Finding Billy (pictured above in the Broadway musical), a new documentary on the casting of the Broadway musical Billy Elliot will debut on WNET/Channel 13 on Monday, December 1 at 8pm. The program will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the nationwide search for the three actors who play the lead role in Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway.

Based on the 2000 British film (pictured above) of the same name, the show tells the tale of a young boy with a dream of being a dancer.

Against the background of an increasingly bitter miners’ strike that his elder brother and father are involved in, young Billy Elliot finds he prefers joining in the girls’ ballet class at the local hall to the boxing he’s there for. The ballet mistress soon realises he has real potential, but no-one, least of all his family, is likely to go along with a lad doing dancing. [IMDB]

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Movie Trailer via Youtube

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