Stephen Daldry

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Billy Elliot The Musical" is likely to dance away with a haul of Tony Awards, critics say, when the top U.S. theater honors are announced on Sunday for a Broadway season that defied recession with record sales. In the running for 15 Tony Awards, "Billy Elliot" is based on Oscar-nominated director Stephen Daldry's 2000 film about a ballet dancing schoolboy in a mining town in northern England. The show has already won 10 Drama Desk Awards and seven Outer Critics Circle Awards. Critics from the New York Times, New York Post and New York Daily News agree the production will ... Read Full Story

"Billy Elliot" dominated Sunday night's Tonys, collecting eight awards, including director of a musical, book of a musical and choreography, but the show and its composer Elton John were upset for best score. That award was taken by "Next to Normal" — which seemed to stun "Normal" composer Tom Kitt and lyricist Brian Yorkey. "God of Carnage," the satiric comedy by French playwright Yasmina Reza, took the best play prize. Reza, who previously won a best-play Tony for "Art," said: "Maybe you missed my accent; you wanted to hear it again. I'm very grateful for all the people who gave their best for the ... Read Full Story

   Here we have the most emotionally empty, Oscar-baiting film of 2008; a waste of a movie. How this got a best picture nomination is beyond me. For all you Dark Knight fans; here's where your nomination went. Actually saw this in theaters, which was like getting a shitty Pamper thrown at my head. I literally checked my watch six times. It was hard because my watch does not light up, and my phone was off, so I couldn't check the time on that. So a lot of squinting and groaning occured. What I really liked about the film is how the main character ... Read Full Story

Legit News: Elton John, Stephen Daldry attend premiere -- Forget those worries that the musical version of "Billy Elliot" -- with its working-class accents and a storyline rooted in Blighty labor unrest -- would prove too British for Broadway. Read Full Story

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