The Broadway production of the international hit musical Billy Elliot now offers ShowTrans, I-Caption for the deaf and D-Scriptive for the blind at the Imperial Theatre. ShowTrans is a revolutionary service that provides automated multilingual descriptive commentary of a theatrical production for the non-English speaking audience at every single performance. Better than a word-for-word translation, the system gives the patrons continual plot and dialogue information that enables them to follow the action, intention, humor, and emotion of the show. Commentary for Billy Elliot is now available in Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and French as well as captioning for the deaf and audio description for the blind.
Billy Elliot the Musical winner of ten 2009 Tony Awards including Best Musical features music by
Elton John, book and lyrics by
Lee Hall, choreography by
Peter Darling and direction by
Stephen Daldry.
Billy Elliot is the joyous celebration of one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising talent that inspires his family and his whole community and changes his life forever.
Tickets for Billy Elliot the Musical range from $41.50 to $141.50, and can be purchased at the Imperial Theatre Box Office (249 West 45th Street) or by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200 or visiting www.Telecharge.com. The playing schedule for Billy Elliot is as follows: Tuesdays at 7pm, Thursday - Sunday at 7:30pm, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm.
Billy Elliot the Musical is produced by
Tim Bevan,
Eric Fellner,
Jon Finn and
Sally Greene.
Angela Morrison and
David Furnish are Executive Producers. The production features scenic design by
Ian MacNeil, the associate director is
Julian Webber, costume design by
Nicky Gillibrand, lighting design by
Rick Fisher and sound design by
Paul Arditti. Musical supervision and orchestrations are by
Martin Koch.
For tickets and information visit
www.BillyElliotBroadway.com
