Billy Elliot The Musical- Page 112

[Alan Roger]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 5:12am

Sorry for any confusion I might have caused.The stage door pub is opposite the stage door on the other side of the road. It is the pub cast members tend to congregate in. I guess I will be the only guy there with a large card so you should not have difficulty spotting me. Thanks to those who have PMd a message for George. There is space left so do not miss the opportunity if you want.
Updated On: 11/22/05 at 05:12 AM

[srd17]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 5:34am

Meant to say...

By my reckoning Billy has solo bits in these songs

"The Stars Look Down"
"Expressing Yourself"
"The Letter"
"Deep Into the Ground"
"Electricity"
"The Letter"

[w_tanoto]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 5:55am

Thank you alan and srd17

Yes, that song I was talking about is called deep into the ground

[Simply Musicals]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 11:39am

Hey guys,

The Leon Cooke Blue Peter film that someone was talking about should be aired on BBC1, Friday 9th December at 5.00 pm. Remember to watch and record it!

[jayo]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 12:24pm

Not so dedicated really. I have usually been over on business and managed to take the show in.
But you are right it can be a costly interest but some here have been 40 or more times
Now that is what I call impressive!

[Mad About Billy]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 1:41pm

Also a series of "dance factory" has started on CBBC (on BBC1) and i know when they showed it on the CBBC channel, on of the episodes fetaured billy, but im not sure if this is a re run or not. Of it is i will inform you ASAP so you can see the clip.

[JessieJAFan]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 1:55pm

Thanks for tat i will check it out. Wat Billy was on it??

[BE Fan!]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 2:00pm

Would anyone be able to record it and put it up here, cos I'm out fri night! Thanks a lot X

[Poppy2]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 2:07pm

OMG, how can you afford it??!! i've seen the show 4 times, 1x George, 1x James, 1 and a halfx Leon and only a half show of Liam. Luckily the second half so i got his dance with his older self which is outstanding

[loti]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 7:13pm

when i tell all my friends how many times i have seen the show (5) 3 george,1 james 2 liam, they always say how obsessed i am, but when i find out that some have seen it like 40 times........ i feel my 5 is depressing!! i would go n c it every night if i had the money haha xx
Updated On: 11/22/05 at 07:13 PM

[billy elliot]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 8:02pm

Over 40 times-outstanding!! :)
Your very lucky Be Inspired, personally i have been fortunate to see the show 16 times ( James-6, Liam-5, George-4, Leon-1 ) and currently have tickets for the 2 shows on the 3rd and the show on the 5th. So that will take me up to 19, watch out BI i'm catching you up!!!

Steve

[billy elliot]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 8:22pm

Welcome Gavriel, you have certainly amassed your total very quickly. Will you be going on the 3rd?
I agree that each of the Billy's brings something unique and different to their performance and all 4 are absolutly amazing in the role :)

Steve

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 3:33am

well said Gavriel and welcome to the board! I agree that all 4 Billys are all unique. I haven't seen George yet, so I can't comment on him. But for me, the highlights of the 3:
James in 'Angry Dance'
Liam in 'Swan Lake'
Leon in 'Born To Boggie'
and all the 3 are EXCELLENT in 'Electricity' !!!!

[w_tanoto]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 4:17am

For me:
Liam for Electricity, the Encore and Swan Lake
James for angry dance, and The Letter
George for angry dance and solidarity
Leon for born to boogie

I still prefer all the original cast over the understudies, especially haydn and tim

[Poppy2]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 4:16pm

For me:

george - angry dance and his singing
james - his whole attitude, just love him! especially electricity
liam - dance with older person, and his singing voice is v good
leon - his acting is stunning, amazing expression etc

as for the michaels, i just love brad! he's so cute with his glasses although joey is very good too. i think both brooke and emma are very good, and i've never seen lucy. is she any good?

[billy elliot]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 7:25pm

Same here!! Expect to see a few "gags" in the matinee performance as is theatre tradition on cast change day and then of course we will have the incredibilly emotional show at night.
Can't wait-JUST 10 MORE DAYS!!! :)

Steve

[boatsintheghetto]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 10:04pm

Hi all,
I just got into the show...i havnt seen it...i dont know if i will ever be able to cuz i live in the US and dont really have any plans in the near future to go to london. anyways....the CR comes out in december, but in the US on amazon its like $42 dollars....anyone know any place to get it cheaper here in the states? If you do could you please pm me? I'm sorry if t his is a repeat...i did a search but it just ended up with practically every post on this thing and i honestly dont really have time to go though 100+ pages...so if you could help me out that would be great

[AccordCanada]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 8:04am

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Updated On: 11/24/05 at 08:04 AM

[BillyFan2]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:06am

One thing I wonder with the OCR. Will they change any of the wording of the songs because of the bad language? With Elton's version of "Merry Xmas Maggie Thatcher", they altered the ending replacing the W***** with Tosser, I wonder if they will soften "Solidarity" on the OCR.

[srd17]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:45am

Good Lord I hope not!
Political correctness gone mad!

[JessieJAFan]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 11:02am

I hope they dont change the lyrics cos then its not the real songs from the show (in a way)

[Simply Musicals]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:01pm

They should advertise the OCR as
"warning, explicit lyrics" !!!

[billy elliot]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 6:41pm

KEEP THE OCR AS IT SHOULD BE

Updated On: 11/24/05 at 06:41 PM

[billy elliot]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 6:43pm

It would be absolute madness to change the lyrics of the OCR, the majority of people who will buy it anyway will have been to see the show.

Steve

[w_tanoto]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 7:11pm

Well it can be rated. If they want to make sure nobody below certain age to buy the CD, they can put "innapropriate language" label, so the seller will know that they have to ask for ID card when somebody under-age try to buy it. When I bought Billy Elliot DVD, I was only 14 years old. They asked my ID card (but because i was near to 15, they allow me to buy it). That is a lot better than changing the lyrics. The most important is "don't change any lyrics"