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"Billy Elliot the Musical" will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011

"Billy Elliot the Musical" will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011

Fosse76
#1"Billy Elliot the Musical" will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 12:50pm

Surprised no one has mentioned this...or at least I haven't seen any mention of this. Interesting to note there aren't many details yet.

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2010/02/billy-elliot-the-musical-announces-toronto-plans-.html

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#2'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 2:16pm

guessing this will be either a completely new production seeing as the Tour is scheduled to play at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center feb 2-2, 2011. Or it will be the Chicago company.


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#2'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 2:27pm

I have a feeling it will be the Chicago production. Which is stupid because the show hasn't even started in Chicago yet.

erinrebecca
#3'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 2:30pm

It's been discussed in the Toronto forum.

tourboi
#4'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 2:39pm

It was never "The Chicago Production." The press releases always said when it was first announced that BILLY would "launch its tour" in Chicago. Chicago is, for a year, hosting the launch of the first national tour. Whether it stays there (a la WICKED) remains to be seen. But it's likely that the show will transfer to Toronto as the second long run stop.

MAMMA MIA did this years ago. A second smaller tour (in BILLY's case, the equivilant to the tour opening in Tampa) will hit smaller markets while the first national plays long runs in big cities.

Fosse76
#5'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 2:49pm

"I have a feeling it will be the Chicago production. Which is stupid because the show hasn't even started in Chicago yet."

It's not stupid. Despite the fact that the producers even refer to it as the Chicago production, it has not been decided how long the show will stay.

bdboston
#6'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 3:40pm

And it's already been announced for four weeks in Minneapolis, Dec. 16, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011.

Fosse76
#7'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 4:59pm

"And it's already been announced for four weeks in Minneapolis, Dec. 16, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011."

That will be the second company, not the company scheduled for Chicago.

bdboston
#8'Billy Elliot the Musical' will open in Toronto in Feb. 2011
Posted: 2/18/10 at 5:12pm

I'm just saying it was announced. I wasn't tying it to any particular production. Jeesh.


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