IN 1999, Universal Pictures released "October Sky" to mildly popular if not widespread critical acclaim. Maybe you remember the heartwarming story about a coal miner's son who, against the ...

Place is essential to this world. A layer of unease marks the undertone of “Billy Elliot” and its relationship with its setting. It is 1984 in the fictional town of Everington in Durham County ...

BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL. Paramount Theatre - February 07, ... Under the spell of the desert sky, these misplaced musicians bring everyone together in the way that only music can.

The musical “Billy Elliot” comes to the Paramount Theatre in Aurora Feb. 7-March 24. It is being directed by Trent Stork, Paramount’s artistic producer and casting director.

Tagged: Billy Elliot, Elton John, Lee Hall, Paramount Theatre, Reader Recommended, Trent Stork, Vol. 53 No. 10 Kerry Reid Kerry Reid (she/her) has been the theater and dance editor at the Chicago ...

Billy (Neo Del Corral), right, finds comfort by conjuring his late mum (Jennie Sophia) in “Billy Elliot The Musical,” running through March 24 at Aurora's Paramount Theatre. Courtesy of Liz Lauren ...

Set in a down-and-out mining town not unlike the steel-mill town in "The Full Monty," "Billy Elliot" mixes humor and pathos in the story of a boy's attempt to pursue his passion -- ballet -- in a ...