Last April, as the DS team was hard at work on our annual NYC/Broadway issue, I was invited to a press event for Billy Elliot: The Musical, which opens on Broadway in November. The producers had finally found three boys to play Billy (selected from the 1,500 who auditioned nationwide). I entered the auditorium and saw a mass of photographers and news crews lining the back of the room, and I knew 1 was in for a treat. The three teens-David Alvarez, 14 (see "The Next Generation," DS March 2008), Trent Kowalik, 13, and Kiril Kulish, 14-were there, and so was Sir Elton John, who wrote the music for the show! When Sir Elton took his seat at the piano to accompany the guys in one of Billy's ...

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