Bat Boy: The Musical at Atwater Village Theatre

Bat Boy: The Musical

Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave Atwater Village

Open Fist Theatre Company presents Bat Boy: The Musical, the horror rock musical cult favorite based on a June 23, 1992 Weekly World News story about a half-boy, half-bat who grew up living in a cave.

Presented by Open Fist Theatre Company

Thru - May 18, 2025

Fri, May 16: 8:00pm

Sat, May 17: 8:00pm

Sun, May 18: 7:00pm

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 323-644-1929

www.atwatervillagetheatre.org/

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Bat Boy: The Musical Reviews

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Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Bat Boy: The Musical has returned to Los Angeles with a vengeance. This outrageous comedy/horror Off-Broadway musical, which originated right here in L.A. at The Actors Gang in 1997, is a campy, off the wall delight. And in the claws, er, hands of director Pat Towne and Open Fist Theatre Company, it's is a bravura piece of remarkable foolery. You won't just be floating out of the house, you'll be flying."

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- Tony Frankel

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Nearly thirty years after its Los Angeles World Premiere, Bat Boy The Musical finally gets the sensationally staged and performed local revival it so richly deserves thanks to the always impressive Open Fist Theatre Company."

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- Steven Stanley

ArtsBeatLA - Highly Recommended

"...Bat Boy: The Musical is a top-notch revival of a fantastic play, and yet another reminder that often the best shows in Los Angeles are produced in smaller theaters."

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- Terry Morgan

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...Above all else, this production succeeds in striking the delicate tonal balance that makes Bat Boy such an unusual yet endearing show. It's bizarre, raunchy, and absurd, yet still carries an undercurrent of genuine emotion and social commentary."

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- Madison Mellon

Ticket Holders LA - Recommended

"...To say this cult classic's book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and the lyrics of composer Laurence O'Keefe have held up in time is an understatement. Indeed, in the musical's suitably raucous revival mounted by Open Fist, a company always so good at acing zany, it may just be even more relevant today."

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- Travis Michael Holder

Broadway World - Recommended

"...Now, the Bat Boy has resurfaced in Atwater Village, and the rock musical about his life is a welcome jolt of whimsy and camp in a darker and darker world. Unearthed after three spelunkers discover his lair in Hope Falls, West Virginia, Bat Boy (Ben Ranaan) ' later christened Edgar ' is adopted by the town veterinarian's family much to the disdain and suspicion of the townspeople. With streaks of slapstick and farce, the show speaks to issues rampant in our society, xenophobia, chief among them."

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- Harker Jones

Bat Boy: The Musical at Atwater Village Theatre