Last time we shared a video with you about "Finding Billy," and the process the Billy Elliot The Musical team goes through to find their leading role. Today, it's all about the Billy's! Let's take a look at what it's like "Being Billy."
Are you as impressed with these boys as we are? I mean, really, they're amazing. And to top it all off, they're so young! We are so excited to have this show here in Northwest Arkansas in just a couple of weeks. Come see Billy Elliot The Musical at Walton Arts Center Tuesday, December 4 - Sunday, December 9 and see how these boys SHINE on the stage!
Kylend Hetherington (Billy) and Rich Hebert (Dad) in “Billy Elliot the Musical.” Photo by Kyle Froman
Billy Elliot The Musical is such a fantastic show, and we are really looking forward to having it here in Northwest Arkansas. The New York Post called Billy Elliot "The best show you will ever see!"
Since we're so excited about this show, and we wanted to do a little something to shake up our blog...we decided to have a giveaway for Billy Elliot!!
It's super-duper easy to enter, and we will choose two winners who will each receive two (2) tickets to opening night of Billy Elliot The Musical on Tuesday, December 4 at 7pm. Just follow the steps below to enter, and you can receive more entries by completing the "extras" outlined in the instructions. The contest will run through Tuesday, November 27, and we will notify the winners by Wednesday, November 28. Good luck!
Fresh off our run of Shrek: The Musical, we’re getting excited for our next Broadway performance; Billy Elliot The Musical! Billy Elliot will be here for eight performances, beginning Tuesday, December 4, and running through Sunday, December 9.
A little background on the show for you: Billy Elliot is a small town boy in northern England, who finds his way from the boxing ring to ballet class. At 11 years old, Billy isn’t sure how to handle his surprising talent, but manages to shine with his community behind him.
Now, about those boys that play Billy in the show. Would you believe that many of them are just 'regular' kids? Not classically trained dancers, or professional theatre performers, but just boys that have auditioned when the opportunity arose in their town? We were fascinated by this information!
On Saturday, March 3, we held an exclusive Broadway subscriber event at Walton Arts Center. We had the incomparable Seth Rudetsky on-hand to help us unveil our 2012-13 Broadway series. Seth is a Broadway insider, Sirius XM Radio host and accomplished pianist. He has interviewed tons of Broadway stars, and has also played piano for shows like Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and Ragtime. We were so glad to have him in NWA to help us on such an exciting day!
Here's a small clip from his show; announcing our lineup for next year along with audience reactions to our season:
In case he threw you off with his New York accent, this is a recap of our Broadway series next season:
To say we're excited is an understatement. We are over the MOON about our season for 2012-13, and we hope NWA is as well. Every year it just keeps getting bigger and better, and we often wonder "How can we trump this season?" But, we will. *wink*
Early access to these shows is currently only available to our Broadway subscribers, but fear not! If you aren't a subscriber, but would like to become one; call our box office at 479.443.5600 as they are taking pre-orders to become a subscriber. Pre-orders will be filled in the order they were received; so the sooner you call the better! We hope to see lots of smiling faces next season!
Kylend Hetherington (Billy) and Rich Hebert (Dad) in “Billy Elliot the Musical.” Photo by Kyle Froman