Carver commands the stage and smacks a never-ending smile on your face. What a joy! CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY should work, but ultimately doesn’t.

The book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was released in 1964. This book about a chocolate maker named Willy Wonka, who invites a group of children to his mysterious factory, was made into a ...

Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is the second and the best adaptation, which stars Johnny Depp as Wonka. Burton’s unique style fit perfectly with the odd story. His version focuses ...

James Fox in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' ; James Fox attends a screening of 'A Long Way From Home' at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival at Savoy on Feb. 15, 2014.

It’s a Fox Valley eye-popper with Gobstoppers! All that said, the issues with “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” as a musical abide. It’s a chilly show and remains so in Aurora.

Meena Sood (left) plays Charlie Bucket and Stephen Schellhardt is Willy Wonka in Paramount Theatre's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," running Nov. 8-Jan. 14, 2024.

Two-time Tony winner Christian Borle plays Willy Wonka in this new musical based on the Roald Dahl novel, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' with a score by the 'Hairspray' team incorporating ...

The touring company of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' the Broadway show based on Roald Dahl's classic novel, arrives in Hollywood with strong leads and colorful design, geared for kids and ...

And so, in this very busy Broadway season, arrives the splashy new musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (who ...

Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie has a lot going for it. It's got Johnny Depp doing an eccentric yet endearing riff on Michael Jackson as the crazy chocolatier Willy Wonka.

The chapter describes the Vanilla Fudge Room, an extra room in the chocolate factory. In it, Charlie Bucket goes to the factory with his mother – not his grandfather. The book turns 50 this month.

Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) lives near the giant and mystical Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, where Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) once worked, but also which no one has seen the inside ...