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Willy Wonka may star in stage musical

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Willy Wonka could soon be kicking up his heels. Warner Bros. is developing a stage musical based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the children's classic that it bought to the big screen four years ago. The idea is to take the candy-colored set pieces -- seen most elaborately in the effects of Tim Burton's 2005 picture -- and translate them to the stage, while also transferring musical elements that animated the film along with new numbers. Sam Mendes, an English theater veteran who went on to bring "American Beauty" and "Revolutionary Road" to the big screen, will produce ... Read Full Story

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Books on Screen: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Reading around the suggestions that people made for Children's Classics Chapter books this week has just made me smile. Each post I read either uncovers a memory from my own reading childhood, or Amanda's or has given me a great new book to add to "the list". One author that appeared more than once was Roald Dahl. It reminded me that I don't think I've ever read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . So when I took the kids to the library yesterday, I checked it out — for myself. I was of course familiar with the movie–the 1971 version featuring Gene Wilder, which ... Read Full Story

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Where Are You Willy Wonka?

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Did we just fall asleep and dream of a world somewhere in between Alice In Wonderland and Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory ? In the City of Lights there's this week where chocolate makers indulge in a world of fantasy called Salon du Chocolat. More than 400 exhibitors display their latest and greatest in delicious developments to the public during the course of the five day event. How much nibbling do you think goes on during this show? Tagged with: alice in wonderland • chocolate makers • willy wonka and the chocolate • willy wonka and the chocolate factory • wonka ... Read Full Story

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Kate Perry Has a Willy Wonka Birthday

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Best birthday party ever? Twenty-five is a pretty big birthday year and Katy Perry certainly did it up right. She threw a big Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed party with lots of candy, brightly colored paint, and a food fight. Read Full Story

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Willy Wonka Hates Sinners

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Welcome to The Neave, an online publication with content updated daily. Our purpose is to inform and entertain, with strong opinions. Our goal is to provide a platform for talented writers to gain deserved exposure. Feel free to browse our twelve categories. The Neave is your new addiction. kiss & tell InSeam the sonorus lafemme the telly Featured Articles coffeebreak Short Stack fin the medium The Shwag May 31st 2009 Of course, I am talking about the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. As far as I’m concerned, it is the ONLY version. I love you Johnny Depp, but that remake ... Read Full Story

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Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009 winners announced

The winners of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009 are:For children aged six and under, the winning book was Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd (Orchard Books)For children aged seven to fourteen, the winning book was Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Jim Paillot (Faber and Faber)

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A quick look at what's going on in our region:'Willy Wonka' will beon stage in PullmanThe stage production of "Willy Wonka" will be at 7:30 TONIGHT and Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N. Grand Ave., Pullman. Band Finn Rigginsto play in Moscow tonightThe band Finn Riggins will perform at 10 [...]

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Advance tickets available for 'Willy Wonka Junior'

"Willy Wonka Junior," a musical, will be brought to the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan by Poplar Road Elementary School this Friday. Music teacher Brenda Naughton will be directing all the school's 80 fifth-graders as they work together to produce their vivid version of "Willy Wonka Junior."

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Post-Modernism rules at Roald Dahl awards for funny children’s stories

There is Tristram Shandy, there is Gravity’s Rainbow, there is Slaughterhouse Five. To this list of Post-Modern works we can now add Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, in which the author pauses for several pages to have a bath, and Mr Pusskins Best in Show, by Sam Lloyd, about a cat who wins a talent show.

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Roald Dahl funny prize goes to 'disgusting and horrible' tale

Philip Ardagh's Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky takes award designed to put the fun back into readingA "disgusting and horrible" story of a smelly man in an oddball town, Philip Ardagh's Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, has won the Roald Dahl funny prize.It is one of the three Grubtown books he has published this year, which introduce younger readers to a cast of fantastically named characters, including...

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