“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” — an unwieldy title but a better one, surely, than “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: The Movie” — is an enjoyably bright and chipper adaptation of a moving, ...

“Matilda: The Musical” is as charming and precocious as its heroine, with clever musical numbers, a fantastic child (and adult) cast, ingenious choreography and darkly caricaturized adult characters.

Whenever he stages a show for Rise Above Performing Arts with many young characters, Artistic Director Jacob Ruscoe knows he will see a lot of people sign up for auditions, but even he was surprised ...