Tony and Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge (La Cage aux Folles) will star as Willy Wonka in director Sam Mendes’ musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, according to The Daily Mail. As previously reported, the musical will play the West End’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane beginning May 18, 2013, with an official opening to follow in June. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will feature a book…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AM on September 7, 2012