I feel like this will play just like Cinderella/Annie. It'll bring in a large family audience wanting to see a familiar spectacle show and run for two years tops.
They'll make the necessary changed. Audiences, families, school groups, etc. will flock to see it, and about after a year or soon after the Tony Awards, buzz will die down.
From what I've seen of the London production, this looks like a bigger (and more expensive) show than either "Annie" or "Cinderella". They'd better be looking for more than two years if they want it to succeed (make money).
When I said like Annie/Cinderella, I meant in terms of it being very hyped with a great cast, but problems in the storyline that keep it from being a long lasting attraction.
To answer the poster agove with what would need to be changed, the answer is everything. Act one is a snooze fest, it takes for ever for anything to happen, and when it finally does it wasn't worth the wait. Act two feels rushed ( which was welcomed ) but the major problem is the show lacks magic, wonder and sadly any sort of joy.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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It was really just very repetitive, that's the best way to describe it. After a while you get very bored because nothing new and exciting is happening on stage.
Act 1: Song about the family being poor, giant Tv coming on to show kid winning ticket, song about that. Repeat
Act 2: Same painted drop comes down, small insignificant scene in front, drop goes up, some scene in the factory, song while loosing a child in the process. Repeat
I will say that the closings of both acts are very well done. When Wonka finally comes out at the end of 1 it's exciting... but then there's intermission to kill all of the energy.
I actually really enjoyed the end of act 2, when they sang pure imagination, charlie was drawing in the book and the glass elevator. This was the only part of the show that I actually felt was magical, the rest, bland and tasteless. Sorry to be so harsh, but this just has the potential to be such a great show, but unless it is majorly tweaked, I don't see it having a long and successful (if at all a) broadway run
I've been in two productions of Willy Wonka Jr and, although long, kids really enjoy the show and it is quite fun to perform. But if the Dahl estate has such a problem with the movie why were they okay with some of the movies songs being in this stage version?
Hopefully not the London incarnation as the score was the weakest link being unmemorable and disastrous ...it did not tunefully tell the story musically and basically not a good show it was boring!
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I highly doubt it would transfer unless they did a MASSIVE overhaul with the show. I don't think Warner Bros was too pleased with the response from London.
Anyone have updates regarding a transfer? I was in London last week, and saw the matinee on Wednesday. During the last song in Act 1 there was a power outage due to a fire in the area, so the show could not go on. Really want to see it when (if) it comes to Broadway.
Agreed. Was an awful show. I stayed through till the end by holding onto my seat, and taking my shoes off to prevent myself from inadvertently leaving.
That's such an odd place to make an announcement about something that big. You would think it would have its own article.
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