The must-see musical

“Very few musicals provide such richness of background and character and such rapid shifts in mood from humour to anger, from hope to despair, and back. Donna Feore has clearly been inspired by the challenge and controls all of the musical’s complexities with vigour and panache…

While Billy may be the main focus of the show, there is another boy in the show who also displays an amazingly mature talent. That is Emerson Gamble, aged 13, who plays Michael, Billy’s best friend who comes to realize that he is gay and attracted to Billy. This would be a difficult role for an adult to play, yet Gamble gives a performance of nuance that few adults could equal.”