Bat Boy: The Musical: Difference between revisions

The off-Broadway production received very positive reviews. In his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', Bruce Weber wrote, "It's remarkable what [this show's] intelligent wit can accomplish".<ref>{{cite webnews |last=Weber |first=Bruce |title=THEATER REVIEW; Who's the Guy Who Ordered the Bloody Mary on the Rocks? |date=March 22, 2001 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/22/theater/theater-review-who-s-the-guy-who-ordered-the-bloody-mary-on-the-rocks.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 27, 2021 |url-access=subscription |datearchive-url=March https://web.archive.org/web/20101031222139/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/22,/theater/theater-review-who-s-the-guy-who-ordered-the-bloody-mary-on-the-rocks.html 2001|archive-date=2010-10-31 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Lahr]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it "a giggling cult hit" and "the only play in the history of the theatre whose hero ends Act I with a rabbit in his mouth, and who moves on in Act II to an entire cow's head."<ref>{{cite web |last=Lahr |first=John |title=Bloodsucker's Ball: Camp, cult, and Complicite |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/04/09/bloodsuckers-ball |website=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031172400/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/04/09/bloodsuckers-ball |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |date=April 1, 2001 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Curtain-Up'' praised : "Laurence O'Keefe's peppy and melodic pop-rock score... played by a five piece combo".<ref>{{cite web |last=Sommers |first=Elyse |title=New York Review of ''Bat Boy'' |url=http://www.curtainup.com/batboy.html |website=CurtainUp.com |date=March 22, 2001 |access-date=June 9, 2009}}</ref> [[Deven May]] received the [[Theatre World Award]] for his performance as Bat Boy.