Billy Elliot Broadway Show Review

Show Summary
Set against the backdrop of a lengthy and massive coal miners' strike that took place in Northern England in the 1980s, Billy Elliot is about a motherless boy who wants to give up his boxing lessons and learn to be a dancer instead.

Broadway Review
A musical version of the British independent film of the same name, Billy Elliot has been a huge hit in London's West End and is now wowing Broadway. Lee Hall has written a solid and sometimes pleasantly surprising adaptation of his own screenplay, and together he and famed singer/songwriter Elton John have created a functional score that is pretty good, though seldom soars. Billy Elliot's greatest strengths are its stars (a few extraordinarily talented boys alternate in the title role), director Stephen Daldry's inspired staging, and Peter Darling's electric choreography.