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If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for them?

Posted: 10/16/08 at 12:57pm

I 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.
#7

re: If Billy Elliot is too strong for kids...then which is BEST show for th

Posted: 10/16/08 at 2:17pm

My 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.
#8

re: 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.

There's always 13.
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
#9

re: 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.)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#10

re: 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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