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David Cote, in Time Out New York, wondered whether the show was too English for Broadway tastes; he wrote, "Matilda is a kids' musical, not a musical that happens to be about a kid. As such, its attractions may be limited to younger spectators and die-hard Dahl fans.
Apr 11, 2013 · And while the show has been expertly assembled to balance sweet, sour, acidic and salty on the music-theater palate, one wonders if it's too English for Broadway audiences.
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Act I
As a chorus of children boast about being their parents' miracles, the ballroom dancing-obsessed Mrs. Wormwood gives birth to a baby girl called Matilda. The doctor thinks Matilda is the most beautiful child he has ever seen, but Mrs. Wormwood is only worried about a dancing contest she has missed. Similarly shallow, Mr. Wormwood—a used-car salesman and television addict—dismisses the child when he realizes she is a girl ("Miracle"). Five years later, Matilda is an avid reader and lives unhap...
Act II
Mr. Wormwood advises the audience against reading in favor of watching television ("Telly"). Lavender, a girl in Matilda's class, tells the audience that she is going to put a newt in Miss Trunchbull's jugof water later on. The children gather and sing about their hopes for when they grow up ("When I Grow Up"). Matilda resolves to end Miss Trunchbull's cruelty. She tells Mrs. Phelps more of the story of the acrobat and the escapologist. Bound by their contract, they perform their feat, which...
#Not present on any of the cast recordings ##Not present on the original London cast recording ###Not present on the original Broadway cast recording
The cast album recorded by the original Stratford company was released on CD in September 2011 and a month later as a Digital Download. It features a hidden spoken track which follows "When I Grow Up" (Reprise). This is the full version speech that is heard in part, before, during and after "Quiet" in the show A new Original Broadway cast album was...
Template:Refbegin 1. Template:NoteRole originally 'The Escapologist' in Broadway run but was later changed to 'The Escape Artist'. Template:Refend Notable West End replacements 1. Matilda – Isobelle Molloy, Chloe Hawthorn, Lara Wollington 2. Miss Trunchbull – Alex Gaumond 3. Miss Honey – Gina Beck 4. Mr Wormwood – Steve Furst Notable Broadway repla...
In June 2013, Minchin said a future film adaption was being planned. Minchin said during an interview, "We just got [the show] up in New York, there's a touring version that is meant to be going on in America, concurrently the English version is up, there's a film that will probably be made in the next 4 or 5 years and all this sort of stuff." Mara...
2010 RSC Stratford production
Michael Billington, writing for The Guardian, gave the musical four stars out of five. He praised the adaptation of the book, the "ebullient music and lyrics", the direction, the stage design and the performancesTemplate:Mdashespecially Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull. The Independentalso gave the show four out of five stars and said, "The Royal Shakespeare Company has struck gold with this wildly entertaining musical … Kelly's clever adaptation and the witty, intricate songs by ... Minchin...
London
The reviews of the London performances were also very positive. Julie Carpenter of the Daily Express awarded the show all five stars and called the musical "[g]loriously over the top", and said, "it's an irresistible and ingenious mix of fun, fizz, cruelty, incredible choreography and above all warmth which means we root for the kids from the start. Fantastic." Henry Hitchings' review in the Evening Standard ranked the piece five stars, praising the music and lyrics, book, set design, choreog...
New York
Most of the New York critics gave the Broadway transfer their highest marks. Brantley wrote: "Matilda works with astonishing slyness and grace to inculcate us with its radical point of view. [It] is about words and language, books and stories, and their incalculable worth as weapons of defense, attack and survival ... Above all it’s an exhilarating tale of empowerment". He also said the child actors "strengthen their diction" so that the "tasty lyrics" could be clearly heard. Richard Zoglin,...
In 2022 a film version of the musical premiered on Netflix with several weeks in Theaters with Emma Thompson as Ms Trunchbull, the film received mixed reviews upon release.
Sep 22, 2017 · Read what the critics have to say about Matilda, book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, based on the story by Roald Dahl, directed by Matthew Warchus, choreographed by Peter Darling, which opened at the Shubert Theatre on 11 Apr 2013.
Apr 12, 2013 · The U.K.-based Matilda the Musical (***½ out of four stars), which opened Thursday at the Shubert Theatre, is the smartest musical to arrive on Broadway in years — and its creators never let...
Apr 18, 2023 · Matilda the Musical on Netflix loses some of the edge that made Roald Dahl's original story so compelling, and it doesn't live up to the Danny DeVito version.
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Apr 12, 2013 · As in the novel, the musical tells the story of a preternaturally brilliant little girl named Matilda Wormwood, who overcomes the contempt and indifference of her loudmouthed, idiotic parents...
