See it if You love seeing kids perform on stage
Don't see it if You're not a family person
See it if Your a fan of the movie, love cleverly written and acted roles. The set is perfect & the theater is beautiful.
Don't see it if Ur not into kids shows.
See it if you're a fan of the book, the movie, or underdogs, in general. It's not juvenile even though children make up a huge amount of the cast.
Don't see it if you don't like really intelligent song lyrics (Tim Minchin is brilliant) or children or have a hard time understanding British accents.
See it if You loved the book and would enjoy seeing it transformed into amazing live theater.
Don't see it if You aren't a fan of young adult literature or child based story lines.
See it if you want to laugh, and see amazing young kids
Don't see it if no reason not to
See it if you want an evening of pure delight!
Don't see it if you're not human. EVERYONE would love this show.
See it if GO! Bring your kids and be prepared to be impressed. Such a great family musical
Don't see it if you don't like kids in the audience
See it if You dig the delightfully warped sensibilities of Roald Dahl, or you want something a bit cartoonishly fun that will also make you feel.
Don't see it if You've lost all touch with your inner child.
"The most engaging theatrical evenings on Broadway of the past few years need no stars to work their magic. Matilda belongs in such company. I found the songs fairly disposable, the storytelling a little slack, and the sound design muddy...But both kids and adults can watch this marvellous production and experience an escape from the usual Broadway-musical fare, which treats them as dolts."
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"Except for a bit of tedium in Act II, 'Matilda' delivers an enchanting and magical theatrical experience to audiences both young and old."
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"A meticulously calculated production offers coup after coup de théâtre as it tells Dahl’s fantastical tale of a 5-year-old girl who’s a genius. The show is strenuously entertaining, as dark as it is funny, and just a tad cold...Matilda the Musical resembles nothing so much as a highly sophisticated machine. It’s built to dazzle, and it does."
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"It would be easy to call it the best British musical since Billy Elliot, but that, I’m afraid, would be underselling it. You have to go back to The Lion King to find a show with as much invention, spirit and genre-redefining verve. Matilda seems to clear away the deadwood and announce a fresh start for the Broadway musical."
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"Welcome to the deliriously amusing, malevolent, heartwarming, head-spinning world of “Matilda: The Musical.” You won’t want to leave."
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