Spinning Tree Theatre will present a production of Billy Elliot The Musical (BETM) from April 4-20, 2019 at the Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
Spinning Tree Theatre was founded in 2010 by Andrew and Michael Grayman-Parkhurst after their successful careers on Broadway and across the world as performers and director/choreographers. Â Spinning Tree is Kansas City’s newest Actors’ Equity Association theatre, operating under a Small Professional Theatre contract. Â The company exclusively utilizies local talent and aims to produce works that celebrate and reflect the diversity of Kansas City itself by exploring a variety of cultures and art forms through theatre, music and dance. Â Spinning Tree Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group and produces four annual productions of plays and musicals each season.
A season at Spinning Tree usually includes a new and/or a lesser known musical, one or two plays and a large, well-known musical.
For example, the last full season (2017-18) contained the shows: Finian’s Rainbow, Casa Valentina, Full Gallop, and Once On This Island. Â For the recently announced 2019-20 season, shows to be presented are: Every Brilliant Thing, Caroline, or Change, Girlfriend, and La Cage Aux Folles.
In addition to BETM, which concludes the eighth season at Spinning Tree (2018-19), shows have included Daddy Long Legs (Aug 17-Sep 2, 2018), The Nance (Nov 2-18, 2018) and Emotional Creatures: The Secret Life of Girls Around The World (Jan 17-Feb 3, 2019).
Ben Renfrow, a newcomer to the title role of Billy Elliot, will lead the small cast of local talent.
To learn more about Ben Renfrow, click on the Billy Profiles button (below) to be taken to his detailed profile.
To see a complete listing of the rest of the Spinning Tree Theatre cast, just click on the Cast Information button.
In the days before the show opened, Ben Renfrow (Billy) and Robin Robles (Michael) appeared on local TV station KCL, along with their director, Michael Grayman-Parkhurst to talk about the show. The boys also performed “Expressing Yourself” for the television audience.
https://youtu.be/FcSpUR7uCHI
Credit: Video by Kansas City Live
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