Joy Yandell blossoms with wonder as Billy’s gruff dance teacher Mrs. Another is the full-cast “Solidarity” number, where Garton and girls in tutus dance around and between the rows of striking miners, picketing townspeople and billy club-toting English policemen.ĭoug Tompos gives a heart-wrenching performance as Billy’s widowed Dad. One of the show’s highlights is a dream ballet between Garton’s young Billy and his adult self, beautifully performed by CalBallet soloist Zachary Guthier.
Not only can Garton pull off the rigorous ballet, jazz and tap demands of the role, he’s also got charisma, a confident stage presence, a sweet singing voice and a natural flair for acting and dialect. Jared Nelson, CalBallet’s associate artistic director, has put his own stamp on the dance numbers, particularly Billy’s “Angry Dance,” when he furiously pirouettes, taps, kicks and hurls himself around the stage after his coal-mining dad refuses to let him audition for the ballet.īringing Billy to life is the astonishingly talented Charlie Garton, a 10-year-old Del Mar grade-schooler who started dancing just three years ago. The story is touching and occasionally raw, but it’s the dancing that soars. There’s no shying away from the R-rated language or the County Durham accent and vernacular, which can be quite hard to understand. Liverpool-raised director Neil Dale and English-born dialect coach Vanessa Dinning have restored much of the story’s Britishness. His story plays out during England’s explosive 1984 coal miners’ strike, which preceded the dismantling of the country’s coal industry. “Billy Elliot” (Celtic-infused score by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall) is based on Stephen Daldry’s 2000 film about a young boy from a Northern England coal-mining town who secretly dreams of joining the Royal Ballet. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source, who is solely responsible for its accuracy, by Send2Press Newswire.While some of these elements remain, the SDMT/CalBallet production has more of the dialect, darkness and Britishness of both the London original and its source material.
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Music Theater Works is a professional non-profit theater company based in Wilmette, Illinois featuring a colorful repertoire including operetta, the Golden Age of Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and modern classics since 1980.Īs of 2021, Music Theater Works has become a resident theater company at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts In Skokie (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076). Music Theater Works has announced the 2022 Season, opening with Jerry Herman’s “LA CAGE AUX FOLLES” (Ma– April 3, 2022) starring Ginger Minj from RuPaul’s Drag Race, followed by “DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID” (J– June 22, 2022), “ZORRO: THE MUSICAL” (Aug– August 21, 2022), “CAMELOT” (Octo– November 13, 2022), and “IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS” (Decem– January 1, 2023).
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The approximate run time is 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission.ĪLL GUESTS will be required to wear a face mask regardless of vaccination status and to present their photo ID with proof of full vaccination from COVID-19 with an approved vaccine.
Ticket prices range from $41 to $108 and tickets for guests 25 and under are half-price. North Shore Center For The Performing Arts In Skokie * Press Performance: Thursday, Decem 7:30 PM * Music Director And Conductor (Michael McBride) * Assistant Choreographer (Ariel Etana Triunfo)
* Hair And Make-Up Designer (Alice Salazar) * Music Directed and Conducted by Michael McBride “Billy Elliot” is an inspirational story about the power of being true to yourself, the unity of family, and the coming together of a community backgrounded by the UK miners’ strike in 1984.įrom the bleak, muggy streets of northern England to the bright stage lights of a London stage and a brighter tomorrow, “Billy Elliot” tells the story of a boy’s desire to express himself through dance and is the inspirational story about the power of being true to yourself, the unity of family and the coming together of a community during the UK miners’ strike in 1984.
SKOKIE, Ill., (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) - Music Theater Works shall present “Billy Elliot: The Musical” at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts In Skokie (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076) from Decemthrough Januas the final production of the 2021 Season.īoasting a Tony Award and an Olivier Award for Best Musical, “Billy Elliot” is based on the 2000 international smash-hit film and features a score by music legend Sir Elton John.
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