Based on a 1992 Weekly World News cover story about a half-boy, half-bat found in West Virginia,  Bat Boy: The Musical features a score by Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde) and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming. 

  Bat Boy: The Musical is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia.  The local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy, although he struggles with his thirst for blood and feelings of self and love.

  Bat Boy: The Musical opened March 21, 2001, at the Union Square Theatre, directed by Scott Schwartz.  Bat Boy won the Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical.   Staten Islander Kathy Brier was featured in the original Off-Broadway cast.

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