Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'weeklyworldnews'
March 15, 2005
Well, it was Toronto’s theatre critics, rather than the city’s theatrical performers, who were in the spotlight last week when Bat Boy: The Musical announced that the show was going to close a month ahead of schedule on March 19. Publicist Carrie Sager spelt out the reason for the early end in a press release:Toronto audiences have embraced the half-bat half-boy creature who leapt from the pages of Weekly World News to the stage of......
Continue Reading "Questions! Who Killed Bat Boy? Critic Ban? And What About the Lord Of The Rings Musical?"December 22, 2004
Guess who's coming to town? Well, yes, Santa Claus. But following St. Nick by a month and a half is Bat Boy of Bat Boy: The Musical. Flying in from runs in New York, London and L.A. (and boy are its wings tired, ha, ha), the cult ironic musical -- billed as "a cross between My Fair Lady and Edward Scissorhands" -- is arriving at the Bathurst Street Theatre in early February. Ripped from the......
Continue Reading "The Musical Genre Turned Upside Down"