11/16/2022 0 Comments Billy elliot portland![]() ![]() And if a “whole town rallies behind one guy” scenario opens your floodgates-well, this play has that too. ![]() If you’re a softie for hard-nosed old codgers trying to change their ways, Billy’s dad will get to you, too. The real-life mother and son seated on Culturephile’s left, were clinging to each other for dear life. But when she returns in ghost form to embrace him and offer words of encouragement, your mascara doesn’t stand a chance. These people speak in a Northern English accent-but don’t worry, it sounds “spot-on” enough that all but the stodgiest linguists will quickly forget it’s affected.īilly’s mom is dead the whole show, and we don’t really know why. Hey, Michael: The Scissor Sisters want their stage act back. In the highest point of hilarity, a number titled “Express Yourself,” Michael explains in song why he loves to wear dresses, coaxes Billy into a few choice frocks, and sashays around the stage as backup dancers, dressed as giant empty dresses, form a kickline against a shimmering wall of tinsel. Wilkinson inspires both love and fear-no small feat while dancing up a storm in shreikingly loud legwarmers.īilly’s got a cross-dressing buddy Michael, who, during the course of the story, helps us grasp the finer distinctions between loving to dance, and being a “poof.” But boy, can that little guy get down. (This waltz is musically one of the prettiest pieces, and the choreography of the cadre of handsome men who represent granddad’s old crew, is classically “Fosse.”) Meanwhile, Faith Prince as dance teacher Mrs. Billy Elliot’s Granny basically has one moment to shine-literally, as she reveals a pink sequined dress under her housecoat, and sings of her torrid love affair with Billy’s granddad, a handsome dancin’ nogoodnik whom she loved best when they both were drunk. ![]()
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