Photos: ‘Matilda the Musical’

A love of reading makes all the difference for Matilda, adorably played by Mabel Tyler, one of three actors who alternate the title role in the musical now at the Ahmanson Theatre.

Evan Gray, top center, and Mabel Tyler, seated, are part of the precocious cast of the touring production of “Matilda the Musical,” now at the Ahmanson.

The cast of “Matilda the Musical.”

Bryce Ryness is Miss Trunchbull in “Matilda the Musical.”

The cast of “Matilda the Musical.”