Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) producers announced that production would close on 14 January 2018 after 27 previews and 305 performances. The US tour premiered on 21 September 2018 in Buffalo, New York at Shea's Performing Arts Center. It is a replica of the Broadway production and stars Noah Weisberg as Willy Wonka, James Young as Grandpa Joe and Amanda Rose as Mrs Bucket, with the role of Charlie being alternated between Henry Boshart, Collin Jeffery and Rueby Wood. The Australian premier of the musical will be held at Sydney's Capitol Theatre on 5 January 2019. The musical will be a replica production of the
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory video games film in theatres. Most of the main cast from the film provided their voices for the game except for Johnny Depp, James Arnold Taylor was used in his place as the voice of Willy Wonka. Original music for the video game was created by Winifred Phillips and produced by Winnie Waldron. The first objective of the game is to help Charlie find money to buy a Wonka Bar to win a Golden Ticket. This is done at the beginning of the game while giving a tutorial of what controls will be needed during future stages. The main part of the