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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory captivates all ages with whimsical ... Factory gave extraordinary life to the award-winning original book. Oompa Loompas were abundantly present with their ...

Here Borle encourages us to loathe Wonka at our earliest convenience; and we know he's going to favor plucky poor-kid Charlie (Ryan Foust, alternating with two other boys).

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” features an original score composed by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (“Hairspray” and “Some Like It Hot”) and a book by ...