Billy Elliot (Sept. 9th)

I was so excited to see Billy Elliot today!!!  I love a good musical, and I hadn't been to one in a while-I think the last one was Mama Mia for Hope's birthday?  Can't say for sure.  But anyways, I had heard SUCH great things about Billy Elliot, and when I saw it on our syllabus, I was of course looked up some info to get ready-I can't stand going into things blind. 

We headed over to Victoria Palace Theater tonight, and met the rest of our class there.  Got to be a little bit fancy tonight (not required, honestly, but I just love to dress up!) and go out on the town.  I don't hate it. So first of all, this is a BEAUTIFUL theater. Warm and cozy feeling inside, and not too big that you feel far away from what is going on on stage, no matter where you are seated.  We were on the upper level, but towards the front-center area, so we had a great view of the stage.  

Now, let me tell you: this kid who played Billy Elliot was SO TALENTED!! He sang, danced, and delivered his lines with so much passion, I was totally hooked.  There were definitely a couple of cringe-worthy moments (take a look at the plot if you want to see what I'm talking about), but I'm also really sensitive to what I'm watching, so there's that…but I absolutely loved this musical!  The songs were catchy and all of them helped further the plot in some way, which was quite pleasing, because sometimes random bursts of songs drive me crazy.  

I would GLADLY go see Billy Elliot again to experience the passion and emotions of the cast.  So lucky that our program plans all of these awesome excursions for us to experience the "culture" of London!  

And obvi ending with a photo of the trio.  The three of us went on a nice little dinner-date before BE tonight!

xx