At the center is Iris Manter as Matilda, a sweet young heroine with a gift for storytelling and a healthy disdain for injustice. Manter carries the show with poise, humor, and just the right flicker ...

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 ...

Maeve McGuire plays the title character in Kent State University at Trumbull Summer Stock’s production of “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical,” which opens today for an eight-performance run. Melanie ...

A musical about a gifted young girl facing adversity, community theater achievements, Shakespeare in the Park and a thought-provoking exhibition are key in arts news across the Dayton region this week ...