Like some of the other data associated with Billy Elliot the Musical, the tracking of which boy has portrayed Billy at any given performance is information in danger of being lost forever if it’s not recorded properly.  So again, here at theskykid.com, we are endeavoring to capture that information so it’s always available to posterity.

Beginning on October 1, 2008, with the first preview performance of Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway, this article provides a listing of the actors who portrayed Billy for each performance —  for all active productions of the musical, by performance date.  The charts,  below, are formatted by month.

London data prior to January, 2009 is not available in any place on the internet that this writer has been able to discover and, even for the dates shown on the charts below, the reader will note many blank spaces next to London performance dates.  Since the show began in 2005, the data for the West End production has been supplied solely by Billy Elliot forum members who have been in attendance at a performance and have graciously taken the time to note, on one of the forums, who had performed at the show they’d just seen.  Obviously, that can be a “hit or miss” approach, as there are some shows the forum regulars didn’t attend or, if they did attend, they didn’t notate in writing as to who performed.

Readers will note that, beginning with the summer of 2010, London data (and indeed data from all the productions) has far fewer gaps due to the diligence of forum members who have faithfully supplied the information of which Billy performed at each venue.

Note: The Billys are listed on the charts by first name only.  A complete list of the Billys is located here.

Note: To access each month’s listings, click on the thumbnail of the month you desire.  When you’ve finished with a chart, click anywhere on the chart (or on the “X”) and you’ll be returned to this article.

Note Well: 29-Mar-2011: Thanks to the efforts of Tim (KiwiT on the BE Forums), we have recently received performance information for the Melbourne production of BETM.  Therefore the charts for December, 2008 through June, 2009 have been updated. Counts for the three boys who have played Billy, both in Melbourne and in the United States (Michael Dameski, Dayton Tavares and Daniel Russell) have also been updated to include the Melbourne performances.

2008 (Broadway & Melbourne, Australia Only)

       Oct.                Nov.             Dec.

2009

     Jan.               Feb.           Mar.             Apr.             May          June

   July                Aug.           Sept.           Oct.              Nov.            Dec.

2010

     Jan.              Feb.           Mar.               Apr.          May          June (1-27)  June (28-30)

     July         Aug. 1-25    Aug. 26-31   Sept. 1-20   Sept. 21-30     Oct. 1-23      Oct. 24-31

  Nov. 1-19     Nov. 20-30     Dec. 1-22    Dec. 23-31

2011

  Jan. 1-22     Jan. 23-31    Feb. 1-18    Feb. 19-28    Mar. 1-25     Mar. 26-31

   Apr. 1-21     Apr. 22-30    May 1-25    May 26-31      June 1-19   June 20-30

  July 1-23     July 24-31     Aug. 1-21    Aug. 22-31     Sep. 1-30     Oct. 1-31  

  Nov. 1-24     Nov. 25-30     Dec. 1-25     Dec. 26-31 

2012

   January       February       March           April  

Total Individual Performances as Billy

   Current          Past

The information contained in this article has been compiled from a variety of sources.  Thanks goes to the members of Billy Elliot the Forum (and espeically to forum member “clue” ) and the Friends of Billy Elliot forum, to the volunteers who make up the BETMNY team who post the Billys and Michaels for each Broadway performance, and to a couple of other individuals who have provided information from their private records.