Los Angeles Reviews

[skkmercury]

Terrific reveiw and summary of Sunday night's show, tomtorfan! It's such an enjoyable read that I've read it three times through and now know what it must have felt like to be there. Thanks so much! The way you found to end your post couldn't have been better!

[angelenroute]

Sunday evening was beautiful in Los Angeles. The famous Southern California sun was dropping low in the sky. The weather was warm. It was Mother’s Day. And at the glorious Pantages theater, a bit of magic was about to unfold.

Wonderful review of this special performance! Since I sat next to you for the last Billy show on Broadway, I'm happy to hear you were also able to attend this special show as well!

Sean

[tomtorfan]

Thanks all for the kind comments. Thanks too to skkmercury and alexandre for their wonderfully descriptive reviews of the other three shows that weekend. Alexandre's mention of the couple that brought their lapdogs was true. Two tiny dogs, one sitting on each lap. In the front row. Watching Billy Elliot. Alexandre and I swapped seats at intermission so I got to sit beside them. It turned out that one of the lapdogs was used to the noise of the theater. They were "training" the other one. I'm thinking this could turn into a real train wreck. During Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher, George fires nerf balls from his tank over the head of the dogs. The dog nearest me - the one in "training" - suddenly stood up on his master's lap and adopted a kind of I-think-this-would-be-a-good-time-to-empty-my-bowels look. But the intestines somehow held. God knows what the cast were thinking and yes, they did notice!

Back to Billy....This past weekend was my first chance to see the amazing Kylend and Zach strut their stuff. And Ty continues to utterly astonish. Four really good shows.

The tour is in such good shape now, it's almost a shame it has to take a month-long break. But I know everyone needs and deserves it -- the cast members need time to recuperate and the fans need to restock their checking accounts. Will look forward to seeing Ben and perhaps Noah too in Boston.

In the meantime, Des Moines should brace itself. A juggernaut of talent is heading your way!

[Billy Whiz]

Thanks to everybody for the wonderful reviews. It sounds as if the show is really tight now.

I can't wait to see it in Louisville.