Frontmezzjunkies reports: New York City Center announces Casting for Bat Boy
June 2025 (NEW YORK, NY) – NEW YORK CITY CENTER announced that Taylor Trensch, who made his Broadway debut as Boq in Wicked in 2012, will play the title character, Bat Boy in the Annual Gala Presentation Bat Boy: The Musical. Directed by two-time Tony winner Alex Timbers (Broadway’s Just In Time) alongside Music Director Andrew Resnick (Broadway’s Boop) and choreography by Connor Gallagher (Broadway’s Beetlejuice), this heartfelt, irreverent, darkly comic musical opens October 29 (through November 9) with a benefit performance honoring Broadway producer Bee Carrozzini of ATG Entertainment. The production also kicks off the first musical theater season planned by newly appointed VP & Artistic Director, Musical Theater, Jenny Gersten.
After being discovered in a cave and adopted by a local West Virginia family, Bat Boy, also known as Edgar, wants nothing more than to be accepted by the community and works hard to appeal to their “Christian Charity.” But will his insatiable bloodlust be his undoing? Or will the bloodlust of a town searching for an easy scapegoat beat him to the punch?
The musical opened off-Broadway at the Union Square Theatre on March 21, 2001, and closed on December 2, 2001. Directed by Scott Schwartz, the production, with choreography by Christopher Gattelli, featured Deven May as Bat Boy, and won the awards for best Off-Broadway musical, including the Lucille Lortel Award, two Richard Rodgers Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
Inspired by a popular tabloid article from the 1990s, this “fervid, wicked, and arch” (The New York Times) musical gained cult classic status when it premiered Off-Broadway in 2001. Featuring a pulsing pop-rock score by Tony nominee Laurence O’Keefe (Heathers: The Musical) with original orchestrations by Tony winner Alex Lacamoire (Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen), and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming, this Gala Presentation shines fresh light on a beloved score with newly expanded orchestrations. Funds raised from Bat Boy: The Musical help keep City Center’s unforgettable performances affordable and accessible for everyone.
Taylor Trensch received a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Skeets Miller in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Floyd Collins. He recently starred in Safety Not Guaranteed at BAM (Outer Critics Circle nomination) and in The Seven Year Disappear opposite Cynthia Nixon. Additional Broadway credits include Camelot, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dear Evan Hansen, Hello, Dolly!, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Matilda, Wicked. Film and Television credits include “Your Monster“, “Things Like This“, “Evil“, and “Law & Order: SVU“.
Tickets and General Information
Tickets from $45 (fees included) for the Annual Gala Presentation Bat Boy: The Musical can be purchased online at NYCityCenter.org, by calling 212.581.1212, or in person at the City Center Box Office. Gala packages for the October 29 benefit start at $2,500. For more details, contact SpecialEvents@NYCityCenter.org or call 212.763.1205.
For audience members 40 years of age and under, Access Club offers a limited number of $28 tickets (fees included) to City Center productions. For more information and to enroll, visit NYCityCenter.org/Access.
Bat Boy: The Musical
Oct 29 – Nov 9, 2025
NEW YORK CITY CENTER (Michael S. Rosenberg, President & CEO) has played a defining role in the cultural life of the city for more than 80 years. The distinctive Neo-Moorish building was founded by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1943 as Manhattan’s first performing arts center with the mission of making the best in theater, dance, and music accessible to all audiences. This commitment continues today through celebrated dance and musical theater series like the Fall for Dance Festival, Artists at the Center, the Tony-honored Encores! series, and the annual season by Principal Dance Company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. City Center welcomes audiences to experience internationally acclaimed artists including Kyle Abraham, Matthew Bourne, Ayodele Casel, Manhattan Theatre Club, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Twyla Tharp, on the same stage where legends made their mark. Dedicated to a culture built on the values of curiosity, collaboration, accessibility, and inclusivity, City Center’s dynamic programming, art exhibitions, and studio events are complemented by a full slate of education and community engagement programs that bring the performing arts to thousands of New York City students, teachers, and families every year. NYCityCenter.org
