Total Drama Weekend

It was a weekend full of drama. 
Some good like Jacob’s performance.

Some fantastic like the Broadway production of Matilda we attended at the Academy of Music.

Some downright ugly like spending all weekend working on a school project.

The Wall Street Journal says, ‘The makers of MATILDA have done the impossible — triumphantly! It is smart, sweet, zany and stupendous fun.’

“REJOICE. It is even more glorious than promised.’ – New York Times

‘WELCOME TO THE DELIRIOUSLY AMUSING, HEARTWARMING, HEADSPINNING WORLD OF MATILDA THE MUSICAL. YOU WON’T WANT TO LEAVE.’ — Bloomberg News

TIME Magazine’s #1 Show of the Year! Winner of 50 international awards, including four Tony Awards®, MATILDA THE MUSICAL is the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

That which does not kill us, makes us stronger – Friedrich Niettzsche, German philosopher and someone whom I totally agree with.

Catch Matilda The Musical at the Academy of Music now through Sunday, November 29th…it was truly incredible!

In the international musical theatre scene, the three most well-known avenues where production companies channel the musical theatre experience are: (1) West End in London, (2) Broadway in New York, and (3) Broadway National Tour in key American cities. The Royal Shakespeare Company produced a musical based on the classic children’s illustrated novel Matilda by Roald Dahl; a story best remembered by most because of the 1996 screen adaptation, directed by Danny DeVito and starring Mara Wilson, who played the eponymous Matilda role.
The musical adaptation had renowned British screenwriter Dennis Kelly and Australian comedian-musician Tim Minchin teamed up for the material. After trial staging at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the musical premiered at Cambridge Theatre at West End in 2011; and in 2013, it premiered in Broadway’s Shubert Theatre in New York. The musical has been awarded a Tony and an Olivier for Best Book for a Musical and Best New Musical respectively. Just this year, Matilda has started its Broadway Tour in the United States.

Among these three major leagues, the Royal Shakespeare Company has chosen a Filipino to play the lead role for the Broadway Tour.  The role is Matilda – and the actress, Gabrielle Alexa Gutierrez – the first ‘ethnic’ person to ever play Matilda in a major production.  We were lucky to see her in action and the 9 year old stole the show!

‘Thanks for taking me Mama, that was the best show I’ve ever seen!’ – Jacob

And cue tears & curtain!

Alya