choreographed by Michael Mizerany; music direction by Sean Laperreque; produced by Bill Connard & Jennie Gray Connard.
From the composer of Legally Blonde: The Musical (Laurence O’Keefe), comes a love story with a bite. OB Playhouse and Theatre Company is thrilled to be producing the San Diego premiere of the comedy-horror “Bat Boy: The Musical.” At the helm is award-winning San Diego director/choreographer Michael Mizerany, who picked the show specifically for OB Playhouse and Theatre Company as it is the perfect venue for this raw, edgy, bloody comedy/thriller.
Based on the 1992 best-selling Weekly World News cover story, depicting a photo of Bat Boy, showing his grotesque screaming face, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is a musical comedy/horror show about a half-boy/half-bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy by the veterinarian’s wife and teenage daughter. Bat Boy is happy with his new life, but when he naively tries to fit in with the narrow-minded people of Hope Falls, they turn on him after hearing the shocking story of Bat Boy’s unholy origin.
The show deals with themes such as acceptance, xenophobia, hypocrisy, revenge, forgiveness, but most importantly that we all have a darker side that drives our more animalistic urges. Should we fear these basic human instinct,s or embrace the “beast within” to get by in the world?
*This production contains adult themes including partial male nudity, sexual situations, violence, and some gore.
BAT BOY: The Musical runs at OB Playhouse, 4944 Newport Avenue, Ocean Beach, CA 92107, until October 29th. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm. General Admission: $25; VIP Front Row Table: $35.
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