Billy Elliot on Broadway — Page 2

Re: Jerry Springer never transfered.

You're spot on about the standing ovation business. On Broadway, it's almost obligatory now.

I was referring to shows like "Blood Brothers" which I enjoyed and which ran briefly in New York but is the energizer bunny in the U.K.

As I also mentioned once, another longstanding British drama, "The Woman in Black" seems to be going on forever over there but had a short run off-Broadway here.

I'm genuinely interested in the differances between audiences and that is at the bottom of my conjecture about the potential success of "Billy Elliot".

In terms of drama, West End plays seem to have a great track record in the U.S. and there have been a handful of musicals that scored big in the U.S. (mostly those with Cameron Mackintosh's fingerprints on them) but, again, there is something noticeably differant about audiences responses to musicals.

Billy Elliot on Broadway? After Lestat? I dunno.

Don't get me wrong, I would've liked to have to seen that show when I was in London. We even tried to get tickets for Friday night. Boy, were we whistling dixie that day.

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Toronto rumours of Billy Elliot are back on. It looks like it will happen.
Recent other Toronto rumours include We Will Rock You and Dirty Dancing.

I may be wrong, but I thought the ONLY thing holding Billy Elliot from coming to Broadway was that Elton wanted The Imperial Theatre, and only the Imperial Theatre for it?

ot - Caroline, is that Gaspard Ulliel in your avatar? I love "A Very Long Engagement."

Blood Brothers is not really the energiser bunny you make it out to be. It runs cause its

A)A Bill Kenwright production aka extremely cheap as chips weekly costs
B)On the English National curriculum for drama and does a lot of business from schools
C)Its always available at tkts and plenty of discounts
D)If they ever closed that show, the Phoneix Theatre may possibly collapse from years of neglect and the existing set is the only thing holding it together (okay that last one has been sexed up a bit!)

Jerry Springer did indeed loose a ton of money and part of that was down to disputes between Avalon Productions and the other producers. Was there not a legal case or something? Anyway you are right in that it was empty most nights and one of the first WE shows to hit the £50 ticket price which didnt endear it!