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Author’s Note:  The profiles contained in this article are continually updated to stay current with the most up-to-date information. Last update: 8/29/2010

Billy Elliot the Musical won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical.  It also won nine other Tony’s.  Few would disagree that a major reason for the success of the show has been the extremely talented young men who play the title role.  But who are they and how did they get to be in this musical that has taken not only Broadway, but literally the entire theater world, by storm?

In this article, you’ll be introduced to the young actors who currently portray Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical -- Broadway. The profiles contained in this article will be updated on an on-going basis, to reflect new information and/or graphics. The young men now rotating in the title role are:   Jacob Clemente, Michael Dameski, Alex Ko,  Peter Mazurowski,  and Dayton Tavares.  

Please note: Five Billys, Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez, Tommy Batchelor, Trent Kowalik and Liam Redhead all have left the Broad-way show since September, 2009.  The profiles of Kiril, David, Trent and Liam can be found in the Meet the Billys: Profile Archives section on this site. Tommy is portraying Billy in BETM’s 1st North American Tour which opened in previews in Chicago on March 18, 2010.  His profile can be found in the Meet the Billys -1st North American Tour article on this site.

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Jacob Clemente

Thirteen-year-old Jacob Clemente made his debut as Billy at the evening performance on Saturday, April 3, 2010, becoming the newest and youngest of the boys in the Broadway show’s Billy rotation. Jacob is from North Greenbush, New York (near Albany). He is also the youngest Billy ever to appear in Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway.

At an early age, Jacob was very into sports, particularly hockey and wrestling. About the latter he says, “I was a good wrestler, but once I started dancing, I just liked it better.” He started dancing when he was seven years old, taking classes at The World of Dance in Colonie, NY. Jacob’s parents, Linda and Jude, have always been very supportive of him and his three siblings, who all have taken dance as well.

Jacob has won several dance titles in competitions, including Junior Mister StarQuest in 2007 and was the Mini Outstanding Dancer at the National New York City Dance Alliance (NYCDA) competition in 2008.

Here he is performing as the Mini Outstanding Dancer:

Credit: Video by NYCDA

Jacob is also friends with another pretty respected young dancer from the Albany area — former London Billy Corey Snide — who has also appeared in the Broadway production of “13″. Jacob and Corey have danced together competitively. But as impressive as his dance credentials are, Jacob also brings with him to Broadway a long resume of achievement in musical theater. He has honed his singing and acting skills at the East Greenbush Staging Youths’ Future Inc. (SYFI), appearing in such productions as “Suessical, the Musical,” “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” “Grease, “ “Cinderella,” “Annie” and “Beauty and the Beast.” All three of Jacob’s siblings are involved with performing as well. Kathie LaRosa, who is the president, show director and creative force behind SYFI, said of Jacob, “This young man was the most directable child I’ve worked with”. She added, “Jacob is amazing when it comes to focusing and working hard. He is going to be a force to be reckoned with.”

In early 2006, as a nine year old, Jacob first auditioned for the role of Billy. While those conducting the tryout were impressed enough with his skills to give him a call back after the initial audition, they eventually told him that he was too young but that they would call him back in the future. In 2008, Jacob’s mom saw an audition announcement for the Broadway show Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone. Jacob, his brother and sisters all tried out and he was eventually given the role of a newsboy in the show. Upon learning that Jacob would make his Broadway debut in Gypsy, Danielle Cuzdey of the World of Dance Studio said that Jacob ” is such a big talent. He is one of those wonderful and genuine kids you just can’t wait to work with. He has worked hard for this. He earned it.” Jacob appeared in Gypsy from September 2008, to January 2009.

After Gypsy, Jacob was again asked to audition for BETM. This time he got the role.  However, he was asked to play another role in the show temporarily until his Billy training began in November of 2009 -- that of Tall Boy/Posh Boy. He debuted in that role on October 2, 2009. Then, after a little over a month, he went into full time “Billy School” to train as a Broadway Billy. He did occasionally appear as Tall Boy/Posh boy during his Billy School training, to spell his replacement in that role, Kylend Hetherington, when Kylend wasn’t available. He also helped celebrate Billy’s first birthday on Broadway in November, 2009.

Almost five months of training paid off when Jacob made his debut in the title role.

Right after his debut, Jacob was interviewed on the Fox 5 news outlet in New York City.  It was the first TV interview he’s appeared in since he debuted.  Here’s the video of that interview:

 Credit: Video by MyFoxNy.com

On June 17, 2010, the current Billys on Broadway (Alex Ko, Michael Dameski, Dayton Tavares, Liam Redhed and Jacob Clemente) were presented with a joint Beacon Award at the Players Club in NYC.  Jacob represented the Billys at the ceremony and accepted the award on all of their behalves.

In his official bio, Jacob said “I am very grateful to God, my dance and voice teachers, and prior directors for giving me the skills to get here. I especially want to thank my grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, brother Tory and sisters Mandy and Lydia, who have all sacrificed so that I could reach my dream to “Be Billy”.

Amen to that, Jacob, and may your time as Billy on Broadway be long and successful.

Credit: Broadway.com Photo

For More Information About Jacob Clemente Visit These Sites:

Jacob Clemente Fan Page on FaceBook, Billy Elliot the Forum, Friends of Billy Elliot Forum

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Michael Dameski

Following in the footsteps of fellow Australian, Dayton Tavares, 14 year old Michael Dameski debuted on Broadway as Billy Elliot on Sunday January 31, 2010 at the matinee performance. Michael is from Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his mom, dad and two sisters. His friends call him Mikey.

For the past four years, his skills have led to considerable success in dance competitions around the world. In 2005, Michael was named a Top 10 Dance Idol finalist by Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NDIA). In 2006, he received the Under 13 first place in the Music and Performing Arts Junior Challenge, which is a national talent search in Australia. In 2007, he represented Australia in the world championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. He received gold, there, in all categories, and was named Junior World Dancer.

Michael has also been recognized for his singing ability. In 2007 he was a guest at the Zlatno Slavejce (Golden Nightingale) children’s singing festival in Macedonia, at which he recorded a song written especially for him entitled ‘One Dance’. Here’s a video of that performance, in which a much longer haired Michael showcases his vocal and dance talent:

Credit: Video by bogdanovski1

Michael’s theatrical training has been at Brent Street, Australia’s prestigious school for the performing arts, where his studies have included many dance styles including jazz, tap, ballet, acrobatics, hip hop, contemporary drama and musical theatre, as well as academics. After his stint in Billy Elliot the Musical in Australia, Brent returned to Brent Street. In this video, Michael and his fellow students from Brent Street perform a number they called “A Tribute to Billy”:

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Credit: Video by BrentStreetStudios

In the late Fall of 2009, the BETM creative team realized that potentially they could be down below the minimum number of boys needed to comfortably maintain the Broadway Billy rotation required to do the show eight times per week. They knew that one of the three originating Broadway Billys, Kiril Kulish, was leaving the show in early October, and that another would soon follow (David Alvarez on Jan. 3, 2010). The decision that Tommy Batchelor would star in the BETM road company production beginning in Chicago meant he would be leaving the Broadway show on December 11th to prepare for his debut in the Windy City. Alex Ko had debuted right after Kiril left, but he went down, after just three performances, with a knee injury that would keep him off the stage for an extended period. The next Billy in the pipeline, Liam Redhead, was still in training and not quite ready to debut. And still another Billy-in-training, Jacob Clemente, had just started his training and was even further away from being ready.

So the creative team needed to bring in some additional Billys quickly to fill the temporary void. They turned to Australia, where a very successful run of the production had just finished in June of 2009. Luckily there were a couple of very talented boys who had played Billy in that production, Dayton Tavares and Michael Dameski, who were still of the right age, stature and still had unbroken voices. Most importantly, they wouldn’t require all that much training as they both had already performed the role for several months.

On November 9, 2008, eight of the Billys (all except Corey Snide) who performed in the Sydney production took to the stage during the finale (including Michael Dameski and Dayton Tavares — first two from left)

Dayton came to NYC in early November and debuted on Broadway on December 19th. Like Tavares, Dameski was one of the five final Australian Billys, joining that cast in Sydney on October 16, 2008. His final performance as Billy in Australia was the next to last show there on June 13, 2009, in Melbourne. He had been studying, in the interim, at  the Talent Development High School at Fox Studios in Sydney. Ironically, Michael arrived in NYC to begin his rehearsals/training for the Broadway show the same weekend Dayton debuted.

Here’s a glimpse of Michael as Billy, performing “Angry Dance” from the Australian show:

Credit: Video by elliotfan1

Popular afternoon host Chris Smith, of Australia’s radio station 2GB, did a phone interview with a very articulate Michael in late February.  The far ranging  interview, during which Michael talks about being Billy on Broadway and his enjoyment of the city of New York,  can be heard by clicking on the audio file at the very top of this article, right under the article’s title.

On March 27, 2010, Michael did an interview on Australia’s Channel 7.  He talks about life as Billy and how he perceives his life after Billy:

Credit: Video by Sonicrockz18

On April 28, 2010, Michael performed at the sixth annual Garden of Dreams Foundation Spring Talent Show, at Radio City Music Hall.  More than 100 children from 11 of the Foundation’s partner organizations including Make-A-Wish Foundation, NYU Medical Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Children’s Aid Society, Children’s Village, and WHEDCo staged over 20 special performances over the course of the evening.

Michael was initially meant to be a bridge to Jacob Clemente being ready to debut as Billy.  However, both because he has had rave reviews and, after Dayton Tavares went down with an injury and would be out of the rotation for several months, Michael’s contract was renewed.  He will now perform on Broadway as Billy until September 5, 2010 at which time he’ll take on a new assignment — the senior Billy in a new five Billy rotation which will originate the role in the new BETM 2nd North American Tour.  He’ll be in rehearsals with the new cast of that production in September and early October, before the tour begins in Durham, North Carolina on October, 30, 2010.

Like his friend, Dayton, for however long his stay in America, Michael wants to make it memorable and show America the skills that Aussie fans of the musical have raved about during the show’s run there. With his talent, there’s no doubt he’s representing  his country well.

Photo Credit:  Catherine Pappas

For more information about Michael Dameski visit:

Wikipedia, Billy Elliot the Forum, Friends of Billy Elliot

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 Alex Ko

Born on February 3, 1996, 14 year old Nicholas Alexander Ko  (who goes by Alex because his Dad liked the sound of that name better), has been dancing since he was a five year old kindergartener.  Alex is now the senior Billy on Broadway in terms of his time in the role of Billy.  But how did he get to that point?

The Iowa City, Iowa boy began his local dance training at the National Academy of Dance and Nolte Academy and gymnastics at the Iowa Gym-Nest (with coach Brad Virkler). Impressed with Alex’s early skills in gymnastics, Virkler says of Alex: “It was always pretty clear that he was destined for something big.”

Alex later registered for the Dance Forum, the University of Iowa’s community outreach program and subsequently enrolled in the University’s Advanced Ballet Class, which is a class normally full of college-aged students. He is the youngest ever to be accepted to that program. Alex has also studied with George de la Pena at both UI and the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC.  He was a soloist in the UI Youth Ballet’s “Swan Lake” and “Nutcracker” productions, and was featured in a youth ensemble of the UI Dance Gala. At UI, he also took advanced gymnastics instruction from Russian 1996 Olympic Gold medalist Dmitri Trouch.

In 2007, Alex began taking private ballet lessons from UI Assistant Professor of Ballet & Choreography, Eloy Barragan, whom Alex now considers a mentor.  Barragan soon realized that his new student possessed star potential. “Iowa City has a lot of talent, young talent”, he said. “But Alex has something very unique, he has maturity and dedication and is committed to what he wants…. Alex has something really special. There’s a soul to his dance and that is what people notice.”

The close relationship that developed between the two led Alex to ask Barragan to create a solo in memory of his father, Sam, who had recently died of cancer. The result can be seen in this brief video:

Credit: Video by BigDanceFan

In 2008, instructor and protege traveled to New York City where Alex participated in a 10-day dance instruction program at the prestigious Steps on Broadway. As fate would have it, one of Alex’s teachers there, Peter O’Brien, brought Alex to the attention of the Steps on Broadway director.  The director offered Alex a full scholarship to study at the school’s six-week summer intensive in July and August. With that scholarship to Steps on Broadway came vocal lessons and training with one of the choreographers from Billy Elliot The Musical. He was subsequently invited to audition for the musical, which he did in July of 2008 .  A subsequent “final” audition came in November, just as the show was officially opening on Broadway.

Things happened rather quickly after that. He found out he got the part of Billy in March, 2009 and moved to NYC with his family in May, where he immediately began acting classes with Ann Ratray and vocal training with Joan Lader, both renowned coaches to many of the Broadway shows.

He entered actual rehearsals for the show in July, 2009.

 Here’s an interview in which Alex talks about the role and what was required to prepare for it:

Credit: Video by ckalex1996

The culmination of all that training was his debut in the show on October 6, 2009, as the replacement for departed original Broadway Billy, Kiril Kulish. The creative team behind the musical is committed to diversity in the cast and Alex became the third boy with an Asian heritage to play the role of Billy (the others being Matthew Koon and Hogan Fulton who were in the London production).  Another Billy, J.P. Viernes who is in the role in the Chicago show, is of Asian heritage and there have recently been announcements of new Billys for the various North American productions of the show that share that heritage as well.

Picture above: Cast Board in Imperial Theatre Lobby on Alex Ko’s Opening Night

After just three performances as Billy, for which Alex received rave reviews, he sustained a serious knee injury which would keep him out of the Billy rotation for five months. The rehabilitation of his knee took longer than even he expected, a setback that would be devastating to any young person, but especially to one who has just attained a dream he’s pursued since he began to dance.  But during his rehabilitation, Alex showed the same determination and committment that he’s applied every step of the way as he’s prepared to be Billy and he’s maintained a positive and upbeat attitude while doing so.

His rehabilitation complete, Alex returned to the Imperial Theatre stage on Sunday, March 14, 2010 for the matinee performance. It was exactly five months from the day of his injury. Since the last time he had performed the role last October, there had been several cast changes — including a new dad (Phil Whitchurch) and a new best friend (Jake Evan Schwencke), so Alex had some familiarization to do.

While recovering from his injury, in November of 2009, Alex helped the rest of the cast and crew celebrate the Broadway show’s first anniversary with an after show party. Pictured here at the party are Alex and Keean Johnson who, until recently played Billy’s best friend Michael, on Broadway, and who is now originating that role in the new road company version of Billy Elliot the Musical which opened in Chicago on March 18.

Alex and fellow Billy, Trent Kowalik, appeared on Rosie O’Donnell’s Sirius Radio show in early January, 2010.  In a far ranging interview, they talked about how they each got the role and what life is like as a Broadway Billy.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

Here is Part 1 of that interview:

Credit: Video by qsaco1

Part 2 & Part 3 of the Rosie O’Donnell interview.

In March of 2010, Alex’s BETM contract was renewed for another six month stint which will have him performing the role at least until October. He is now the senior Billy on Broadway in terms of his longevity in the role there.

Alex did an interview for the July/August 2010 International Gymnast magazine.  Among other things he related what a typical week is like for a Billy.  In addition to typically performing two times per week, each Billy is also on standby at the theater twice a week. He said: “I continue to train in gymnastics, voice, ballet, tap, acting, dialect six days a week – with a day off on Mondays.” 

Many repeat theater-goers of Billy Elliot the Musical, who have seen all the current Broadway crop of Billys, ranks Alex very high. After Alex’s opening week of performances, one such critic predicted “I think it’s very, VERY clear, we don’t just have a new Billy, we have a new star on our hands!!!”

For More Information on Alex Ko visit these websites:

Alex Ko, Alex Ko Facebook Fan Page,  Billy Elliot the Forum and  Friends of Billy Elliot

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Peter Mazurowski

Peter Mazurowski, 13 years old and from Bow, New Hampshire, debuted on August 29, 2010 as the newest Billy on Broadway. Supporting him from the audience as they have throughout his young dance career were his parents, Jay and Carolyn, and his older sister, Dana, along with many other family members and friends.

Peter began taking dance lessons at the age of six and has been a student at the New Hampshire School of Ballet (NHSB) where he’s studied ballet, lyrical, tap, jazz, modern and acrobatic techniques.  Peter has also attended theater camps and takes vocal lessons.

 At NHSB, Peter danced on the school’s competitive team and has won several dance awards, cash prizes and scholarships as a result.  Here he is seen after accepting the school’s 2009 Rosemarie Boyden Memorial Award for excellence in tap dancing, age 12 and under: 

 Credit: Photo by New Hampshire School of Ballet

In a report by the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper, Peter’s long time dance teacher, who is also the owner/director of NHSB, Jennifer Beauvais-Rienert, said of Peter, “He’s very dedicated and has worked very hard. He’s here five days a week dancing.  It’s a lot of hard work. It requires a lot of discipline.”

And all that hard work and discipline has paid off over the past couple of years, as Peter has impressed numerous dance judges in various competitions. In March of 2010, Peter competed and won the Teen Mr. StarQuest regional competition in Derry, New Hampshire, for his solo entitled “Home”. In this video, he’s seen performing in that competition:

Credit: Video by StarQuestDance

As a result of his work in competitions over the past couple of years, Peter was noticed by Nora Brennan and her staff, whose job it is to constantly scour North America for young dancers who could potentially become Billy.  They contacted the NHSB and asked to see Peter.  After several auditions, Peter was selected to participate in the intensive Billy Camp in New York.  Then, after months of hard work, In June, 2010 Peter was announced, along with five other boys, as having made the cut to play Billy in one of the North American productions of the show.  Also in June, the NHSB issued a press release indicating that Peter will be in the Broadway production of the show.

In June, 2010, Peter moved with his mother, Carolyn, to New York City to begin two and half months of rehearsals leading up to a planned debut in August. In a video made by the New York Times to complement a recent article entitled “Flight Training: Building an Army of Billy Elliots”, Peter and two of his fellow Billys-to-be are seen working with ballet instructor, Finis Jhung.  The three boys in the video are Joseph Harrington (with blond hair who is interviewed in the video), Kylend Hetherington (wearing shorts) and Peter (the first boy who appears in the Finis Jhung class segment of the video and is the boy on the left when the three boys are practicing in a line):

Credit: Video by TheNewYorkTimes

During the summer of 2010, a typical week for Peter, as he prepares to become Billy, is filled with acting rehearsals specific to BETM almost daily — both one-on-one with an associate director for his role as Billy, but also with other actors as he gets used to interacting with other cast members.  Some days he also has vocal training, dialect coaching, acro sessions, cardio/pilates (to build stamina) and, of course, ballet.  Once he starts performing, the schedule won’t be dramatically different, as even experienced Billys have to keep up their skills and stamina with constant training.  In the Fall, add academic tutoring to that mix as well.

One of the requirements of being Billy is doing tap dancing.  Here’s some video which showcases Peter’s tap skills:

Credit: Video by jmazurowski

Just before his debut on Broadway, on August 25, 2010 Peter joined some of his fellow younger BETM cast mates at an event called Brain Freeze, at Dave and Buster’s in Times Square.  The event featured young cast members from a number of Broadway shows, including Billy Elliot.  As part of this end of summer event, the kids were put in giant bubbles by the Gazillion Bubble Show and were served ice cream.

In that article about him in the New Hampshire Union Leader, Peter says he is somewhat nervous about performing on the Great White Way but that, “I just want to know what it feels like to be on Broadway.” 

At the matinee performance on August 29th, he got his chance to do just that.

 Credit: Photo by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

For more information on Peter Mazurowski visit these websites:

Billy Elliot the Forum, Friends of Billy Elliot

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Dayton Tavares

Dayton Tavares comes to Broadway from Australia.  And while he’s new to Broadway, he’s not new to the role, having previously played Billy in both the Sydney and Melbourne productions of Billy Elliot the Musical.  He is the youngest Australian ever to play a lead role on Broadway.

Born on March 10, 1996, unlike most of the other boys who have played Billy world-wide, 14-year-old Dayton didn’t begin taking dance lessons at an early age.  In fact, he’s only been dancing for four years, since the age of nine, when he began performing thanks to his sisters.  “I wasn’t going to dance, I was playing soccer at the time and my sisters had changed dance schools and there was a boys’ class on, they’re like, ‘Oh just try it’,” Tavares said. “So I was like, ‘Alright, I’ll just try it’.” And the rest, as they say, is history.

Not only did he like dancing, he excelled in it — winning the 2007 Australian Dancer of the Year title and representing his country at the World Dance Championships in Las Vegas. He has been compared  to talented Australian, Hugh Jackman.  Oh and, by the way, don’t get on his bad side because he is also a black belt in the martial art of Taekwondo.

In this video footage, Dayton is shown competing at the 2005 International Sport Association World Cup:

Credit: Video by Birthdaypants

In a recent interview with news.com.au , Dayton said he couldn’t believe he had been selected for the dream part in the Broadway production, “I had my last show in Melbourne and I thought that was it for Billy and then all of a sudden we got this big call saying, ‘We want you to go New York’, and it all just went from there,” Tavares said.

Nora Brennan, the US Casting Director for the show, said in an interview in Australia’s Herald Sun, “He was so outstanding and beautiful as Billy that when an opening came up here (in New York) they wanted to give him that opportunity. They just loved everything about him, to be honest.”

After it had been announced that Dayton would be playing Billy on Broadway, a popular TV program in his native Australia, Today Tonight, did this report on him:

Credit: Video by davidxxxxq

Once Dayton arrived in the States in early November, it was a whirlwind of activity for him.  Though he spent a year playing the role in Australia (first show: May 24, 2008; last show: June 13, 2009), Dayton had a schedule that included rehearsing almost non-stop, pausing only to sleep, study and eat. “I know most of the show, it’s just getting used to some of the little changes they have here,” he said at the time.

After being stateside for a few weeks, Channel 7 in Australia did a follow-up report about his intensive rehearsals and life in the Big Apple:

Credit: Video by davidnosmoke

Dayton readily fit in with the younger cast members who, at the time,  included five other Billys or Billys-to-be.  They ranged from Tony award winners David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik, to veteran Tommy Batchelor (who is now one of four boys originating the role of Billy in Chicago), to  Alex Ko (who recently debuted in the role himself but was sidelined with a knee injury) and Dayton’s fellow newcomer, Liam Redhead.

In addition to all the rehearsals, Dayton was invited to the 12th birthday party for Trevor Braun (who plays Billy’s best friend in the show, Michael) and took part in the Billy Elliot the Musical -- Broadway 1st Anniversary cast/crew party which took place on November 13th, after the milestone performance that evening. Pictures from those events can be found elsewhere in this article and also on Trent Kowalik’s blog and at broadway.com . The picture to the right of Dayton, Liam and Trent was taken by members of the Kowalik family and originally published on Trent’s blog*.

Dayton made his Broadway debut on December 19, 2009 — a snowy night in NYC.  Later in the week, after his second show as Billy, he commented to freezing fans at the Stage Door that he was having another new experience.  He had never seen snow before and was loving it!

Here is a video clip of Dayton performing “Angry Dance” and “Electricity” from the Broadway show:

Credit: Video by BillyElliotStuff

In early March of 2010, Dayton sustained a leg injury and was out of the NY Billy rotation for almost three months as he mended and underwent physical therapy. His return to the Imperial Theatre stage took place at the matinee performance on Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 30, 2010.

On July 15, 2010, Dayton and the cast of BETMNY performed at the annual Broadway in Bryant Park series which, during lunch on Thursdays during the summer, showcases the current Broadway musicals.  They performed “Shine” from the show:

Credit: Video by njp62794

Dayton’s initial contract had him playing Billy through May, 2010, at which time it was extended through the summer. After that, it could be extended again or he may be done with the show.  However long his stay, Dayton is determined to make his mark on Broadway.  There’s no doubt he is already the pride of his Australian countrymen.

For more information on Dayton Tavares visit these websites:

Billy Elliot the Musical -- Broadway, Billy Elliot the Forum and  Friends of Billy Elliot

* Pictures from Trent Kowalik’s blog used with permission by the family.

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On Sunday, January 24, 2010 Billy Elliot the Musical -- Broadway celebrated 500 performances at the Imperial Theatre with a cast/crew afterparty at the Glass House Tavern restaurant in Manhattan.  At the party, the five boys then playing Billy, as well as ballet teacher Mrs. Wilkinson and Billy’s dad, were captured around the cake in this photo by photographer Brian Estrada.

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On March 8, 2010 TV station Fox 5 in New York did a segment on the current Broadway Billys:

Credit: Video by MyFoxNY

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This video talks about the on-going training the Broadway Billys do to maintain their strength and stamina.  It features Alex Ko, Michael Dameski, Dayton Tavares and Liam Redhead.

Credit:  Video by TDFvideo

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The Imperial Theatre: Home of Billy Elliot the Musical -- Broadway, NYC

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In other articles in the Billy Elliot the Musical section of this blog, see profiles of all the other Billys currently performing the role world-wide.   The boys playing Billy in the UK are profiled in Meet the Billys -- London: Billy Elliot the Musical.  Profiles of those who will be playing the role in Chicago beginning in March, 2010, can be found in Meet the Billys -- 1st North American Tour: Billy Elliot the Musical. Appearing in the first non-English version of the show in Korea, profiles of the four boys starring as Billy can be found at Billy Elliot the Musical: Meet the Billys -- Korea. There are also profiles of Billys of the recent past, who have left the show since September, 2009, in Billy Elliot the Musical: Meet the Billys — Profiles Archive.

Note:  If you have found these profiles enjoyable to read and/or useful, your comments (below) would be very appreciated.

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