{"id":57397,"date":"2026-06-02T13:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=57397"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:14:02","slug":"with-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-musical-hong-kong-in-for-a-sweet-treat-say-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=57397","title":{"rendered":"With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical, Hong Kong in for a sweet treat, say stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Pure imagination will take hold in Hong Kong this November as the Broadway musical <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> makes its debut in the city. The recent announcement, made at Felix on the 28th floor of The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, was met with considerable buzz.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Two cast members sat down with the South China Morning Post to discuss the challenges of bringing Roald Dahl\u2019s beloved story to life on stage, the pressure of following Hollywood talent such as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Gene Wilder<\/span> \u2013 who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 movie adaptation <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/span> \u2013 and why Hong Kong audiences are in for a surprising, chocolate-filled treat.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For those unfamiliar with Dahl\u2019s 1964 bestselling novel, the story revolves around Charlie Bucket, who lives in poverty and starvation near Willy Wonka\u2019s mysterious confectionery factory. When Wonka hides five golden tickets in chocolate bars for a secret tour, Charlie miraculously finds the last one.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Alongside four horribly spoiled children, Charlie enters a surreal wonderland of chocolate rivers and singing Oompa-Loompas. Led by the eccentric Wonka, the tour becomes a test of character. One by one, the greedy children succumb to their vices, meeting bizarre, comically cruel fates. Only the polite, patient Charlie survives the tour unscathed, winning the ultimate prize and a future beyond his family\u2019s wildest dreams.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The novel has since sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into dozens of languages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical.\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/01\/2d3e82e9-4849-49fa-a39f-b8bcb1c9e8e9_5c0c5136.jpg\" title=\"A scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical.\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">A scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Playing the enigmatic Wonka for the show\u2019s Asia run is Daniel Plimpton, a New York native and veteran theatre actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3355528\/charlie-and-chocolate-factory-musical-hong-kong-sweet-treat-say-stars?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pure imagination will take hold in Hong Kong this November as the Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory makes its debut in the city&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[13487,721,6346,3569,5231,2891,4424,3733,1367],"class_list":["post-57397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-charlie","tag-chocolate","tag-factory","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-musical","tag-stars","tag-sweet","tag-treat","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}