Billy Elliot The Musical — Page 67

les miz requires the audience to think an av a bit of inteligence so maybe its not right for some people

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personally im delighted liam is the only 1 on the cd

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oh my goodness i know this is a billy board, aaannd i havent posted in ages but les miserables 1. was not writted by alw!! i was horrified to see that lol, i know its just a mistake but deary me!!! and 2. it isnt as easy to understand as billy yes but it is equally as good and musically it is most likely better.(written music not whether we like it more or not)billy is a feel good show les mis def isnt but leaves its impression on you just as much - granted u do actually have to watch it instead of sleeping or ignoring cuz its set in france. :P

on a more personal opinion i think sondheim stuff gets a bit boring sometimes, my mum cant stand it - 'sing me a proper tune' ive tried to educate but it isnt working!

hey to all the regulars and special hellos to my special people

Oui.... Je le sais, Courtney Cox, mais j'etais tres fatigue quand j'ai vu Les Miserables.
(Yes I know it, but I was very tired when I saw it. I was having jet-lag)

Now, let us go back to our billy elliot topic, forget the other shows

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Updated On: 10/22/05 at 03:17 PM

im sure this thread is ment to be about billy but maybe i am mistaken.

if its true that liams cd is on sale from monday will u b able to get in to buy it without goin to that nights show

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a ballet girl

they look like they have so much fun. and even if i was a boy i still wouldnt want to play the part of billy because i wouldnt want all the presre on me i wuoldnt be able to cope lol but the ballet girls look like they have so much fun i would love to be one of them

Ok. let's straighten things out. I KNOW who the composers for Les Mis are, it's not Webber. i was meerly pointing out that the music is practically interchangable. Let's point out another thing. i've seen over 45 Broadway musicals and plays. I'm 14. to say that i am Billy obsessed would be wrong, i've never seen billy Elliot the musical. I have been a champion of the show ever since it was announced. Every one can have their own opinion. the Mary Poppins musical draws heavily from the original, much darker BOOK, than it does the Julie Andrews film of the same title.

Many people can claim that Sondhiem is boring but... come on, have you never heard Follies? It's a well crafted, brilliant piece of work. As much of his stuff is.

the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is an enormous book which, IMO, isn't that great. So going into the show i wasn't expecting to like it very much. I fonud the book long and boring and i could not connect at all with the characters. I found the musical the same way, except with drippy music and an annoying turntable. For those of you who like it: i'm glad! Their are obviously lots of fans and i know that i am one of the few who DOESN'T like it.

But to tell a fan of Sondheim that Les Mis forces you to THINK at the Theatre... well, that's just sort of funny.

BTW- I enjoy lots of types of musicals, i found Sunset Boulevard (sp), A Webber show to be very good and Starlight Express (though very sappy and content wise it stunk) was utterly breathtaking. As you can probably tell from my username, Caroline or Change, Avenue Q and Taboo are three of my most favorite recent shows.

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to courtney if i was year younger i would play the role of billy,i know i couldnt do it to liams standard but i know i cud do it better than james an prob george.who wud u b

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If I were a bit younger, a different sex, with a geordie accent and an iota of talent. I would play George the boxing coach, then I could knock the block off the fictitional Billys ie MF and he/they wouldnt be able to annoy us with their constant adoration of Liam Mower.

of course, the chances of you working with Lee Hall are very slight, GOOD LUCK

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Wow, great pics. When was that?

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