![]() "Review: 'Matilda' on Broadway at Shubert Theatre". ^ "Matilda the Musical Broadway Reviews - Report Card"."Matilda the Musical - Theater Profile and Schedule - New York Magazine". ^ a b Benedict, David (11 April 2013).^ Groves, Nancy Cain, Sian Minchin, Tim (16 July 2014)."When I Grow Up" and "Naughty" were performed in a medley at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2012. Entertainment Weekly named it "the second-act show-stopper", and said the song "takes a simple, round-like melody and artfully sketches a pint-size perspective on the supposedly absolute freedoms of adulthood". Time Out wrote "“When I Grow Up” is a particularly affecting, wistful number that captures kids aching for adulthood, blissfully ignorant of its pains and burdens.". Chicago Tribune said the song was the "most remarkable moment" of the show, "simple", and "gorgeous". New Jersey Newsroom described it as "jubilant". The New York Times noted many adults said they cried during this song, "the show’s most conventionally pretty number". The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Only the most chronic misanthrope could fail to get misty-eyed when these mistreated kids glide back and forth on long rope swings singing “When I Grow Up.” That song’s soul-stirring mix of yearning and escape encapsulates what makes Matilda such a joy." New York wrote "It must be a relief for the young actors - I know it is for the audience - when at the beginning of act two they get to sing a lovely, simple, Beatles-like tune called “When I Grow Up” while flying on rope swings high above the stage". ![]() Variety described the song as "the exuberant second act opener", yet noted "it’s impossible to miss the poignancy of inchoate feelings of loss and hope flooding beneath the surface". Grown-ups know that some burdens crush even the broadest shoulders, that there will always be some kind of monster to worry about, and that happy endings are at best only provisional." Critical reception The New York Times writes "Matilda’s schoolmates sing of a time when they’ll be strong enough to carry the burdens forced upon them and to flush out monsters from under the bed. New York Magazine notes that in the song, "they dream of being old enough to handle the burdens that life, with its rude sense of humor, has already given them". Even the adults feel they haven't yet grown up. The song "sees children and adults flying high on swings" as they explain when it will mean to grow up. 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. "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. Its music and lyrics were written by Tim Minchin. #Reubenjones #Whenigrowup #sonofasingersongwriterīANDCAMP MP3: smalltownjones.bandcamp." When I Grow Up" is a song from the musical Matilda. Dreaming big, it would be amazing if to see the 9 year old son of a Small Town songwriter get a song featuring in the charts for such a great cause!! Thanks so much for your support. Reuben and I really appreciate your support so please buy as many copies of the song as you can, stream it until you are sick of it but please spread the love. ![]() In all the time I’ve made music it’s always been an interesting and varied journey but making this with my son is next level stuff for me and its an understatement to say how proud I am of him. We also took the song out to play live locally wherever we could including a small local school assembly tour, local open mics and a special night at Saunton Road studios on Friday 20th October to celebrate its release. Incredibly, as a result of sending the song onto a few of my contacts at the BBC, Reuben and I were given the opportunity to play the song live on TV on the BBC Children in Need South West Regional show on November 17th!! So we set about making the song available to buy as an online download with all monies made going to aid the BBC children in need charity. He suggested that we somehow use it to raise money for children in need, which I thought this was a great idea. Once recorded I asked Reuben what he felt we should do next with the song. My son Reuben loves his music just about as much as his football and the simple idea of us writing a song together as a father/son summer holiday project turned out much better than we expected.Īs a result we decided to develop it further by spending a day with my friend Mike recording the track at his studio in Yarnscombe, Devon. ![]() What happened next has been a real unexpected set of events. During the summer holidays my 9 year old son Reuben suggested, for fun, that we try and write a song together.
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