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Well, I do not know that for sure. But, a Nebraska teen has been cast as the lead in the London musical by Elton John of the movie, "Billy Elliott".

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2 ... d=10441102


I had heard rumors last Spring that he was cast as a dancer in an Elton John show, but I thought that it was his touring music act, not a "West End" musical.

I had the chance to watch Tanner Pflueger dance several times last year, when my daughter danced at the same competition. He is a very, very gifted dancer. From all of the time that I spent backstage, he also came off to me as a prima donna. The article makes him sound more down to earth. Maybe it just was the pressure of competition.

So that is two Billy Elliott cast members we know about - as I posted a while ago a friend of my daughter's has moved to NYC from Austin because he was tapped to play Billy's best friend when the show open's on Broadway in less then 2 months.

---Jay (Dave Brubeck took this number, if he gives it back then you will know the number of days until my episode airs)

Billy Elliot (obviously a different one) ran into my brand new car the first day I drove it to school (back in high school). I was the first car in the parking lot, he was the second. His name still reminds me of that split-second just before he rammed my door.