CRESTVIEW — Chocolate, golden tickets and the world-famous candy man, Willy Wonka, are coming to the Florida Chautauqua stage this week.
Performances of "Willy Wonka" are 7 p.m. May 8 and 9, and 2:30 p.m. May 10 at the theater, 840 Baldwin Ave., DeFuniak Springs.
Tickets cost $15 per adult and $22 per student age 22 and younger. Call 892-9494 or email info@fcweb.org to reserve seats.
“Willy Wonka” tells the story of an eccentric candy manufacturer and his quest to find an heir. He stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his candy bars. Whoever finds a ticket wins a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate.
Four of the five winning children are brats with equally insufferable parents: the fifth is a likeable lad named Charlie Bucket, who tours the company with his grandfather.
The children must learn to follow Wonka's rules in the factory, or suffer the consequences.
The Florida Chautauqua version of the play, based on Roald Dahl's story, features “The Candy Man” and the other songs from the 1971 film, along with new songs by Leslie Bricusse ("Jekyll & Hyde," "Doctor Doolittle") and Anthony Newley.
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