Costa Mesa Playhouse (Costa Mesa, CA)
Ripped from the headlines of the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, this hilarious rock and roll musical tells the story of half-human, half-bat Edgar, raised in a West Virginia cave by bats until captured by spelunkers and taken in by the local veterinarian and his family, who harbor a dark, disturbing secret about Edgar's origins.
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As always, Costa Mesa Playhouse gave a wonderful performance. Extra applause go to Ryan Hollihan who played Edgar/Batboy. Also an extra shout out to the props person! They added to the comedy. Well done.
The cast did a great job! This is definitely NOT an "Oklahoma"-type of musical and wouldn't be for everybody, but it was very enjoyable for myself and my companions. Excellent ensemble work.
A real solid performance. I really like the director's vision of the musical. A little dark and heavy at the beginning getting progressively lighter at the musical's end. A funny, but thought-provoking musical about acceptance and prejudices. A fantastic performance by Bat Boy (Edgar), more Nosferatu-looking and creepier than I was used to, but it was a gusty, very believable, execution that works brilliantly. Also outstanding performances by Shelly and Dr. Parker were highlighted by their fine vocals. My only negatives were that the audio was muted at times and the music should have been a bit more aggressive in the "Goth-rock" feel. This is a show perfect for the Halloween season. Support this community theater and its arts.
The Costa Mesa Playhouse is a 73-seat, not-for-profit, Community Theater that has been serving greater Orange County for over 40 years. The Playhouse is dedicated to presenting affordable, quality, live theater in a comfortable and intimate setting, and to offering the talented actors, singers, dancers, and stage craftspeople of Orange County a welcoming environment in which to practice their
Full of blood, violence and interspecies romance, Bat Boy, The Musical originally premiered in 1997 at Tim Robbins’ Actors Gang Theatre in Los Angeles and was subsequently produced Off-Broadway, in London’s West End, at the Edinburgh Festival and in scores of productions around the world, winning numerous awards in the process.
The character of Bat Boy was created by former Weekly World News editor Dick Kulpa and was the subject of many of the tabloid’s cover stories, debuting in 1992. The original front-page photo of Bat Boy, showing his grotesque screaming face, was the second-best selling issue in the tabloid's history, and he has since evolved into a pop-culture icon. The play’s authors, Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, licensed the use of the character and brought in Laurence O’Keefe to write music and lyrics. Their story, which can be likened to Edward Scissorhands filtered through classic Universal horror films like Frankenstein as well as such low-budget 1950s fare as I Was a Teenage Werewolf, focuses on how a freakish outsider can sometimes be more human than the supposedly normal people around him.
Directed by Michael Dale Brown
Musical direction by Stephen Hulsey
Musical numbers staged by Ryan Holihan
The Costa Mesa Playhouse is a 73-seat, not-for-profit, Community Theater that has been serving greater Orange County for over 40 years. The Playhouse is dedicated to presenting affordable, quality, live theater in a comfortable and intimate setting, and to offering the talented actors, singers, dancers, and stage craftspeople of Orange County a welcoming environment in which to practice their craft. With a season running from September through June and five productions per season, the Playhouse offers a diverse array of plays and musicals to our theatergoing public.