The Oompa-Loompas share a moral message about the dangers of gluttony ("Oompa-Loompa One"). Wonka, with little apparent concern, directs the Oompa-Loompas to take Mrs. Augustus falls into the chocolate river and is sucked into a large pipe. Wonka introduces his workers, the Oompa-Loompas.
Wonka leads the tour group through a chamber in which the walls and ceiling appear to be closing in around them, and they emerge in the chocolate smelting room, featuring a chocolate river and a network of pipes. The tour finally begins, and Wonka describes a dizzying array of fabulous chambers and exotic rooms, each devoted to the creation of various sweets and treats ("In This Room Here"). Wonka forces everyone to sign an elaborate and cryptic contract before beginning the tour. Wonka greets each child apart from Charlie, each one is insufferable in his or her own way. The five winners and their chaperons are gathered at the gates of Wonka's factory, where he makes a spectacular entrance ("Pure Imagination – Reprise"). Charlie chooses Grandpa Joe to accompany him on the factory tour, prompting Joe to leave his bed for the first time in years. Charlie unwraps the candy and discovers that he has found the last of Wonka's prizes. Charlie buys another Wonka Bar to share with his family. He also gives Charlie a Wonka Bar as a reward for his honesty. He assumes that it must belong to the Candy Man and tries to return it, but the Candy Man assures Charlie that it isn't his and tells Charlie to bring it home to his family.
Charlie is helping the Candy Man pack his wares when he finds a silver dollar on the ground. The Buckets tell Charlie not to be discouraged ("Cheer Up, Charlie").Īs winter approaches, the Bucket's situation is becoming increasingly desperate. They open the bar together, but it contains only chocolate. That night, before Charlie goes to bed, Grandpa Joe reveals that he has secretly purchased another Wonka Bar for Charlie. The fourth ticket is found in Television City, California, by Mike Teavee, a boy who seems more interested in television, video games and cell phones than touring Wonka's factory ("I See It All on TV"). The third ticket is found in Snellville, Georgia, by Violet Beauregard, an abrasive girl who is constantly chewing gum. Everyone manages to suppress his or her disappointment when Charlie unwraps the bar, but does not find a golden ticket. On Charlie's birthday, his family presents him with a Wonka Bar. Charlie encourages him not to give up hope ("Think Positive"). Bucket loses his job at a toothpaste factory. Her wealthy father, a macadamia nut magnate, had purchased hundreds of thousands of the candy bars and put his entire factory workforce to work, searching for the ticket.Īs the mania for Wonka Bars continues all over the world, Mr. The first ticket is found by Augustus Gloop, an obese, gluttonous child from Frankfurt, Germany ("I Eat More!") The second ticket is found in São Paulo, Brazil, by an extremely spoiled girl named Veruca Salt. Five golden tickets have been hidden among fifty million ordinary candy bars, and the finders of these tickets will win the tour and the chocolate. Charlie is the only child too poor to buy any candy, but the Candy Man treats him to a lollipop and a copy of yesterday's newspaper.Ĭharlie takes the paper home, and the Buckets learn from it that Wonka has announced a contest: five lucky children will receive a tour of his world famous factory and receive a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. and nobody ever comes out.Ī group of children gathers outside of Charlie's house, each clutching a nickel to buy a Wonka bar from the local Candy Man ("Candy Man"). Mysteriously, however, Wonka's factory has continued to produce candy. Unfortunately, Wonka fired all of his workers years ago (after one of his candy recipes was stolen and sold to a competitor, Slugworth) and locked the gates of his factory forever. Wonka, making candy, just as Joe himself did as a young man. Charlie's Grandpa Joe assures Charlie that Charlie is destined to work for Mr. Bucket, their young son, Charlie, and Charlie's four bedridden grandparents. Wonka, acting as narrator, introduces us to the impoverished Bucket family: Mr. Wonka summons his Oompa-Loompa servants for an important announcement: he is planning to retire and the time has come to choose his successor ("Golden Age of Chocolate"). Wonka, a famous, eccentric, mercurial, whimsical and occasionally sinister candy wizard, welcomes us into his world ("Pure Imagination"). The play opens somewhere in the bowels of Willy Wonka's fabulous chocolate factory.