Beneath the camp and chaos, 'Bat Boy" remains what it always was: a parable with a pulse. O'Keefe's rock-opera score jabs with wit but bleeds sincerity; his lyrics cut deep with irony and compassion. The story still howls against hypocrisy"the intolerance of difference, the fear of the Other, the absurd theatre of morality that masquerades as virtue. "Bat Boy" feels less like a musical and more like a communal exorci…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:08PM on November 6, 2025