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After an Audience Vote, 'Billy Elliot' Musical Keeps an Anti-Thatcher Song by Dave Itzkoff

Theatergoers attending the West End production of "Billy Elliott the Musical" voted at Monday's performance to retain the song "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher," whose lyrics refer to celebrating her death.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30am on April 9, 2013 ☆ ⚑

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