Victoria Palace, LondonTurning small-scale movies into big musicals is a treacherous business. It failed with The Full Monty, which lost all of its gritty truth when musicalised. But Billy Elliot succeeds brilliantly because Elton John's music and, especially, Peter Darling's choreography enhance Lee Hall's cinematic concept.The musical, even more than the film, counterpoints Billy's personal triumph with the communi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28AM on October 24, 2015