If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for them?
If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for them?
broadwaymom
Swing Joined: 10/16/08
#1If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for them?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 12:57pmI posted earlier and got great responses as to whether Billy Elliot would be appropriate for my 7 and 8 year old kids this winter. It's sounding like the language might be too much, as well as the show's length. So, lots of posters said take them to something else that's "wow" and lighter in theme...any suggestions for the best child appropriate broadway in NYC this winter? THANKS.
kdek004
Understudy Joined: 10/15/08
#2re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for them?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:02pmMary Poppins is fun and full of kids.
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#2re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:04pm7 and 8 year olds -Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid, The Lion KIng
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#3re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:06pmhairspray!
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#4re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:25pm
Definitely Hairspray.
or Wicked
and Young Frankenstein is goofy and fun
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#5re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:30pmI'd suggest Lion King or Mary Poppins. Both are really well done, and aren't trying for parents to sit through either.
tintoy
Swing Joined: 10/15/08
#6re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 2:17pmMy 5 (a boy), 8 and 10 year old just saw Mary Poppins and Little Mermaid and loved them both! My son had a hard time sitting thru Mermaid, but focused pretty well thru M.P., probably because there were real kids on stage, compared to Mermaid with people dressed in costumes. Wicked can be a bit scary for young kids, my 8-year-old was frightened the first time she saw it.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#7re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 3:15pm
Young Frankenstein would be confusing for kids, also the humor is very sexual.
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2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 9:24pm
Lion King or Mary Poppins. Both are amazing. I didn't care for LM...neither did my then 7 year old son. (10 year old daughter LIKED it...didn't love it.)
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#9re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th
Posted: 10/16/08 at 9:33pm
Are your kids boys or girls or one of each? If they're boys, they might prefer Lion King, and if they are girls, they might prefer Mary Poppins or Little Mermaid. If both, I think Lion King will be appreciated by both.
Or you can take them to White Christmas.
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