Matilda the Musical

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musical theatre work stage musical

Matilda the Musical is a critically acclaimed stage musical, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, that adapts Roald Dahl’s children’s novel into a darkly comic story about an extraordinarily gifted girl standing up to oppressive adults.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Matilda the Musical (Broadway production) 2
Matilda the Musical (film adaptation) 1
Matilda the Musical on Broadway 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre work ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
awardReceived Olivier Award for Best New Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Matilda (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Roald Dahl NERFINISHED ⓘ
bookBy Dennis Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 2013-04-11 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Shubert Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Bruce Bogtrotter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lavender NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miss Honey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miss Trunchbull NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr Wormwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mrs Wormwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Tim Minchin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBroadwayProduction United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
family musical ⓘ
hasSong Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
I’m Here NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miracle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naughty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quiet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Revolting Children NERFINISHED ⓘ
School Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telly NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Smell of Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
This Little Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ
When I Grow Up NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Tim Minchin NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Matilda Wormwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor child performers in leading roles ⓘ
critical acclaim ⓘ
premiereDate 2010-11-09 ⓘ
premieredInCity Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ
premieredInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionType Broadway production ⓘ
West End production ⓘ
setting Crunchem Hall Primary School NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictional village in England ⓘ
subject gifted child ⓘ
oppressive adults ⓘ
transferredToTheatre Cambridge Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
westEndOpeningDate 2011-11-24 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milly Shapiro → appearedIn → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Tim Minchin → awardReceivedFor → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Roald Dahl → hasAdaptation → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Shubert Theatre (Broadway) → hasProduction → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Cambridge Theatre → notableProduction → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Oona Laurence → notableStageProduction → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matilda the Musical on Broadway
Amy Spanger → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Debra Hayward → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matilda the Musical (film adaptation)
Lashana Lynch → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Milly Shapiro → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Oona Laurence → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Richard H. Blake → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Tim Minchin → notableWork → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
Amy Spanger → performedIn → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matilda the Musical (Broadway production)
Richard H. Blake → performedIn → Matilda the Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matilda the Musical (Broadway production)