Kate Hennig: Mrs. Wilkinson, Broadway and Toronto

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The Winnipeg Free Press has an article on Kate today in which she talks about hoping to meet her idol at the March 1st Official Opening of BETM Toronto - Elton John.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a ... 25198.html
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This is really wonderful:
Before each show, she tries to forge a personal connection with the boy playing Billy.

"I go to them and I say: 'What can we focus on in terms of relationship in the play tonight?' and that's what's important to me," she said.

"Mrs. Wilkinson really brings this boy into his artistic and creative life. She's like the usher, the person who ushers him into that choice and so it's a huge development over a short period of time for those two people. So that's what I talk to them about."
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Here's another good interview with Kate from the Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... nt=1920988
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Great News!!

Kate Hennig's BETM Backstage Blog is back!!

The announcement was made on the Billy Elliot on Broadway and National Tour Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?s ... illyElliot

A new installment of the blog, dated March 21, 2011 can be found here: http://www.billyelliotbroadway.com/blog/ OR http://www.billyelliotintoronto.com/blog/

It's Part 1 of a multi-part series on how Kate came to be in BETM.

I know I, for one, will look forward to the new installments.
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That made for a fun read. :D
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There's a new installment of Kate's Backstage blog out today, in which she relates the next part of how she came to be in BETM Broadway:

http://www.billyelliotbroadway.com/blog/
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A third installment of Kate's Backstage Blog continues to relate the story of how she came to play Mrs. Wilkinson in the show:

http://www.billyelliotbroadway.com/blog/
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Kate has the next installment up at http://www.billyelliotbroadway.com/blog/
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Outstanding performance by a Female in the Musical Theatre Division goes to Kate Hennig for Billy Elliot!

http://twitter.com/#!/theatromania/

And a photo of her receiving the award (from a distance - tough to see):

http://yfrog.com/h24vkinwj
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