Billy Elliot the Forum

Susie was on again at today's matinee and playbills have special inserts introducing her as the new Mrs W so definitely time to change her thread to official Tour Mrs W...

She has an amazing voice and I really like how she interprets the role. More outrageous costumes than I seem to remember from Broadway or London but maybe that's me. It works well!

LPOZ

She is substituting for Faith Prince for about a month, but she will not replace her, so far as we have heard.

According to Faith's web site (http://faithprince.com/) she was scheduled only until May 1 in Tempe, then a break, followed by Dallas and San Francisco from June - September. Nothing else is mentioned after that point but maybe that would be about contract renewal time. Whatever happens it's nice to have Susie as a superb Mrs. W. waiting in the wings.

I saw Susie as Mrs. W. in Chicago, and I agree that she is superb in the role.

Nice interview with Susie after the first week in Denver playing Mrs. Wilkinson:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/2 ... index.html

Here's another interview with Susie McMonagle -- this one by John Moore of the Denver Post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-mSN_8j7M4

Here is another one...
http://303magazine.com/2011/05/stage-do ... mcmonagle/

One more time- Susie is really getting the press:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/05/23/l ... ell-stage/

Susie has been cast in the Chicago production of "Snapshots", produced by the Northlight Theatre there:

http://chicago.broadwayworld.com/articl ... 3-20110811

Susie will be performing a concert with two friends in Skokie on Valentine's Day. One of her numbers will be "Electricity."
http://parkridge.suntimes.com/entertain ... light.html