Based on the Academy Award® nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005. Set in a northern mining town, against the ...

for Billy Elliot, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Billy Elliot, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Billy Elliot ...

For his work on Billy Elliot, he won the Best Direction of a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards and the Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. He also received the ...

Stephen Daldry’s British coming-of-age drama earned numerous awards nominations when it was released and has carried on an impressive legacy onstage as Billy Elliot the Musical in the years since.

What has lured him back on Broadway is the jaw-dropping prequel to the Netflix hit show “Stranger Things,” a play with levitating cats, shattered mirrors and Vegas showgirls.

The “Stranger Things” play was also attractive to Knight because of its director: Stephen Daldry, the three-time Tony Award-winner who helmed “Billy Elliot: The Musical.” Knight recalls ...