Teenagers invited to the opening dress of 13? — Page 6

jagfkb, Ha I'm eighteen. Not in BILLY ELLIOT.

If you all don't believe me about how bad it is, go see it for yourself. Like I said I don't WANT show to fail but when they're as bad as this, they deserve the shortest life possible.

If you think I'm biased or something about another show opening this season, I'm not at all. See THIRTEEN for yourself and then let me know what you thought.

Everyone is entitled to their (unbiased) opinion.

I think THIRTEEN will have way more shillers on here than dissenters so I wouldn't be too worried about my thoughts on it. I went in without a biased preconcieved notion and left really disliking it. Just my opinions.

When the reviews come out and the critics tear the show a new a**hole, I don't think
people are going to be asking them who they play in BILLY ELLIOT...

Updated On: 9/14/08 at 10:49 AM

No I know, I was just saying it's going to get eaten alive by the critics, and my opinions were unbiased.

Sorry if my response was snarky.

Except for the annoying group around me who didn't pay attention and talked through the whole show, I really liked it.

I thought that the cast was great. Allie Trimm (Patrice) and Elizabeth Egan Gilles (Lucy) really stuck out. They had amazing voices and were the most believable. Aaron Simon Gross (Archie) was a good actor and a good singer, but it was sometimes hard to understand what he was singing, but overall he was good. I disagree with most about Graham Phillips (Evan) I thought he was fine, his voice had a few moments but he acted the part well and his dancing wasn’t too big a problem. Eric Nelson (Brett) was a little off, he was a great dancer, but he was trying too hard to be tough and over-acted some parts, but his singing was okay, except for the movie scene. Al Calderon (Eddie) and Malik Hammond (Malcolm) were so funny and both had great voices. Delaney Moro (Kendra) she was really good, though her dancing was really weak, she was funny and has a good voice. Eamon Foley (Richie) so energetic the ENTIRE show, it was hard to not watch him, he also has a great voice. Caitlin Gann (Molly) and Ariana Grande (Charlotte) both were great singers and the best dancers in the show.

I really liked the music and found most of the songs memorable. The book was pretty weak, but the show was fast paced so it didn’t detract too much. The direction was boring and awkward. The choreography was great, but later in the show got somewhat repetitive. The DDR dance in Act I was pretty cool and fun, however it was completely out of place, and really useless. As for the humor, there was only thing I felt was a bit over the top (in the movie.. lit on fire) otherwise it was nothing I haven’t heard in my school. As said in one of the songs, this is what it is until Disney finds a way to dumb it down. (pr something along those lines).

Overall it was enjoyable and I am going back Sept. 28, and I can’t wait.

For the record, I’m seventeen.

"Except for the annoying group around me who didn't pay attention and talked through the whole show, I really liked it."

Left mezzanine, front row towards the center aisle??

I still have a hard time believing that many of the adult/more mature Broadway audience will appreciate it. It was just one of those bizarre shows, that makes me miss the old JRB!! (Although some of the songs were pretty good.)

philly03, as ironic as this is, you were by all the Broadway kids.
I was by them while waiting on-line and they were told to sit, front row, centre mezzanine, and I noticed during the show they were sitting there.

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I was from row Center Mezzanine on the aisle towards the left. The kids across were definitely not Broadway people. They weren't rude they just didn't care about it. The people behind me left at the curtain call.

some broadway kids were there. I thought that was cool.

"Center front row were like two I'd say kids that could be no older than 10 and had their faces painted (although a few other people who were teenagers did too?). So I assumed they had some affliation with it. "

I was sitting next to the kids. I recognized one from Mary Poppins. He had black hair. I don't know his name. But they had friends in the cast and stuff and they were very excited.

I was talking to Dylan before. He was so happy for everyone in the show!!!!!



The front orchestra was surprisingly really well behaved, beside for the girls putting their feet up on the front of the stage.

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ugh, missed that by about 5 years!