A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Bat Boy’s first appearance was in 1992, on the cover of Weekly World News, and the cryptid’s popularity was so great it became the unofficial mascot for the paper. Within the context of his stories, ...

If the newspaper prints it then it must be true, or so goes the thinking behind a stage play inspired by a famous supermarket tabloid story about a half-boy, half-bat who grew up in a cave, and went ...

The first thing we hear in “Bat Boy: The Musical” is the electrifying shriek of a heavy metal-style guitar, followed by a hauntingly melancholy, minor-key baroque string line — something similar to ...

Whatever. Some version of the headline was in a 1992 issue of the tabloid Weekly World News (no longer published, but you can still read it online at weeklyworldnews.com. Go ahead - Google it. We ...

New York City Center has announced its 2025-26 theatre season. This year’s gala presentation will be the cult musical Bat Boy, directed by Alex Timbers. Running from 29 October to 9 November, Bat Boy ...

At Titusville Playhouse, sometimes the most remarkable stories are found in the least likely of places. The theater offers the quirky tale of "Bat Boy: The Musical" at its open-air Stage 2, opening ...

Open Fist Theatre Company has extended its hit production Bat Boy: The Musical through May 18. Inspired by a 1992 Weekly World News supermarket tabloid story about a half-boy, half-bat who grew up ...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Move over, Astro Boy and Iron Man -- Bat Boy could be stepping up to the plate soon. The half-bat, half-human character is just one of 30-odd wacky creations spawned by ...

A tabloid story about a bat humanoid found in a West Virginia cave? That's something to snicker at in the checkout line at the grocery, right? Surprisingly, I found myself really liking the ...

ROCHESTER ― Center Theatre Players present “Bat Boy The Musical” Oct. 17-19 at the borough's Sandy Reigel Theater. "Bat Boy The Musical" is part dark humor and part horror, which makes it perfect for ...