Hold us, Taylor! Most recently Tony-nominated for his performance in Broadway's Floyd Collins, Taylor Trensch will star in the title role of New York City Center's upcoming gala musical, Bat Boy, playing the Manhattan venue October 29-November 9. The gala performance will be given in honor of Broadway producer Bee Carrozzini of ATG Entertainment.
Tony winner Alex Timbers is directing the new staging of the work, which features a story and book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and a score by Heathers and Legally Blonde composer Laurence O'Keefe.
Trensch was a 2025 Tony nominee for his work as "Skeets" Miller in Floyd Collins, which finished its limited Broadway engagement June 22. He's also appeared on Broadway in Wicked; Matilda; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Hello, Dolly!; Dear Evan Hansen; To Kill a Mockingbird; and Camelot.
Bat Boy is adapted from the recurring character from the late Weekly World News, a half-boy, half-bat. The musical's story follows the titular Bat Boy as he is adopted by a human family and attempts to become a part of regular life, only to find violent hate from his hometown.
The show premiered in 1997 in California, coming to Off-Broadway in 2001, largely launching the career of Kerry Butler (currently back Off-Broadway in another O'Keefe musical, Heathers) and now-three-time Tony-winning original orchestrator, Alex Lacamoire.
Bat Boy kicks off City Center's previously announced 2025-2026 musical theatre season, which also includes an Encores! season that will feature Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's High Spirits, running February 4-15, 2026; Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe's The Wild Party, running March 18-29, 2026; and a new revival of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's La Cage aux Folles, the latter with Robert O'Hara directing an all-Black cast led by Billy Porter as Albin, and performing June 17-28, 2026.
Tickets for Bat Boy are on sale to City Center members, with general sales beginning June 24 at .
