Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
April Saul
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#1Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Posted: 10/16/08 at 5:23pmWow...got the British boy Trent in the part and he was amazing...apparently, they'd just put the finale back in and that worked well...scored a front mezz ticket on Craigs List for $50 (check out groups of people who have to get rid of a few tickets at a time due to cancellations)...and moved up to first row center at the intermission. Almost made up for having my car ticketed and towed in NYC (my first time) when I had actually parked legally! Oh well, can't win them all...
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#2re: Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Posted: 10/16/08 at 5:45pmTrent is American, he lives about 20 minutes away from me on Long Island, well I guess he lives in the city now.
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
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#3re: Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Posted: 10/16/08 at 5:52pm
Wow!
Sorry about your car....
#4re: Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Posted: 10/16/08 at 6:44pmyeah he is American. He just performed the role in London and I guess they told him if his voice didn't break when BE opened on Broadway that they wanted him to do it. I heard hes amazing in the role!
April Saul
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#5re: Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Posted: 10/16/08 at 7:34pmWow, I just assumed Trent was British because I'd read in the Playbill that he did the role in London and his accent seemed so natural...anyway, I thought he was great.
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#6re: Lucked out at Billy Elliot Wednesday night!
Posted: 10/17/08 at 8:52am
Well, his bio also includes these snippets:
"when the opportunity to audition for Billy Elliot came my way, I knew for sure I wanted to do musical theatre. Little did I know it would take me halfway around the world! I moved to England and began rehearsing while living in the 'Billy house' with other kids from the cast.
I had my debut performance as “Billy” in London's West End in December 2007, with lots of family coming "across the pond" just for the occasion!
It has really been incredible performing in the West End. It's an interesting situation being an American boy playing the lead role in a British musical, and being so far away from home. (Learning a new dialect for the role has been my secret to understanding British sayings). My offstage experience has been just as fantastic. I have made so many lifelong friends in the cast and experienced a different culture I would never have explored.
It will be amazing to play Billy in my hometown on Broadway."
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