New Title Performers Announced for Broadway's Matilda

By the way: This is Ripley, singing. She'll be fantastic as Matilda!






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Updated On: 12/11/13 at 11:21 AM

Here is a picture of Ava..cutest thing ever.

https://www.facebook.com/YoungBroadwayActorNews/posts/332276560243614

I believe at least one of the New-tilda's is starting next week. No idea who or when.

And congrats to Ava for being the first non-Caucasian/first Asian (I THINK) Matilda

Sophia is leaving at the end of next week (12/22) so I assume one will take over immediately after.

If someone is starting next week, I wonder if someone is leaving this weekend?

Oona's final show was last night.


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Any update on Milly Shapiro leaving?

Good Bye Oona..I wish you much luck in your future endeavors. Sophia I believe is next to leave...

All eight girls are now listed as "Matilda" at the official website. I guess that will change soon.

Updated On: 12/16/13 at 07:57 AM

Did the Loto in a spur of the moment, how was I to know that I would be watching a little girls Broadway Debut tonight. Tonight was Paige Brady's first show at the Shubert. She is a tiny little thing with a big voice. Her acting was pretty wooden but she will grow into the role.

Chris Hoch and Jill Paice are the show though, they are both giving wonderful performances right now. "My House" was I think the best number of the show tonight. What grates me is when there is a wonderful powerful song such as that and there is no button. It was missing the applause that it deserved.

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I heard from a cast member that the new Matilda's don't have accents, which is odd. But Paige didn't have an accent tonight, or was it just a weak one? Maybe the cast member just meant they won't have accents right off. I don't know why they wouldn't teach the new Matilda's the accent ...

I'm interested to hear the reports as I had heard from someone on the show - but didn't believe at the time - that the producers had decided initially that the new girls would have full-on American dialects and then halfway through rehearsals (!) decided that they should should sound mostly British but with some American sounds! My contact couldn't say/didn't know why the producers made the decision but did say that the company and crew thought the dialect person - the same one who worked with the original girls - had done a great job in "negotiating an impossible task" with the new girls.

It does sound like this is what it will be in terms of dialect. The question I have is why the change? I thought it worked great with the original girls being "British." It's a British story. Roald Dahl was and Dennis Kelly is British and Tim Minchin - an Australian - lives over there, at least for now. Will they send a tour out with completely American dialects and this is a try out?

Another question. E.Davies. Where were you sitting? I've heard that some on the sides of the orchestra and the balcony have problems with the sound balance/levels. I ask because that's often where lottery seats often are...

I've heard they are changing the accent slightly because the American audiences were having a lot of difficulty understanding the British accent during 2013.

From what I know, the dialect was actually changed to be more of an "American friendly" British accent so audiences can better understand the show - not because the New-tildas were unable pick up the accent.

Updated On: 12/21/13 at 11:56 PM