I have NO idea what the creative team was going for with this one, but good god almighty, this is a disaster of a show. Everything about this show is strikingly bad - especially the writing. The cast does their best with some extremely lousy material, but it isn’t enough to salvage this mess. There is no way in hell this will transfer to Broadway, so if you’re interested, see this now before it closes in a couple weeks, but I don’t recommend wasting your time.
angoradebs said: "While I know the staging might change for the tour, can anyone tell me if sitting house left or house right is better for this show? My local venue offers partial view orchestra seats on the side that are 50% cheaper than full view orchestra seats.I wasn't impressed with the score for this one, and wasn't planning on seeing it, but I'm thinking about grabbing one of the partial view seats. Just wondering if there's anything in the set design or stagi
The only thing he has produced that has been of any remote quality was Spring Awakening. I have found all of his other productions to be gimmick filled and self indulgent. I am not a fan of him or the work he produces.
ChairinMain said: "All they need to do is put in a scene at the end, like in the original book, where the kids are shown to be fine. Altered, but alive.Or even just have Wonka say outrightthat there's a way to restore them, the way he does in the movie. The fact that the musical just kind of outright kills the kids, as opposed to punishing them and their parents but leaving them alive, is the worst thing about it."
There were MANY horrifying things about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway. The children's deaths ranks among one of the most horrifying though. I REALLY hope that they are reworking the show for the tour, because the Broadway production was a complete misfire in every single aspect.
I left this at intermission, and even that was not soon enough. This was shockingly awful. Not even in a "so bad it's funny" kind of awful. This was just plain atrocious.
