Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Broadway

I just re-watched the bottom video and realised the number plate for the car is CNDY-MN (hinting that "The Candy Man" may be used as well), and the Oompa-Loompa arm that opens the car door looks more like the film's costume (Orange face, green hair and brown with white overalls) than any of the current London ones. Suppose they must really be using the 1971 film as a source. Maybe Shaiman and Whitman will adapt some of the Bricusse/Newley like Stiles and Drewe did with Mary Poppins (change lyrics and/or add verses with new melodies etc.) as well as keeping in some of the current songs.

It really does sound like a repeat of Mackintosh convincing PL Travers that the Disney songs would be needed to make the Mary Poppins show work, just as Dahl hated the 1971 movie and now the producers must be convincing the Dahl estate that those songs would also be needed to make Charlie work properly.

So one of the biggest changes has been announced for Broadway, the children, other than Charlie, will be played by adults!

www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Who-Will-Get-Christian-Borles-Golden-Tickets-Full-Cast-Announced-for-CHARLIE-AND-THE-CHOCOLATE-FACTORY-20161219

I don't know what to say to that...

In a fringe production yes, but a multi million dollar musical that's expecting people to pay around $200 dollars a seat

The new production heading to Broadway is the version that is scheduled to tour the UK in a few years time, so will be interesting to see how it turns out.

It won't happen by a mile as she is too good for this show, by a landslide... but imagine a Jennifer Hudson version of Violet.

Adults play kids in Blood Brothers and it works brilliantly.

Thing is - it needs to be spread out across every role.

I saw Charlie once a few years ago and I was 6/10 with so many missing opportunities, bad score, lacked magic, odd book, first half too grey, no sub text about Slugworth (I forget his name) and the chocolate river disappointing.

Broadway needs the show in a completely new form - including Candy Man, Cheer Up Charlie etc.

If anyone can solve it it's the Americans! Good luck to them.

This is what I was going to post! How stupid will it look with Charlie as a kid then all the other children played by adults?! Also will look stupid how the "children" will go to the factory with their 'parents' but the parents are gonna look similar ages to the "children".

When Matilda went to Broadway, the children were still played by children so not sure why they can't do the same for this. Roald Dahl wrote it with children so they should keep it the same. Maybe it's because it's a new director?

Some adults played kids in Whistle Down The Wind. It worked well.

I don't know why, of all the posts you could of quoted in your somewhat patronising response, you chose mine, one that is finding reason to the casting rather than critisising it. I am completely game for seeing how this turns out!

... me not being one of them, hence the asking of why you directed it toward me. 

But, moving on, I am intrigued to see how it works so will wait with baited breath.

A friend in the States tells me - "the children will be played by older teens so it does not cause any problems with the hours of younger performers in the US". May be wrong but who knows what they will end up doing? Mr Barnaby could be right.

I really love Jackie Hoffman too... but the Mrs. Tevee portrayal in London is easily, in my opinion, the best part of the whole show! I have a feeling it is going to be vastly different with La Hoffman at the helm but hopefully some of that comedy value from the London portrayal isn't lost.