"Billy Elliot the Musical" is set in 1980s England amid a violent coal miners' strike. One miner's son has a dream to dance, and early in the second act he imagines what his life could be as a ballet ...

In the film Billy Elliot, the son of a striking miner in the north east of England in 1985 is seen to face prejudice because he wants to be a ballet dancer. When it hit cinemas in 2000, Billy's ...

Most of the talk about Billy Elliot The Musical focuses on the child members of its cast, triple threats who sing, dance, and act. But it’s the adults that give the Tony award winning musical its edge ...

2010 Olivier Awards The Audience Award for Most Popular Show Elton John 2006 Olivier Awards Best Actor in a Musical James Lomas 2006 Olivier Awards Best Actress in a ...

Ballet-loving boys still face some stigma, but there’s precedent for the story of Billy Elliot, a kid raised in a rough-and-tumble English coal-mining town who longs to dance. Edward Villella, once ...