TWITTER WATCH: Jeremy Jordan Working on BAT BOY Revival?
By: Nicole Rosky May. 20, 2016
Could Bat Boy be flying back to the stage? According to Jeremy Jordan, a new production might be in the works. He tweeted:
Go to do Bat Boy today w the incredible @kerrybutlernyc, @jamesmiglehart, @stefunnystyles, among other amazing talent. What a week! #holdme
- Jeremy Jordan (@JeremyMJordan) May 20, 2016
Bat Boy: The Musical is an American musical with a book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics byLaurence O'Keefe, based on a June 23, 1992 Weekly World News story about a half-boy, half-bat, dubbed "Bat Boy", who grew up living in a cave. Bat Boy premiered at Actors Gang Theatre in 1997 and has since been produced off-Broadway, in London's West End, at the Edinburgh Festival and in scores of productions throughout the world.
In 2012, Jordan was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Jack Kelly in NEWSIES, which he began with Paper Mill Playhouse in 2011. Jordan has also appeared in Broadway's Bonnie & Clyde in 2011, as well as Rock of Ages and West Side Story in 2009. He guest-starred on Law & Order: SVU in 2008 and appeared in the film Joyful Noise. He also appeared in the second season of NBC's SMASH. He starred in the special Encores! event A Bed and a Chair- Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis's new musical event featuring Sondheim's music arranged and performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. He currently stars in SUPERGIRL on CBS.
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