The odd little girl at the center of the spiky and lavishly inventive new Broadway show "Matilda" learns her ABC's early. By age 5, she's mastered reading and devoured classics like "Jane Eyre" and "Crime and Punishment." She's also sussed out the harsh truth of hard-knock lives: Fend for yourself.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:45PM on April 11, 2013