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A little Billy Elliot goes a long way. See him flip out in front of his father, pas de chat with his ballet teacher and piano accompanist, and work out his fouette turns. Billy Elliot the Musical Live premieres Friday, October 23 at 9/8c on ...

The themes of ballet, the coal miners' strike and community tension with the police weave through "Solidarity," an ensemble number in Billy Elliot the Musical Live.

Elliott Hanna (age 11) plays the role of Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical Live. In this excerpt of the scene of his big audition for the Royal Ballet School, he attempts to explain to the judging panel and to his own father what ...

In Billy Elliot the Musical Live, young Billy Elliot starts studying ballet during the infamous coal miners' strike of 1984-1985, a real event in Great Britain's history. Billy takes a brave step in a direction his family doesn't approve, and couldn't even financially support if ...

By Christina Knight for Great Performances A coal-mining town in the North East of England is the setting for Billy Elliot the Musical Live (and the film it is is based on, Billy Elliot). The story of a boy fighting for what he wants and the ...

The hit musical both on Broadway and in London’s West End was recorded for broadcast at the show's West End home, the Victoria Palace Theatre, where it is still playing. Billy Elliot the Musical Live features Liam Mower as Older Billy (he was the first ...

Sir David McVicar directs the first new Met production of the popular verismo double bill in 45 years: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Marcelo Álvarez as the male lead. Eva-Maria Westbroek and Patricia Racette also star. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the operas, ...

Zubin Mehta, guest conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic at it annual summer concert, leads the orchestra in Johann Strauss II's great Viennese waltz, "Wiener Blut." Footage from the concert includes aerial views of the gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace, the palace itself and the ...