# Batman Live! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041 "2012-08-29T16:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/1 "2012-08-29T16:15:16Z")
Has anyone one heard of this and is anyone planning to go to this? I saw the video, and it looks fascinating…in a trainwrecky sort of way. [Bat-link.](http://www.batmanlive.com/#/watch/) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/2 "2012-08-29T18:29:43Z")
I scrolled through the creative team just to see if Jim Steinman was involved- he had had a Batman stage show in development hell for years. Nope. He’s not part of it. I don’t think I’d like the show, but from the brief glimpse in the clips I think I’d be happy to be a used and forgotten Backstage Betty for Harley Quinn. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/3 "2012-08-29T18:45:01Z")
It reminds me of an episode of _Batman Beyond_ where they have _Batman: The (stage) Musical_ (where the opening number is pretty much a copy of the opening of _Batman: The Animated Series_). As I recall, Bruce Wayne walked out in the middle of it - he’d probably do the same here. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/4 "2012-08-29T18:52:47Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > It reminds me of an episode of _Batman Beyond_ where they have _Batman: The (stage) Musical_ (where the opening number is pretty much a copy of the opening of _Batman: The Animated Series_). As I recall, Bruce Wayne walked out in the middle of it - he’d probably do the same here. Alfred, on the other hand, would sit through the whole thing taking copious notes, then spend the next two weeks ribbing him about it. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/5 "2012-08-29T19:04:16Z")
It starts it’s US tour in about a week. I got tickets for it for myself and my son(6) back in April and we see the show on Sept.15th. From youtube videos and UK reviews it’s definately geared towards the kids. A mixed media show with smoke, lights, pyrotechnics, massive video screen, live costumed cast on ropes and wires, etc. There really hasn’t been much advertising for it all summer and I only became aware of it from a banner ad on a local news channels website back in April. And that was only up for about a day. I finally saw some TV ads this morning. My son loves the Lego Batman games and knows all the bad guys from there so I think this will be right up his alley. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/6 "2012-08-29T20:59:00Z")
Reminds me of the old Six Flags Batman stunt show. ---
**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-live/633041/7 "2012-08-30T11:36:47Z")
I’d think about it if Cirque were doing it, but it doesn’t look appealing from the promo material.