"He Could Be a Star" – Jackie and Tony (called "He Could Go and He Could Shine" in US productions). "Swan Lake" – Billy and Billy Older Self. "Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher" – Tony and Partiers. "Angry Dance" – Billy & Male Ensemble. "Expressing Yourself" – Billy, Michael, and Ensemble. "Solidarity" – Ballet Girls, Billy, Mrs. The original cast album was released on 10 January 2006. Liam Mower, James Lomas and George Maguire were the original actors who alternated in the title role. It was directed by Stephen Daldry and choreographed by Peter Darling, as was the original film. The producers were Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions Plc, and David Furnish. It reportedly cost £5.5 million to produce (the original film version cost $5 million). The musical premiered in the West End at the Victoria Palace Theatre, opening in previews on 31 March 2005 and officially on it is still running as of October 2015, with the booking date extended to at least 2016. The sequence of events and story line differ slightly and insignificantly from the (2000) film. The music is by Elton John, and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The film's final scene is set years later, the now grown Billy takes the stage to perform the lead in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, as Billy’s father, brother and Michael watch in the audience.īilly Elliot the Musical (2005) is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot. He says goodbye to his family and friends and give Michael a little kiss on the cheek and boards the train for London. However sometime later, he receives a letter accepting him to the Royal Ballet School. He is asked what it feels like when he is dancing, he describes it as like electricity.Believing he has been rejected, Billy returns home. In his frustration, he punches another boy at the audition and his final interview with the admissions board does not go well. Billy and his father go to London but trip and the audition weighs heavily on Billy. The entire community pulls together to help raise money for the trip and Bill’s father pawns Billy's mother's jewelry to help cover the cost of the trip. Billy’s father decides to cross the picket line to pay for the trip to London, but Tony (Billy’s brother) stops him. Wilkinson sets up an interview/audition at the Royal Ballet School in London and offers to pay for the trip but Billy’s father insists that Billy is his son and it is his responsibility to pay. Billy is not gay but accepts and is supportive of Michael when he finally discovers Michael’s truth.īilly’s father catches Billy dancing in the gym and realizes his son is truly gifted and finally accepts that dance is Billy’s passion. He is building toward his own coming out to Billy and perhaps wishing that Billy too is gay. She continues to give Billy dancing lessons in private despite his father’s objections.ĭuring this time, Billy’s friend Michael has been questioning him about his motivations for taking ballet. Wilkinson confronts Billy’s father but he is unyielding. When Billy’s’ father and brother find out that he is taking ballet lessons, they are furious with Billy and his father forbids him from continuing believing that others will think him a “poof”.(i.e. #Billy elliot rotten tomatoes professional#
Wilkinson believes that Billy has what it takes to become a professional dancer. Secretly, Billy quits boxing and uses the money his father gives him to take ballet lessons. Seeing that Billy has been staying to watch the class, the ballet teacher Mrs. After his boxing lessons, Billy stays to watch the dancers. At the same time, a ballet class is using the back of the gym for classes because their usual basement studio is temporarily being used as a soup kitchen for the striking miners.
Billy is apathetic about boxing but wishes to please his father. His mother is deceased.īilly and his friend Michael take boxing lessons at local gym. Set in northern England during the 1984-5 coal miners' strike, Billy lives with his father and brother who work in the coal mines and he helps to take care of his grandmother. Billy Elliot is the story of 11-year-old boy and his introduction to the world of dance and it has become a gay and BL cult classic.
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