Looks Not Books: Backstage at "Matilda" with Lesli Margherita, Episode 2: Maggot Boogaloo!

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In the second episode of her backstage vlog, Lesli Margherita brings viewers to Sardi's to hang up her own special portrait, peeks inside the "Matilda" boys' dressing room and sits down with exiting maggots Samantha Sturm and Ryan Steele.

[@Horsesarethebest888]

Reaction to the Newsies boys = spot on. Love those boys!

[@georgevalentine5211]

Kjkm,

[@fiddler_stickss]

Yeah... I literally squeal whenever I see them anywhere in videos lol

[@estherrosi-kessel5192]

2:40 THAYNE WAS IN THIS WHATTTTT OMG I LOVE THAYE I’M FREAKING OUT

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

When my musical theatre class went to New York for a trip, we got to have a class with Clay Thomson where he taught us the Revolting Children dance from the show ❤ He was such a sweetie and a great teacher! Afterwards we saw Matilda anD I GOT TO MEET QUEEN LESLI AND GET HER AUTOGRAPH IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY TRIP

[@PFProdutions]

u meme....... what r u doing here

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

SHITT iNG RN

[@PFProdutions]

SAME HONETSKY

[@oohihavecookies9377]

The boys have the Hogwarts houses written on their mirror!! 4:02

[@musicalloveification]

Gabe-Mr Wormwood seems like such a funny and mellow person.

[@BottleConcreteBlond]

Lesli should have some kind of surrealist variety show.

[@ella9120]

I am sick at home with covid instead of visiting my grandparent this vlog is the only reason I'm surviving is this vlog so thank you queen Leslie! third time rewatching it

[@TheKPVang]

Thayne, is the story of my life, I sat in the dressing rooms while reading Wicked during one of my shows to lol.

[@catgiorgetti]

Newsies reaction is so accurate it's not even funny

[@ellenstokes3830]

This is one of the best and funniest things I've ever seen!

[@IWillBeHers]

Jennifer is such a lovely woman. She was the Acrobat when I saw the show and I got to meet her at stagedoor.

[@ameliafinis387]

Did you plan that Smell of Rebellion timing at 7:55?

[@waiting4smile]

So coooool Ryan Steele！！

[@jejecutie1]

Oh my gosh I literally did that Newsies scream a minute before she said it when I saw them haha

[@fiddler_stickss]

Me too lol

[@FD_OwenW]

i'm sorry but the timing of the intro of Smell Of Rebellion and ''Everything else other than MEEEE'' 7:49 is just immaculate 🤣

[@tatianamarina95]

This needs to be longer than eight episodes. These are hilarious!

[@PianoDisneygal10]

You got your wish.

[@hungergameslover5542]

Just saw Gabe in the heart of Robin Hood! He was SOOO GOOD

[@rosiecarlisle88]

Hahaha, that eye twitch!

[@jennyparks365]

Fame (the song that was playing when the cast was being introduced) was my jazz dance from a last summer of 2014.

[@themumbler11684]

Omg the Edward thing is the best part

[@Aandeel]

2020 anyone? - and i lvoe matilday so much - this is the 5th year in a row I've watched this series with lesli

[@tappyfeet139]

yessss

[@isabelladippel9649]

Screaming about newsies is the world’s biggest mood

[@rubyg8863]

O K A Y I'm in a production of Matilda and we gave you a gay miracle!!!!!I play a mom/older kid/Sergei and we didn't have enough fathers so now we have 3 gay couples,one is me and my bff.Also,for Sergei,I'm shipped with the wormwood(that stupid man)And backstage we always act like a married couple.And my director gave me this character development"Act super flamboyant,but also terrifying and like you could snap someone's neck" If anyone from the OBC,Tour,or west end saw this,I would freak out

[@catherinedunn4328]

the guy who plays mr wormwood ON THE WEST END came to MY DANCE STUDIO and taught us the revolting children dance and gave us advice on how to be great and not nervous and because of him next year I'm auditioning for Matilda :D

[@bloopitymoopmooo7613]

I thought you were in Matilda? You commented on something a month ago saying you were a classmate

[@rafalpyka2883]

weirdly enough i saw that too! hahahah

[@verityeilishoconnell]

+BloopityMoop Mooo that was my cousin xD I will audition next year 😌

[@Jswift13]

How did it go

[@expertonmyself]

i don't know which was funnier, the ll cool gabe bit or interview with the vampire! hilarious!

[@gracecurley6197]

Saw the show yesterday. It was amazing!

[@missprettyoptimistic]

I think that Newsies reaction is pretty accurate

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

*squuuueeeeeeeeeeeeee* Someone in the cast went to TCU! Go FROGS!

[@armaniveguilla5827]

I wish you had your own show

[@humoroushannah]

Lol I love Lesli's vlogs!!!

[@maddieulevich7561]

the song from the end of fame made this video for me.

[@kellimelanson6709]

That is so me when I see newsies I freak out and have a mini siezre/spazz attack XD BTW I

[@MayonnaiseJane]

I feel like there's a story about the Philip Only zone that needs to be told...

[@sydncharjules6527]

Why does Ryan always leave so early into shows? And then I see it long after he leaves. NOT FAIR!

[@izzysala1744]

He was actually in the show when I saw it three weeks ago.

[@KACDWFCD]

♡QUEEN♡LESLIE♡4EVER♡

[@SuperJNG18]

Would that Thayne be the same Thayne who'd later heed not the rabble who scream revolution? Or are there more Thaynes than I thought on Broadway?

[@livinginrevoltingtimes2289]

SuperJNG18 if your talking about Thayne Jasperson then yes he's been in many musicals such as Matilda, Newsies and Hamilton :D I hope this helps

[@poisonghoul]

i love your comment and yes

[@leahwhereuat8156]

sam and ryan obviously liked eachother you know what i mean ;)

[@laracromwell5298]

Ryan is gay...

[@chiaraholton1]

Ryan steele!!!!!

[@ellayard1642]

I was in Matilda the musical in the west end

[@Jswift13]

Who were you

[@taylorwelch444]

@@Jswift13 Ella was Lavender Matilda's best friend in the west end production

[@victorajoliveira]

Philip is just gorgeous!! :3

[@estherrosi-kessel5192]

She kinda reminds me a little of Liza Koshy and I love it 😂

[@maggiepeterson7915]

OMG YESSS

[@abbyphillips7750]

yay!!!

[@mellifluous5264]

COOOOOOTTTEEEERRRR

[@alexstafford1196]

God I love gabe so much

[@ellie6475]

I want to be Lesli when I grow up

[@littlehaymes631]

Phillip looked a bit like Zachary Levi...anyone agree?

[@JD-ht7yw]

Thayne has come so far

[@lightninglarrylucian0]

Did she just call out the newsies fandom lmfaoooo

[@danielcabrera9993]

My reaction is the same as queen Leslie's at 4:43

[@georgechlada4868]

Is that Bertie carvel?

[@izzyl590]

ayyyyy go frogs!!!

[@maddy1847_fly]

Ok, but she is soo lucky her mic is attached to her wig. Because I had to wear a mic, and the mic runs behind our ear and to our cheek, and they use heavy duty mic tape, so trying to get that piece of $h!t off HURTS LIKE HELL!!

[@ralphmyhippie]

Whoo TCU!

[@PianoDisneygal10]

Who is voicing Edward?

[@kcorona7715]

I think it's Gabe

[@maddy1847_fly]

Its probably lesli with a voice changer app

[@smondello]

Gabe looks like Harry Chapin.

[@ashahouston7949]

What about the kids

[@mxdelinerose]

I'm so sad that Ryan left :(

[@PandDaBaby]

Newsies is Broadway's boy and

[@kathleenjohnson9844]

Does anyone know how they wear their head microphones without wigs??

[@OddlyMaison]

Kathleen Johnson Same way, I believe! Through their real hair!

[@tinamartin675]

@Maison but how does the microphone stay in their hair, is it clipped?

[@OddlyMaison]

Tina Martin They bobbypin the wire to their hair!

[@kathleenjohnson9844]

+Maison oh alright. So do they tape the part of the microphone that comes out of their hair to their forehead?

[@OddlyMaison]

Kathleen Johnson yes! typically the mic pack is somewhere on their back, and the wire goes up their neck and onto their forehead! mic tape on the forehead and neck (which is painful and awful actually) Sometimes it's different if the show calls for a lot of physicality!

[@jfaircloth76]

Do you mean other people?

[@georgevalentine5211]

Frozen seven m

[@angie.9098]

Ryu lollipop 0ⁿ

[@ellayard1642]

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