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‘Willyfest – A Musical Parody’ Turns Sour Glasgow Immersive Disaster Into Sweet
A new musical mocking Glasgow's ill-fated 'Willy Wonka Experience' is on the way.
A team of top film, television and stage songwriters have joined forces to create a musical satire inspired by the recent, ill-fated Willy Wonka knockoff fiasco in Glasgow, Scotland that became a social media phenomenon. “From Broadway to street corner pop-ups, audiences have become obsessed with immersive experiences that enable them to be a part of the story,” said a statement from songwriters Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner. “While it is quite common for there to be writers’ rooms in television, taking that approach with theatrical songwriters is fairly unique and likely to produce amazingly satirical and unexpected results,” said producer Richard Kraft of Kraft-Engel Productions ( Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, ABC’s The Little Mermaid Live) of the creative team behind the new parody musical.
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