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#1

4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

So I just saw Billy Elliot last night, and I noticed in my program that there's a fourth Billy (Tommy Batchelor) and a second Michael (Frank Dolce) listed. I was under the impression that there were only three Billy's - can someone explain what the meaning behind this is?
#2

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

The fourth Billy has just began appearing in the show and the other three boys phase out of the show eventually. There has always been 2 Michaels but they only let the one who opened the show be nominated..
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#3

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

There was always two michaels. David and Frank have shared the role since the opening. The producers messed up and didn't petition a joint nomination, so only David received a nomination because he performed opening night.
#4

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

They add extra Billys as the old ones start to get too big for the part (or their voice drops). There has always been two Michaels I believe.
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#5

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

Tommy was the Billy understudy since opening but got added into the regular rotation in March, or sometime around March...


According to Greg Jbara, Tommy was known to be becoming a fourth Billy since opening but needed extra rehearsals.
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#6

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

Actually, there are five Billys in rotation right now: David, Trent, Kiril, Tommy and the newest is Tanner Pflueger who, like Trent, had done the part in London but came back to the US.
#9

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

Oh...well, that sort of disappoints me, because I thought that perhaps he came back because he's also American. But hey, the Londoners can enjoy his performances too C:
#10

re: 4 Billys and 2 Michaels??? I'm confused...

I thought that they were just trying to make the rotation of Billys to be a copy of what was going on in London. That they had a rotation of four but didn't start out that way and that in London they added a fourth one sometime later in the London run just like what they did on Broadway as well.
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