A team of leading film, television and stage songwriters have joined forces to create a satirical musical inspired by Willy Wonka’s recent ill-fated fiasco in Glasgow, Scotland that has become a social media phenomenon.
Produced by Kraft-Engel Productions, WillyFest – Musical parody It is scheduled to premiere in late 2024.
The creative team behind this satirical musical consists of Emmy-nominated Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel & Oates). Another period(Emmy Award Winners Tova Litvin and Doug Rockwell)High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Julie and the Phantoms) Broadway songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Winner First Date, Once Upon a Time on ABC) and TikTok songwriter Daniel Mertzloft (Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Angry Monkey: The Musical).
“From Broadway to street corner pop-ups, audiences have become obsessed with immersive experiences that enable them to be part of the story,” a statement from songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner said. “But it takes a special kind of magic to destroy children and adults alike – and it seems the only way to find meaning in this chocolate-free disaster…is to sing about it.”
“While it’s very common to have writers’ rooms in television, taking this approach with theatrical songwriters is somewhat unique and likely to yield satirical and unexpected results,” said producer Richard Kraft of Kraft-Engel Productions. amazing”.Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in concert at the Hollywood BowlABC The Little Mermaid Live) from the creative team behind the new satirical musical. “If Ed Wood and P. T. Barnum got into ‘environmental experiments’ fueled by a million dreams and zero dollars, it might turn out like this. And while most people see only the wreckage of a disaster of this magnitude, we all think it screams: MUSICAL!!