Bat Boy: The Musical is original wrote by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming in 1992 on the Weekly World News. The music and lyrics was wrote by Laurence O'Keefe. A story on a half human and half bat who lives in the cave. In 1997, Bat boy premiered at Actors Gang Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Directed by Farley, Deven May was the bat boy and Kaitlin Hopkins was the Mom(Meredith Parker). After that Bat Boy: The Musical getting a little more popular in the world. 2001 in off-Broadway at Union Square Theatre, N.Y.,2004 in West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Also popular in Korea, Japan, Germany, Australia...many counties.
The Story began with song "Hold Me Bat Boy" after Bat Boy attacks Ruthie and captive by Rick and Ron. The sheriff Reynolds bring Bat Boy to the Parker's family and they decided to take him in. The local people believed that all the cows were killed by Bat Boy. They all want him to be dead, but Mrs.Parker begging Dr.Parker not to kill him. Mrs.Parker and Shelly teaches him how to read and dress and also gave him a name "Edgar". He graduated from high school and got a diploma. The town council don't want Edgar to be in the revival, but Mrs.Parker and Shelly promise that they will take Edgar to the revival and prove that he is not threat to anyone. At this moment, Dr.Parker decided to destroy Edgar.
Edgar arrived the revival and volunteers himself for the faith healing, He won the trust and got accept by the people. But Dr.Parker showed up and tell all the people about the news that Ruthie's death, people once again turned back to against Edgar and want him die. Edgar had to ran away into the woods, Shelly and Mrs.Parker was searching for him and Shelly found out she already in love with Edgar.....
This is a video of the the song " Insides Your Heart" which I like the most before the story got twist...
The story changed after Mrs.Parker told people the truth about the Bat Boy. I was shocked when I found out that Edgar and Shelly were related after all the animal group orgy in the woods. The story had a really sad ending, I wish it could be a romantic love ending but it was too sad that Edgar dies.
The story changed after Mrs.Parker told people the truth about the Bat Boy. I was shocked when I found out that Edgar and Shelly were related after all the animal group orgy in the woods. The story had a really sad ending, I wish it could be a romantic love ending but it was too sad that Edgar dies.
Work Cited
"The Story of BatBoy."rocksmagazine. RedCross. 30 June 2010. Web. 6 April 2011.
Snider, John. "Theatre Review: Bat Boy: The Musical." scifidimensions. Dad's Garage. 2003. Web. 6 April 2011.
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"Inside Your Heart from Bat Boy the Musical." Project: Report. YouTube, 18 May 2010.Web. 6 April 2011.
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"Inside Your Heart from Bat Boy the Musical." Project: Report. YouTube, 18 May 2010.Web. 6 April 2011.
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http://www.kellyvivanco.com/index.php?pt=bat_boy
http://www.memphis.edu/theatre/batboy.php
http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2009/02/something_bold_something_old_a.html
Chen Yu Tsai
THE1000
April 4, 2011
Prof. Groffrey Kershner
Bat Boy
From the moment I stepped into the Gillespy Theatre, News Journal Center on Thursday night, I already felt the energy was attacking me. I was little late and the show has already starts with the opening song but everyone seems so happy and ready for this long interesting show. The most interesting thing I saw was the live band on top of the stage; I like the way the put the music and show together. The room was kind of small compare to the last show we watched but I like it better because I am more close to the performers and be able to see clear to all the actions on the stage. The audiences are from college students and old people. I remember one of the old men who sit in the front row was shocked when the bat boy sucking the blood from the rabbit’s neck. But most of the people were exciting to see the show includes me but just one guy who was a little too loud and laughing for no reason. Thanks to the guy who laughs so hard, some people around him actually started to laugh and made the show more fun. The singing skills from the performers were way better than I thought, especially the mom. Not just the singing skill from the mom, one scene she was fall because of the long skirt twice and she didn’t stop acting but used it to became part of her acting. The mood was kind of started with happy to sad in the end; when the bat boy tried to learn how to speak was the funniest thing in the show, the audience can easily get impact which is like baby learning how to speak. When the doctor decided to make everyone hate bat boy is the time getting to turning point, the story getting sad, and a bit evil. The climax was when shelly found out she is in love with bat boy and the entire animals had group orgy. The audience was really exciting and laugh hard, a good show can drive audience’s mood. When I see shelly decided to go look for bat boy and against the mom’s wish, I thought it might be a romantic love ending but I guess I was wrong. It surprises probably not just me but everyone in the end when we figured out shelly and batboy is related to each other. I personal think it can’t be happen in real life but I understand this is just a show. After the show, my friend and I still talks about the show and being amazed how great the show was. We were talking about taking the acting class next semester, maybe we can’t be actors but we wants to work in theatre and be part of it even just do the lights part or music parts. It was a wonderful experience in real theater; hopefully those talent people will have more great preforms in the future and one day I will see them in the big scream.
Chen Yu Tsai
THE1000
April 4, 2011
Prof. Groffrey Kershner
Bat Boy
From the moment I stepped into the Gillespy Theatre, News Journal Center on Thursday night, I already felt the energy was attacking me. I was little late and the show has already starts with the opening song but everyone seems so happy and ready for this long interesting show. The most interesting thing I saw was the live band on top of the stage; I like the way the put the music and show together. The room was kind of small compare to the last show we watched but I like it better because I am more close to the performers and be able to see clear to all the actions on the stage. The audiences are from college students and old people. I remember one of the old men who sit in the front row was shocked when the bat boy sucking the blood from the rabbit’s neck. But most of the people were exciting to see the show includes me but just one guy who was a little too loud and laughing for no reason. Thanks to the guy who laughs so hard, some people around him actually started to laugh and made the show more fun. The singing skills from the performers were way better than I thought, especially the mom. Not just the singing skill from the mom, one scene she was fall because of the long skirt twice and she didn’t stop acting but used it to became part of her acting. The mood was kind of started with happy to sad in the end; when the bat boy tried to learn how to speak was the funniest thing in the show, the audience can easily get impact which is like baby learning how to speak. When the doctor decided to make everyone hate bat boy is the time getting to turning point, the story getting sad, and a bit evil. The climax was when shelly found out she is in love with bat boy and the entire animals had group orgy. The audience was really exciting and laugh hard, a good show can drive audience’s mood. When I see shelly decided to go look for bat boy and against the mom’s wish, I thought it might be a romantic love ending but I guess I was wrong. It surprises probably not just me but everyone in the end when we figured out shelly and batboy is related to each other. I personal think it can’t be happen in real life but I understand this is just a show. After the show, my friend and I still talks about the show and being amazed how great the show was. We were talking about taking the acting class next semester, maybe we can’t be actors but we wants to work in theatre and be part of it even just do the lights part or music parts. It was a wonderful experience in real theater; hopefully those talent people will have more great preforms in the future and one day I will see them in the big scream.
Chen,
ReplyDeleteNice reflections. Nice work in finding background info on the show.