Bat Boy...thoughts? SLASH official Bat Boy LOVE thread!

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 2:23pm

I just saw this show in a black box production and I was wondering what people thought of it when it was open off-Broadway. I LOVED it, it was hilarious and touching at the same time. Did anybody see it?

Updated On: 7/21/08 at 02:23 PM

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 2:34pm

I loved Bat Boy, did a mainstage production of it this year at my college. It is fun and the music is so damn catchy. As a performer it is exhausting. Physically and vocally... the music is some of the hardest I have ever worked with. But still great.

Here are two videos from my prouduction.

Another Dead Cow- http://youtube.com/watch?v=EqMqDPsaSSs

Children, Children- http://youtube.com/watch?v=fo8hiyJjc5E

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 2:44pm

I LOVE THIS SHOW

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:03pm

Thanks for the links! I love seeing different versions of it!


Edit: What part were you? I auditioned for Shelley, but they cast me in Thoroughly Modern Millie instead. My summer program does two shows at once, main stage and black box, and you don't get to choose which you get into, only request.

Updated On: 7/21/08 at 03:03 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:08pm

I saw this production and was blown away. It was supposed to transfer to San Francisco, but...well...didn't.

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.17.03/batboy-0329.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20030722/ai_n14557457

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 3:55pm

One of my favorite shows. It's hilarious and heartbreaking, yes. I wish it were done more in professional theatres. Seems to be done more in educational/community theatres.

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 4:32pm

bump! spread the looove.

[Mythus]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 5:01pm

Mmm, Bat Boy slash.

Sorry, is that not what this thread is about?

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 5:14pm

You have got to be the funniest person on this site. Honestly, did you come up with that all on your own, or do you have writers?

[Mythus]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 5:21pm

Wow, that was...uncalled for.

[SteamHeat2]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 6:47pm

I'm actually getting ready for a batboy audition coming up. I love the look/sound of it through my research, but I have one question: how much dance is usually used in the production? (I am primarily a dancer so thats why I am curious)
Thanks!

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 6:57pm

I think it depends on the director and production team. The version I did was VERY dance heavy and very physical. The set was mainly made of scaffolding so it was a lot of climbing etc.

[bob8rich]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 7:04pm

I did not get a chance to see this in New York but I saw the production at the Sheftesbury Theatre in London and absolutely loved it. It was so fresh, funny and full of energy, while at the same time being heartbreaking at the right moments. Larry O'Keefe's score is vibrant and superbly diverse, so much more interesting than the scores of many shows that have had far greater success. The entire cast were terrific while Devon May was incredible. It deserved a longer run in London but I fear it suffered from the choice of theatre as much as anything.

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 7:20pm

steamheat: there is hardly any dancing, but (in the production I saw) when they DID dance, the choreography was VERY basic and easy...and pretty campy, actually! have a blast if you get in, its a gorgeous show

[Hello Dawley]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 9:01pm

I absolutely love the show. I have played the role of Bat Boy twice and I have directed it once. I have seen some horrible productions of it though. Toronto and a community theatre in Ohio...and they were BAD. You have to be careful with a show like this because if you try to go to far with the jokes that are already in the script, it won't go well. I would like to see a touring production start up...maybe even the movie that never went passed pre-production. It could be interesting.

[roquat]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 9:02pm

One of the funniest shows ever, as long as you do it right. I participated in a production that was a little too timid and "real"--it didn't go out on a limb enough, and the audience was bewildered and didn't really know when to laugh. You CANNOT be inhibited if you decide to do this show!