![]() ![]() ![]() McDonald said "Our challenge was to create a live theatrical musical event that satisfied your expectations of the book and the film – but hopefully gave you another experience also." They used music that Bricusse and his former musical collaborator Newley, who had died in 1999, had created for the 1971 movie, and Bricusse also wrote new songs with a "retro-sounding" style that matched the earlier music. The musical was commissioned by Music Theatre International, and is licensed by them for performance by amateur theatre groups.Īfter getting approval from the Dahl estate, McDonald and Bricusse worked together on the musical. Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is a musical with a book by Tim McDonald and Leslie Bricusse and music by Bricusse and Anthony Newley based on Roald Dahl's 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its 1971 movie adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ![]()
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