Review: Bat Out of Hell at New York City Center
Disclaimer: I am an independent writer, not affiliated with any media company. My credentials are that I have seen more than 400 different artists live in concert, as well as a variety of theatre shows ranging from Broadway ( Waitress, If/Then, Rock of Ages, The Lion King ), to Off-Broadway ( Atomic, Skintight, Application Pending, Mary Page Marlowe ), to local productions ( The Sound of Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Twelfth Night, Once ). I attended Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell: the Musical at New York City Center (NYCC) on two consecutive nights in August 2019. Here are my thoughts. (This post may contain spoilers.) First let's talk about terminology, because I was confused. Is this show Broadway? Is it Off-Broadway? Well, it's neither. Generally theatres are defined in terms of number of seats. More than 500 is Broadway, fewer than 500 is Off-Broadway. So by that definition the NYCC should be Broadway, right? The capacity is 2,257 while the largest official Broadw