Anyway, I'm a fairly regular guy (I think), a huge fan of progressive rock music like Dream Theater (hence the DT in the subject) and Porcupine Tree. So why BETM? I'm also a fan of indie movies and Billy Elliot is my favorite movie of all time. Like many people, when I first saw the movie in the theater it resonated with me in so many ways and was a deeply moving (and totally unexpected) experience. I remember reading that it had been made into a musical shortly after it opened in London. So I watched a few youtube clips and called it a day. If I can't see it myself, I don't get to excited. Then I saw that it opened in NY a few years later. Not having the time or the means to travel to NY to see it I watched a few clips then put it out of mind. I didn't even know about the first U.S. tour. Well, I also enjoy attending local and touring theater productions, but haven't done so lately due to the fact that there have been so many concerts come to town that I've wanted to see and well...can't do it all. But a couple weeks ago I was in the mood for some live theater and was floored to see BETM in the Broadway programming. So now I'm right back into this incredible story once again. I've been listening to the soundtrack and, while I haven't even yet seen the musical, the music makes me feel like I have. Only three weeks until my first BETM show and I can hardly wait.
Anyway, enough about me...
