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End of act 1

I have many pictures of the original Broadway Billy's, so I thought I'd share a few.  If anyone is interested, I'll post others.  Most of these are from articles, and the last 5 are from a TV interview that the 3 boys gave.
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caps from the DVD have been placed in the BETM gallery.

Has anyone here seen the show performed live?
What did you think?

Zabladowski: I have seen it performed twice in London the first time with Liam Mower as Billy Elliott. They were very good performances from the boys though, shamefully, I cannot remember who the boy was that I saw on stage the second time. A friend and I were fortunate to spot Stephen Daldry a few rows in front and got him to sign our programmes.   

I was fortunate enough to see two performances of the show as it traveled about the US.  I found the show to be really great, though both of the boys playing Billy were about to age out of the roll and were too tall for the part.  I have also collected many clips of boys doing various numbers from the show, and have been able to compare different approaches.  I am not a fan of the "street Billy" performances of the "Electricity" number, though I can see the talent of all the boys I've been able to witness in the role. 
I was lucky enough to obtain bootleg copies of full performances of all three original Broadway Billies, and I must say that I think those three boys --- David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish, and Trent Kowalik are the best I've ever witnessed.  Yes, I have seen many clips of Liam Mower, who was wonderful, but in my opinion, the very best Billy I've ever seen from both the dancing and acting perspectives was David Alvarez.  He brought an intensity to the part far surpassing any other actor I've witnessed, and his dancing was unsurpassed.  His singing left something to be desired, but he made up for it with the passion and interpretation he brought to his delivery of the songs -- particularly "Electricity".

Bowser,  I agree they did a very good job with the BD.  However, when they showed it on PBS, they "cleaned up" the language by bleeping all the cuss words the boys said.  This sort of took the heart and flavor out of the performance, but since I was very familiar with all the original dialog, I was still able to enjoy the show.

By the way, if anyone is interested, on YouTube they have numerous clips of the Hungarian production of the musical.  It is interesting to see how they completely changed the musical.  It's almost like seeing a different show with the same songs.  They particularly destroyed the "Expressing Yourself" number, having Billy and Michael dressing up as clowns rather than cross-dressing.  It is pretty well-done, but I prefer the original.