When Matilda realizes her telekinetic powers at a young age, she uses them to teach a lesson to her cruel and selfish family and also saves her kind teacher from the evil grasp of her headmistress.

Mrs. Wormwood (Brigitte Losey, right) and her ballroom dance partner Rudolpho (Ian Catindig, left) proclaim the virtues of being “Loud” to Miss Honey (Madelyn Davis) in “Matilda the Musical” Courtesy ...

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. Whether she’s defying her philistine parents ...