At this year’s Tony Awards, a show about a strange little girl with horrible parents was nominated for no fewer than twelve awards — practically every category that it was eligible for. Matilda is based on Roald Dahl’s novel, and set to music by the Australian songwriter and comedian Tim Minchin ...

Video: Tim Minchin performs "When I Grow Up"

He's a punky, eyeliner-wearing redhead who sings about racists and elitists. Breaking taboos is pretty much Tim Minchin's specialty. The comedian-singer-songwriter is already big in his native Australia and in the UK — his first US concert DVD, Ready for This, is just out. Minchin admits to Kurt Andersen ...

Videos: "Prejudice" and "F**k The Poor"

Tim Minchin closes the show with a Christmas song he wrote for his daughter. And although he’s got a bone to pick with the holiday (and the socio-religious-economic-political issues surrounding it), his carol is equal parts satire and heart ...

Video: “White Wine in the Sun”