The Fendig Theatre for Children will perform “Matilda: The Musical” next week at the Rensselaer Central High School ...

Carrie and Matilda are both famous and beloved films in their own right. Carrie is a staple in the horror genre and continues ...

In 1996’s Matilda, as well as in the novel and the musical, Matilda’s main power is telekinesis.Her powers first materialize when she becomes angered at the injustice of Miss Trunchbull’s ...

Now on Netflix, "Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical" is just the blast of wicked fun we need right now to see out the old year and welcome in the new. She’s no ordinary child this Matilda Wormwood.

In both the book and the movie, Matilda uses her telekinesis to manipulate a piece of chalk, writing on the blackboard, and threatening Miss Trunchbull by pretending to be the ghost of Magnus Honey.

It isn’t Matilda’s absurdly lousy parents. It isn’t even the girl’s telekinesis. What makes “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” hard to buy into — at least for an adult largely ...

Before Harry Potter rocked the world with his lightning-bolt scar, there was Roald Dahl’s Matilda, a put-upon child with an uncanny intellect—and the power of telekinesis. Matilda the Musical, which ...

When Eliza Durney, 10, and Bridget Greenwood, 10, are in their regular classroom settings, they normally wouldn’t confront a mean teacher. But as the alternating leads for the role of Matilda in Nolte ...

For nearly 40 years Matilda Wormwood has taught children to stand up for themselves and what’s right with a little bit of magic and a whole lot of humor.

The family film "Matilda" debuted in theaters in 1996. Mara Wilson, who played Matilda, now lends her voice to animated characters. Though actors like Danny DeVito are still working today, some ...