tim minchin wrote the music for matilda the musical.
tim minchin wrote the music for matilda the musical.
who wrote the music for matilda the musical?
tim minchin
when i grow up (matilda)









































"when i grow up" is a song from the musical "matilda". its music and lyrics were written by tim minchin.









































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"when i grow up" was the first song that tim minchin wrote for "matilda", attempting to find a tone for the entire musical, drawing inspiration from his own child. he also drew inspiration from a childhood memory in which the adults on his grandfather's farm would fiddle with the padlock to a gate, whereas minchin went out of his way to hurdle the gate, promising to himself to never open the farm gate.









































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when i grow up (matilda)
in 2018, a small number of major regional theaters will be producing matilda. tuacahn amphitheatre in ivins, utah is producing "matilda" as part of its season, opening 9 june and closing in october 2018, with lydia ricks playing matilda and matt ban playing miss trunchbull. philadelphia's walnut street theatre produced "matilda" with performances beginning on 6 november 2018 for a total run of 2 months. matilda was played by jemma bleu greenbaum and ellie biron. village theatre, outside of seattle, washington, is producing "matilda", opening on 8 november 2018 for a three-month run. holly reichert and nava ruthfield will be playing matilda. the colorado springs fine arts center is producing "matilda" opening on 6 december and closing 6 jan. floyd central high school theatre arts in galena, indiana is producing ‘’matilda’’ opening on 2 november 2018 and closing on 11 november 2018. the musical ran at northern stage in white river junction, vermont november/december 2018. the fred kavli theatre in thousand oaks, california will be performing matilda in march 2019. the show played at jonesborough repertory theatre in april 2019, a regional premiere in tennessee's oldest town. the griffin theatre in st. georges delaware performed matilda in may 2019. the harwich junior theater of the cape cod theatre company performed matilda from june 27 - july 20, 2019 on cape cod. arizona theatre company produced matilda in july 2019. summer lyric theatre at tulane university presents matilda for five performances in new orleans august 1-4, a regional premiere. the western nevada musical theater company is producing matilda at the bob boldrick theater in carson city, nv 8-24 november 2019.
matilda the musical