Wheelock reviews
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 2:50 am
Here's the place for reviews. Hoping to read some good ones before I see the show next month.
The new forum for fans of Billy Elliot the Musical
https://billyelliottheforum.me.uk/forum/
https://billyelliottheforum.me.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6842
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theate ... story.htmlA production of “Billy Elliot the Musical” naturally relies on the strength of the young performer in the title role, so Wheelock Family Theatre producing artistic director Linda Chin and director Sue Kosoff didn’t take any chances. Thirteen-year-old Texas native Seth Judice is taking on the role for the third time, after playing the young boy from an English mining town who trades in his boxing gloves for ballet slippers at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, and the Phoenix Theatre in Phoenix.
Although he may be a “ringer,” Judice’s jaw-dropping spins and leaps are worth the price of admission alone. Locals shouldn’t feel slighted, since New London, N.H., resident Shane Boucher plays Billy’s pal Michael, and the duo deliver a tap number that brings down the house. Boucher will take on the title role in several performances in February. The show runs through Feb. 26.
Thanks for the correction - I did indeed make that assumption, based on the names in the program. I would like to credit the fantastic job the sound engineer does at WFT - the orchestra's sound is lush and powerful, but never overwhelms the voices! It sounds like 17 instruments!Chromolume wrote:Kport - thank you for the wonderful review. I'm the musical director for the production and am so thrilled and proud to be involved with it. (This is my first time doing Billy Elliot, and it's a joy to play and conduct that score each performance.)
One correction I feel I need to make - though I'm quite flattered that you felt the orchestra sounded so full, we are using the 9-piece version, not the 17-piece. (I wish we had the space/budget for 17!!) Since I have the subs listed in the program as well, you might have been misled as to the actual number. That said, I feel so fortunate to have such great musicians with me down in the pit, and I'm thrilled that you feel we sound like more.
Thanks again!
That review was posted earlier, in this thread, under bridgewatereast.wickedlocal. Wickedlocal repeats stories under different local communities' names.andrewcraig wrote:http://wellesley.wickedlocal.com/entert ... nto-boston