'Billy Elliot, el musical' llega a Madrid

More than 12 years have passed since its London premiere until the arrival in Spain of Billy Elliot, one of the most award-winning musicals of this century. "Impossible!" said skeptics (and not so skeptical) who knew the subject. "We have no musical culture or trained artists in the genre, much less children," they argued. Some even doubted the existence of any homegrown talent.