Nov. 16, 2016

Billy Elliot Brings His Ballet Shoes To Phoenix Theatre

Seth Judice as Billy Elliot. PHOTO BY REG MADISON PHOTOGRAPHY

The winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Billy Elliot is an inspiring celebration of a motherless boy who trades in his boxing gloves for ballet shoes. The show, based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot, features timeless music is by Elton John and high-level dance.

The story of Billy Elliot’s personal struggle and fulfillment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the miners’ strike (1984–1985) in County Durham, in northeastern England. Lee Hall, who wrote the film’s screenplay, was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin‘s 1935 novel about a miners’ strike, The Stars Look Down.

Billy Elliot opens Nov. 16 and runs through Dec. 24, 2016.