Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Last night David and I went to the 8PM performance of Billy Elliot the Musical at the Imperial Theater and had an amazing Broadway experience. Back when we went to London, England for my birthday in July we talked about catching a show in the West End and were planning to see Billy Elliot [...]
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Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot/ The Hours) on his new movie “The Reader” & the politics of post WWII Germany
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
That confidence comes in part from the fact that Daldry has made just two films -- 2000's "Billy Elliot" and 2002's "The Hours" -- and both earned him best director Academy Award nominations. "The Reader," with its Oscar-baiting cast (including Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes) and Holocaust subject matter, has primed the publicity-wary director for more awards season attention, especially...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... he got his sums right and despite weakening his team an old-fashioned upset was avoided.From the Billy Elliot backstreets surrounding the ground to the small steel stands themselves, Blyth is a team very much tied to the Seventies, when they were last in the spotlight.In 1978, inspired by Alan Shoulder, they famously reached the fifth round where 42,157 supporters made the 17-mile...
Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Some of our favorite films of all time have been adapted for the stage, and the results can be great ( Hairspray ) or ... not so great ( The Little Mermaid ). Happily, joyfully, Billy Elliot joins the short list of the former. Soaring as high as the hopes and dreams of its title character, Billy landed on Broadway after its award-winning debut in London (where it is still playing)...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
... meant to be. But tonight, we are deffo braving the cold and venturing out … we have tickets to see Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway. We wanted to see Billy Elliot when we were in London, England over the Summer but it didn’t work out … and since this will be my last trip to NYC for a long time, well, I wanted to squeeze in a Broadway show while I had the time. It...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... Schreiber) who worries that Tuvia’s idealistic plans will doom them all.Younger brother Asael (Billy Elliot’s Jamie Bell) is caught between his brothers’ fierce rivalry.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... Schreiber) who worries that Tuvia’s idealistic plans will doom them all.Younger brother Asael (Billy Elliot’s Jamie Bell) is caught between his brothers’ fierce rivalry.1
The Herald (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... swish lawyer, Michael Berg, is preparing for another day in court. From here, Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot) cuts with elegant ease back to a town in West Germany, in 1958, where a 15-year-old Michael (the very impressive David Kross) is making his way home from school.Ill with fever, Michael staggers into the courtyard of an apartment block, where Hanna, played by Winslet, finds...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
... crew led by , , and (2:10). Theater, 236 West 45th Street, (212) 239-6200. (Ben Brantley) ? ‘BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL’ An exultant exploration of the urge to dance that both artfully anatomizes and brazenly exploits the fundamental appeal of musicals themselves. This film-based tale of a coal miner’s son with ballet dreams has been staged with prodigious inventiveness by the director...
STV News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
... of a technique, learning that technique from him." Jamie - who shot to fame playing ballet dancer Billy Elliot in the 2000 film of the same name - also joked he wanted director Ed Zwick to include a scene that would allow him to show off his dance moves again. He added to MoviesOnline: "I was trying to convince Ed to try and slip in a dance sequence somewhere, but it just really didn't...
Terrific Shit (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
: Photo: Jesse Quinn New York City is hard at work getting ready for the countdown to 2009. About 1.6 million people shuffle in and out of Times Square every day, but on Wednesday night, they'll all be there at the same time, along with Ryan Seacrest and over a ton of confetti. Wired.com took a behind-the-scenes tour of the preparations. Left: Close-up of Billy Elliot sign above Times...
