Which musical by Elton John and Lee Hall, which revolves around a motherless boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes and is based on a 2000 film, opened in London's West End in 2005?
Billy Elliot the Musical garnered ten 2008-09 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations, winning seven, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, as well as receiving an honorary Special Achievement Award for its three Billys. The six juvenile principals were recognized with an honorary Young Artist Award as Outstanding Broadway Musial Ensemble. Billy Elliot the Musical Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film "Billy Elliot". The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes. The
Lee Hall (playwright) the Love-ins, the Screw Ups: The Sixties". Other projects in the pipeline include a biopic of Elton John called "Rocketman", a stage musical adaptation of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and a film adaptation of George Orwell's "Down and Out In Paris and London". Hall married film director Beeban Kidron (Baroness Kidron) in 2003, who was the initial director of "Hippie Hippie Shake". Lee Hall (playwright) Lee Hall (born 20 September 1966) is an English playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the 2000 film "Billy Elliot". Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, in 1966, the