The new Billy Elliot love thread- Page 5

[Geridith]

Posted: 4/8/09 at 1:04pm

Wed mat: Kiril/Keean, Tommy as tall boy; Leah as mrs. W, Jamie T as Mr B

[willep]

Posted: 4/8/09 at 6:48pm

Thanks for the update on the video blogs, JbaraFan1. i have been aching for another one myself. :-P I was hoping I would get to meet Greg when I went and saw the show, so I could tell him how much I enjoyed and appreciated his video blogs (not to mention his performance!) but alas, he didn't come out the stage door :- the only ones who did were the two Davids (mind you this was back in December, so don't everybody go getting excited about David A being back haha). Hopefully next time I will get to meet Greg

[Geridith]

Posted: 4/8/09 at 6:59pm

wed eve: trent/david b, leah as mrs. w

[Salene]

Posted: 4/8/09 at 8:55pm

Esteban Hernandez could have been a star on Broadway, but when he was offered the role of Billy Elliot in the eponymous hit musical, the 14-year-old ballet whiz declined.

"I didn't think I was ready yet," the Mexican-born Jewish dancer said. "I would have been performing all the time, instead of working on my technique."

http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/18639/

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/8/09 at 10:14pm

He looks way to old.

[theatrefan44]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 9:06am

Tonight (Thursday 9th) sees the return of Haydn Gwynne as Mrs W
Updated On: 4/9/09 at 09:06 AM

[cglaid]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 4:47pm

For those that are interested, Jayne Paterson will be going on as Mrs. Wilkinson tomorrow (Fri) night.

[Just_John]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 4:50pm

So Hadyn is back tonight and takes off again tomorrow?

[cglaid]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 4:51pm

I'm not sure, but I do know she's on tomorrow. I would kill to see her, but I already have tickets to another show.

[willep]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 5:17pm

Oooh! She's back? Yay! I'm so happy to hear that She was fantastic when I saw it back in December.

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 6:58pm

Updated On: 6/13/09 at 06:58 PM

[TheatreGal423]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 6:59pm

Haydn's on a reduced schedule until she's back to feeling 100%. Wishing her lots of luck, love, and razzle dazzle for her return as Mrs. W!

[yankees1253]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:06pm

Glad to hear she at least back as Mrs.W, awww what a pleasure to be back with her ballet girls,let her do a few shows a week. Thanks broadwaygrl for updating us with whos on as billy tonight, and trent was with haydn the night she got hurt. I hope david a is just sick and not an injury. I am planning on going again later this month.

[florida theatre kid]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:20pm

So glad to hear Haydn's back!! I'm sure the ballet girls (and the rest of the cast for that matter) are very excited!

Is David B on as Michael tonight?

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:20pm

Updated On: 6/13/09 at 07:20 PM

[broadwaygirl99]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:30pm

Are you sure its Trent? He went last night, thats strange. Can I have a whole list of who is there from Billy to the Little Boy and everyone inbetween. Thanks so much!

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:31pm

David is recovering from Tendinitis, he should be back next week.

Updated On: 4/9/09 at 07:31 PM

[Geridith]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:44pm

posting from an orch seat: trent/david b, haydn is back, mitchell as sm boy, kevin b as posh dad, and the new mr. b (no insert)

[sgv123]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 7:53pm

Geridith--- you are in the orch?

[florida theatre kid]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 8:01pm

Is Leah the first understudy for Mrs. Wilkinson? Or have her and Jayne been splitting the role? It seems like Leah has been on a lot more than Jayne...

[Geridith]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 9:23pm

yup, orch d 8. great show so far, not that many modifications for haydn except born to boogie of course. new mr b. is great!

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 10:48pm

What exactly happened to Thommie?

[broadwaygirl99]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 11:04pm

Ok how hot does David Lasen look in that picture with all the other Broadway Beauty Pagent hopefulls? Go Daivd! I hope he wins, he is a really good Tony I hope he gets the role when Santino leaves.

[broadwaygirl99]

Posted: 4/9/09 at 11:38pm

Hey Geridith do you have a review?

[Geridith]

Posted: 4/10/09 at 12:46am

Well, I saw the show two nights in a row, and got Trent both times, so that in itself was an interesting comparison. He seemed a little low energy last night, but was on fire tonight. It was his best Angry Dance to date for me.

Haydn is back and better than ever. Small modifications in Solidarity, basically nothing that required jumping or hopping. The jump rope was then out for her in Born to Boogie, and they tried this wrapping thing with Trent that basically ended up in his getting tangled up and late for the tap bit, so I don't know if thats going to stay. But she totally put on the tap shoes and did the ending though, so yay for her. She didn't do the finale after her bow though.

The new Mr. Braithwaite is great! He doesn't have as many crazy dance moves as Thommie, but was really funny right off the bat. He got in line with ballet girls for "baskets of pansies, ladies" which was a nice add (tho apparently its a London thing).

Tommy was on standby today, but Kiril was on standby yesterday and didn't go on today, so apparently there's no real pattern for that either now.