Miss Honey confided in Matilda with the story of her harsh upbringing. She lost her mother when she was two, her father had his wife’s stepsister live with them to keep things in order, and then he ...

Mexican stage and screen actor Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin, Chicago) will portray the villainous Miss Trunchbull in MATILDA The Musical, which will open in Mexico City at Centro Cultural Teatro 1 for ...

Steiger played Matilda's classmate, Amanda Thripp, who gets thrown by Miss Trunchbull in what's called the "pigtail hammer throw" The 1996 film's moment was discussed just over a year later, when ...

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Bertie Carvel was nominated but did not win. 2013 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Bertie Carvel was nominated but did not win. 2013 ...

Among the most popular children’s stories since its 1988 publication, Roald Dahl’s novel “Matilda” was adapted into a stage musical by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin. It launched to great acclaim in ...

Weir, a one-girl talent explosion, knocks it out of the park. Thumbs are up everywhere for the screen transfer of the smash 2013 Broadway take on Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel about a little girl who learns ...

It’s been said that the curmudgeonly British novelist Roald Dahl didn’t write down to kids. The resourceful young characters in his dark and often macabre children’s books endure cruelty from adults ...

“My Mummy says I’m a miracle!” sings the first child to appear onstage, in the opening number of Matilda: The Musical. He’s quickly joined by more kids, all singing about how their parents treat them ...