"Billy Elliot the Musical," which opened Tuesday at the Music Hall, did what it had to do to earn a standing ovation: It softened us up with easy laughs, tugged at our heartstrings with sentimentality, pumped us full of high-octane arrangements of generally forgettable Elton John melodies and dazzled us with some exceptional choreography.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:33AM on January 23, 2013