Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12, and Broadway.com editors wanted to do something special for all the wonderful and hard-working moms who changed our diapers, read us bedtime stories and picked us up from drama club rehearsal. So, we asked Matilda scene-stealer Lesli Margherita, who plays Broadway’s most ridiculous and outrageous mother, Mrs. Wormwood, to reflect on ...

Nominations have been announced for the 31st annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film. The ceremony will be held June 3 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University. This year the awards will honor dance legend Marge Champion with its Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement ...

In the final episode of Making Matilda, the musical's grown-up stars Bertie Carvel, Lauren Ward, Gabriel Ebert, Lesli Margherita and Karen Aldridge share why Matilda's emotional journey teaches us all that we can change our destiny.

The last Broadway show of the 2012-13 season opened this week, which means that the upcoming madness of the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards (and something called the Tonys) is soon upon us! But before awards season takes over, we’re looking back at the past seven days and giving you our favorite lessons learned from the week that was ...

Lesli Margherita, who plays “fantastically nice” momma Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda, gives Broadway.com a tour of her backstage digs, including a giant pink bean bag for naps, a golden shoe and more silly surprises.

Roald Dahl's classic children's story Matilda has been transformed into a marvelous musical extravaganza! Matilda has officially arrived on Broadway in an imaginative production directed by Tony winner Matthew Warchus. The show stars Bertie Carvel as the malevolent Miss Trunchbull, Lauren Ward as the sweet Miss Honey, Gabriel Ebert and Lesli Margherita as the madcap Mr. and Mrs ...

It's time to answer all the questions, fight all the creatures and get a little bit naughty! The Broadway musical Matilda, starring Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull and four young performers (Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro) sharing the title role, officially opens at the Shubert Theatre on April 11.

Matilda is the story of an ...

Lauren Ward, Lesli Margherita, Gabriel Ebert, Karen Aldridge and more have joined the cast of the Broadway premiere of Matilda. The musical will begin previews March 4, 2013, at the Shubert Theatre. Opening night is set for April 11. 

Ward, who appeared in the show's West End production, will reprise her role as Miss Honey. Margherita will portray Miss ...