Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
#1Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:03amI saw the show this past Saturday night and loved it! Here's to a great opening night... Break many legs!
"I'm a whirling mass of contradictions." - Douglas Carter Beane, The Little Dog Laughed
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Liza + Jesus = Patti
Stand-by Joined: 11/2/08
#2re: Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:06amYes, break SO many legs that they'll have to close the show.
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#2re: Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:24amA huge "break a leg" to all the cast! :)
#3re: Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
Posted: 11/13/08 at 2:27am
Any bets on who will be Billy for Opening?
My money's on Trent.
MERDE!
Updated On: 11/13/08 at 02:27 AM
#4re: Happy opening BILLY ELLIOT!
Posted: 11/13/08 at 2:48am
I wish this show so much luck!
And in terms of who does opening, all I know is Kiril was on when I went tonight (Wednesday) if that helps figure it out.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#5BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 4:07am
Break legs, all!
Make it S-H-I-N-E tonight!
Happy Opening! 
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#6BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 5:44am
May lots of bones be broken tonight! A very happy opening night wish to all of you!
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mamie4 5/14/03
Updated On: 11/13/08 at 05:44 AM
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
#7BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 6:21amwooh wooh have a great opening Billy, all of us here in the UK have our fingers crossed for you
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#10BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 8:10amHappy Opening Billy Elliot!
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#11BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 9:28am
Break a leg on the first of what should be hundreds, if not thousands, of performances to come.
I love this show, it's the closest thing to a masterpiece Broadway has seen in over a year. I wish them nothing but the best and I'm sure their reviews will be stellar!
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#12BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 10:20am
i apologize if this is a dumb question, which i assume it is, but they're not selling any opening night tickets to the public, are they?
i've bought tickets for several other opening nights before, so i thought i'd ask about this one...
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#13BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 10:22amI checked too, Jess. Usually they sell the tickets that haven't gone to the invited guests. Maybe they will later today from the box office. Nothing online though.
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A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#14BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 10:23am
thanks mamie!
maybe i'll go over to the box office on my lunch break...
#15BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 10:59am
Man, I am NOT on the ball lately... I thought this was opening on Sunday.
Break many legs, y'all!
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#16BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:39pmBreak a leg to the whole cast of Billy Elliot! The show is amazing!
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#17BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 12:47pm
i'm still holding out hope that they'll release some leftover tickets to the public
#19BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 3:47pm
Break-a-leg everyone!!!
MERDE!!!
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#20BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 4:06pm
Waiting anxiously on pins and needles for the reviews!!
Break a leg to the cast. Have a great show. YAY!!
#21BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 4:12pmBreak a leg to all involved. This show deserves to get across the board rave reviews. I've seen it twice already and it was the epitome of true brilliance.
#22BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 4:27pm
Break a leg to the cast!
That said, I saw the show this past Monday night, and I found it to be FAR from brilliant.
Messy entertainment, that's all. Choppy book, forgettable score.
The cast was great, though.
The audience loved it (because it's really a crowd pleaser).
I'm sure it will run for a very long time, and I'm not complaining. It has a good heart and provides some vague themes of acceptance, which is certainly not a bad thing at all.
Anyway, good luck, cast!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#23BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 4:47pm
And it's also a musical about the failure of "the experiment of socialism in a democracy".
And with the Anglo Saxon settlement of Hw¿singatûn (which evolved into the name Washington) being only 15 miles from Easington, where Billy Elliot is located, it may be reasonable to assume that the ancestors of the first President of the United States were also Geordies.
Best wishes to all involved.
Updated On: 11/13/08 at 04:47 PM
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#24BILLY ELLIOT Reviews
Posted: 11/13/08 at 4:56pmGood luck to all!
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