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| National Tour of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Announces Full Tour Dates and Cities | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:36 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| Full dates and cities announced for North American Tour of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory FULL DATES AND CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate factory Wonka IS HEADING ACROSS the imagi-nation! The producers of Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY are pleased to announce full dates and cities for the upcoming North American tour. This spectacular production will launch at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY, before bringing Wonka's world of pure imagination to previously announced engagements in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and more. Casting will be announced at a later date. Complete 2018-19 Tour Itinerary: Buffalo, NY Shea's PAC 09/21/18 - 09/29/18 Chicago, IL Oriental Theatre 10/02/18 - 10/21/18 Cincinnati, OH Proctor & Gamble Hall 10/23/18 - 11/04/18 Philadelphia, PA Kimmel Center 11/06/18 - 11/18/18 Toronto, Canada Princess of Wales Theatre 11/20/18 - 01/06/19 Boston, MA Boston Opera House 01/08/19 - 01/20/19 Baltimore, MD France-Merrick PAC 01/22/19 - 01/27/19 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center 01/29/19 - 02/03/19 Providence, RI Providence PAC 02/05/19 - 02/10/19 Durham, NC Durham PAC 02/12/19 - 02/17/19 Hartford, CT Bushnell PAC 02/19/19 - 02/24/19 Schenectady, NY Proctors Theatre 02/26/19 - 03/03/19 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre 03/06/19 - 03/17/19 Toledo, OH Stranahan Theatre 03/19/19 - 03/24/19 Los Angeles, CA Pantages Theatre 03/27/19 - 04/14/19 San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Theatre 04/16/19 - 05/12/19 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre 05/14/19 - 05/19/19 Costa Mesa, CA Segerstrom Center for the Arts 05/28/19 - 06/09/19 Tempe, AZ Gammage Auditorium 06/11/19 - 06/16/19 Las Vegas, NV Smith Center for the Performing Arts 06/18/19 - 06/30/19 Denver, CO Denver Performing Arts Complex 07/09/19 - 07/28/19 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre 07/31/19 - 08/11/19 Portland, OR Portland Center for the Performing Arts 08/13/19 - 08/18/19 Dallas, TX AT&T Performing Arts Center 08/22/19 - 09/01/19 Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY tells the story of Willy Wonka, world famous inventor of the Everlasting Gobstopper, who has just made an astonishing announcement. His marvelous-and mysterious-factory is opening its gates...to a lucky few. That includes young Charlie Bucket, whose life definitely needs sweetening. He and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a mesmerizing, life-changing journey through Wonka's world of pure imagination. Get ready for Oompa-Loompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper! With direction by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O'Brien, Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORYfeatures music by Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony Award® winner Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Grammy® and Tony Award® winners Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, a book by Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum theatre David Greig, choreography by Tony Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Joshua Bergasse and includes additional songs by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley from the 1971 Warner Bros. motion picture. Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY features scenic and costume design by five-time Tony Award® nominee Mark Thompson, lighting design by four-time Tony Award® nominee Japhy Weideman, sound design by Andrew Keister, projection design by Jeff Sugg, puppet and illusion design by Obie and Drama Desk Award winner Basil Twist, orchestrations by three-time Tony Award® winner Doug Besterman and music supervision by Nicholas Skilbeck. Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Mark Kaufman), Langley Park Productions (Kevin McCormick) and Neal Street Productions (Sam Mendes, Caro Newling). For more information, visit: www.charlieonbroadway.com ABOUT ROALD DAHL AND HIS LEGACY Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No.1 storyteller. Sitting in a hut at the bottom of his garden, surrounded by odd bits and pieces such as a suitcase (used as a footrest), his own hipbone (which he'd had replaced) and a heavy ball of metal foil (made from years' worth of chocolate wrappers), he went on to write some of the world's best-loved children's stories. His first children's story, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961, was a hit and every subsequent book became a best-seller. Today, his stories are available in 58 languages and, by a conservative estimate, he has sold more than 250 million books. Many of these stories have also been adapted for stage and screen, including the 1971 film classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wes Anderson's acclaimed Fantastic Mr Fox, the multi-award winning Matilda The Musical from the RSC with music by Tim Minchin, and Steven Spielberg's blockbuster The BFG. The latest adaptation is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical which opened on Broadway in April 2017 following three Golden years on London's West End. |
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| why and HOW are they calling this "Roald Dahl's" ?? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:30 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: National Tour of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Announces Full Tour Dates and Cities - Official_Press_Release 08:36 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| First of all, if they really think adding his name to the title will help it sell tickets beyond the recognition of the actual title, I think they're mistaken. If people don't know what Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is, they almost definitely don't know who Roald Dahl is or care that he is the author. Second, and more importantly, Roald Dahl is NOT the author of this musical. This is absolutely NOT "Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"... it is Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and David Greig's musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"... to put Dahl's name on it is not only ridiculous but inaccurate. It's almost as silly as crediting T.S. Eliot for the book of Cats (and nominating him very posthumously for a Tony for his book writing work). I'm curious why they bothered doing this, and moreso why/how it's allowed. |
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| re: why and HOW are they calling this "Roald Dahl's" ?? | |
| Posted by: dlevy 01:32 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: why and HOW are they calling this "Roald Dahl's" ?? - Chazwaza 12:30 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| Well, that's what it was called on Broadway, according to the giant billboard over Times Sq that hasn't been taken down. Most likely, that was part of the licensing deal with the Dahl estate, helping to extend their brand. |
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| re: why and HOW are they calling this "Roald Dahl's" ?? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:09 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: why and HOW are they calling this "Roald Dahl's" ?? - dlevy 01:32 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| That licensing deal sounds logical and understandable... I was working off the assumption that the Dahl estate would NOT necessarily want it assumed that Dahl had anything to do with what the musical became (because he both literally didn't, besides having written the book it's based on... they don't call it "E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime the musical" after all, and nor should they ... and because it isn't good at all). | |
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