Billy Elliot Tickets : The Billy Elliot Production Received Fifteen Tony Award Nominations
Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot
. The music is by Sir Elton John, and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around motherless Billy, who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes.The story of his personal struggle and fulfillment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the UK miners' strike in County Durham, in Northern England. Hall's screenplay was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down, to which the musical's opening song pays homage.
The musical premiered in London's West End in 2005 and was nominated for nine Laurence Olivier Awards, winning four including Best New Musical. The production is still running strongly, and its success led to productions in Australia, on Broadway and elsewhere.
In New York, it won ten Tony Awards and ten Drama Desk Awards, including, in each case, best musical. It has also won numerous awards in Australia including a record-tying seven Helpmann Awards.
The Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on 1 October 2008 in previews and officially on 13 November 2008.The London production's creative team directed and designed the Broadway production. The title role was rotated among three young actors, David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish and Trent Kowalik, the last of whom had played the role in London. The supporting cast included Haydn Gwynne, reprising her role of Mrs. Wilkinson from the London production, and Gregory Jbara as Billy's father.
The production received rave reviews:Time called it a "triumph"; critic Liz Smith termed it "breathtakingly brilliant" and "absolutely, unequivocally awesome"; the Daily News said it was "so exhilarating that at times you feel like leaping";the New York Post said it was "almost like being in love" and termed it "amusing, perfect and passionate" and "the best show you will ever see"; and the Los Angeles Times called it a "global theatrical phenomenon".
It has also been very financially successful, with $20 million taken in advance ticket sales.
The production received fifteen Tony Award nominations, tying with The Producers for the most nominations ever received by a Broadway show, and winning ten. The original three boys in the lead role jointly won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
The production recouped its original investment of $18 million in 14 months and, as of 2010, continues to sell strongly.
The West End production was nominated for nine 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards and won four, including Best New Musical.
At age thirteen, Liam Mower was the youngest actor to win the award, and the actors playing Billy were the first to win the award in a shared capacity. Lomas, Maguire, and Mower also jointly received the Theatre Goers' Choice Award 2005 for The Most Promising Newcomer. The production also won The Evening Standard Award 2005, among others.
The Sydney production was nominated for eleven 2008 Helpmann Awards and won seven, including Best Musical. The Melbourne production was nominated for eleven 2008 Green Room Awards and won six, including Best Production Music Theatre.
The Broadway production received 15 Tony Award nominations in 2009, tied with The Producers for the most nominations ever received by a single show.It won ten Tony Awards, including best musical.
The lead actor award was shared by the three boys who opened in the title role, marking the first time in Tony history the award has been shared by three actors.
The production was also nominated for ten Drama Desk Awards, winning all ten, including Outstanding Musical, and for nine 2008-09 Outer Critics Circle Awards, wining seven, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, and also received a Special Achievement Award for its three Billys.
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