BILLY ELLIOTT WORST MUSICAL EVER?

What a horrible thing I witnessed on stage last evening here in London. No score, a wonderful film reduced to a trite, overblown glob of nothingness. Surely one of the ugliest casts assembled for a show. An areil ballet out of amateur ville. Elton John has done yet another diservice to musical theatre with the stuff he has allowed to reach human ears. What a total waste of time, money and effort. THEY NEED NEW MUSIC, a new director and most definitly a new CHOREOGRAHER ASAP.'

This was even worse then Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Ajax (from London)

Oh, would you shut up!

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Wow, people, can you please calm down ? Ajax, I respect your opinion, but since you are probably new here, please try to keep in mind that it is best not to use so harsh characterisations, because it doesn't help conversation ! There are always polite ways to state your dissatisfaction and state your argument ! A lot of people disagree that Elton John does a diservice to musical theater ! No reason to be so hard, after all we are all here to exchange views ! :)
And rockfernis, no need to be so rude my friend, your post will only cause a fight between you two and there is no reason for it !
I am only interfering because I think we can all get along fine and respect each other's views ! There's lots of negativity in the world around, no need to bring it here as well :)

Well, you really don't know if it's not good. You have two very different opinions just in this short thread. You have Janki who loved it and Alex who hated it so, you might end up agreeing with Janki when you eventually get to see it so don't write it of just yet.

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Can't wait to see it. I got my tickets for this for my annual London trip in June. I have high hopes, my friends absolutely loved it.

And I'm with Pab on that one. Almost amazes me when some people rely on one review that much. Go and judge for yourself.

QM

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Of course Ajax is entitled to his/her opinion but I personally think that this show is one of the greatest shows ever to grace the west end stage. It has charm, wit, comedy, scenes that will bring a tear to your eye (or in my case will reduce you to sobbing!) and above all, as someone else said, it has a whole lot of heart. I was almost left stunned when I saw this show for the first time; i felt as though i had just witnessed something very special...very special indeed. Elton's music may not be the greatest score ever written but I did enjoy many of the songs e.g. the letter song, express yourself, electricity. But I think the main point is that the show as a whole is simply stunning. I'd much prefer to see an amazing show with good music than a badly produced show with fantastic music. For me, the 'whole' is much more important than one individual aspect alone. I personally cannot see how you could fault the choreography in the show Ajax, it was creative, inspired, and quite frankly breathtaking in some places. I guess you could say 'each to their own' and all that. However, I would urge anyone who has not seen this show (who has the opportunity to) to GO! (If only to make up your own minds about it). ENJOY!

The clips I've heard from it sound great. But that's just me.

"the ugliest cast in London?"

Is it a show or a beauty contest? Bearing in mind it is set amongst coal miners in Newcastle I congratulate the casting director in not gathering a bunch of pre-pubescent chorines, barely able to pick up a shovel between them!
Perhaps some of us should stick with quality products like Good Vibrations... a fantastic musical- they were so pretty!

Where can I listen to clips from the show?

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well, obviously you never went to Napoleon when it had it
s short run in London. The absolutley WORST thing ever to grace a stage.......why they let it out of Canada I'll never know.

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Updated On: 5/1/05 at 09:54 AM

good point. Based on Ajax's ridiculous rant, i WILL see Billy Elliot on my London trip.

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This seems to be one of those love it or hate it shows, but the vast majority of reactions I've seen on British message boards and newspapers have been positive.

Isn't every show one of those love it or hate it shows? Either way, there is an intelligent way to express your opinion. Some people just choose not to do so.

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