Bat Boy (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Bat Boy (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Bat Boy (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
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Performer: Laurence O'Keefe
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Music Label: RCA Victor Broadway
Soundtracks:
  1. Hold Me, Bat Boy
  2. Christian Charity
  3. Ugly Boy
  4. Whatcha Wanna Do?
  5. A Home For You
  6. Another Dead Cow
  7. Dance With Me, Darling
  8. Mrs. Taylor's Lullaby
  9. Show You A Thing Or Two
  10. Christian Charity (Reprise)
  11. A Home For You (Reprise)
  12. Comfort And Joy
  13. A Joyful Noise
  14. Let Me Walk Among You
  15. A Joyful Noise (Reprise)
  16. Three Bedroom House
  17. Children, Children
  18. Inside Your Heart
  19. Apology To A Cow
  20. Finale: I Imagine You're Upset
  21. Finale: I Am Not A Boy
  22. Hold Me, Bat Boy (Reprise)

Music reviews of Bat Boy (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Music Review: A Biting Satire . . . Really!
Rating: 4 Stars

There are some show albums that can be played as background dinner music. I'm not suggesting an uncomfortable, silently seething supper like the "American Beauty" household endured nightly. No, there are certain Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers and Hammerstein melodies that would make a nice complement to a salad and a sorbet. (Yes, a spoonful of sugar does help the medicine go down!)

"Bat Boy" is NOT one of these. The music is blaring, the singing is occasionally feverish, and the lyrics are way-out there. In other words, this is not your grandmother's musical-comedy.

I was one of the lucky people who got to see "Bat Boy" performed live onstage in NY's Off-Broadway circuit. The sad thing about any theatrical performance is that it's so ephemeral. It only exists for the moment between house lights dimming and stage lights fading out. A videotape of the event can't do it justice; if it's great, it will live on in memory for a time, but the nuances will fade.

"Bat Boy," the cast album, does a fabulous job of resurrecting the humor, the energy, and the outlandish plot line of this sci-fi/social commentary musical. Based on the tabloid sightings of a bat boy, this show is so much more than just an X-Files episode set to a dance beat. Composer/lyricist Laurence O'Keefe writes a score that doesn't just advance the storyline; his music and lyrics also parody (brilliantly) all the conventions that have come to trademark a Broadway musical.

The lovable underdog who is groomed for bigger and better things: that's the basis of "Gigi," "My Fair Lady," and even "Hairspray." Here the metamorphosis is lampooned and celebrated with the rapid-fire "Show You a Thing or Two," where the Bat Boy is taught a la Eliza Doolittle to enunciate, act more civilized, and even do a subtle soft-shoe dance routine.

It's a funny moment theatrically--it suffers a bit on the cast album because it's minus the visuals--but the whole show is filled with that wisdom of "Here's what audiences expect and this is what you'll get, but it'll be surprisingly renovated."

"Bat Boy" is the perfect title for this reworking of American musical theater. It hangs the conventions upside down, and the audience is smitten. The cloying sweetness of Disney is parodied in "Children, Children," and if you haven't seen the show, when you hear the album, picture the cast dressed in cheesy "Waiting for Guffman" style costumes with stuffed animals tied and stapled to their leotards. They attempt to "re-create" the multimillion-dollar special effects of "The Lion King" with a few plush pets picked up at Toys R Us.

Laughable, likeable, and lingering--that was my impression of the entire troupe of actors. I'm glad I have this album as a testament to their memorable night in the theater. I recently saw leading lady Kerry Butler in the Broadway hit "Hairspray." Her voice is as powerful as ever, but her role is quite small and subdued compared to her work here. I've not sighted Deven May, the Bat Boy, anywhere post this production. What a shame! Any theatrical producers out there, hire this fellow. He's got the energy of Robert Morse and the vocal prowess of Robert Plant. That's a lethal combination. One that would make theatergoers rabid for more.

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As far as we know, Bat Boy is the only musical to have been inspired by a headline in the Weekly World News tabloid. It tells the story of, well, a bat boy (complete with pointy ears) found in a West Virginia cave. Adopted by the family of the town's vet, Edgar--as he comes to be known--actually goes on to acquire an education and even falls in love with the vet's daughter, all the while struggling to keep his blood thirst under control. Things end tragically--unsurprisingly, interspecies romance is still battling considerable prejudice in this country. Composer-lyricist Laurence O'Keefe came up with catchy songs that owe a lot to late 1960s and early '70s rock musicals such as Godspell and even The Rocky Horror Show. Skillfully walking the thin line between over-the-top camp and actual emotion, O'Keefe has written a wonderful little musical that cleverly deals with issues of difference and community values. As weird as it sounds, we foresee quite a future for Bat Boy in amateur productions. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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