When I saw the first time on Broadway Billy Elliot, arrived in the middle of the musical audience tears and handkerchiefs were distributed. This fact alone (moreover in America) shows the musical dimension of this great musical by Elton John. Billy, the son of an English miner suffers in his childhood under the brutal suppression of the trade unions of Maggie Thatcher and her government. His mother died and his father does not understand Billies talent or lack the money to adequately support it. Therefore, the child will be discriminated against with his musical talents and to be educated according to the rules of the working class. Billy defends itself bravely, and with the help of music and dance to make it at the end, to free themselves from the shackles of society with which he is confronted. Elton John gives a wonderful and versatile musical basis for this story. However, I must also say that the musical very shines through the magnificent dance and ballet scenes, you can only imagine while listening to the CD case. So I can only advise who passes in London or Broadway: it Look at them. Moreover, has in London Julian Webber (the classic brother of Andrew Lloyd Webber) assumed the musical director, which says a lot about the musical quality of the music.
