June 30-July 26, 2026
at COHOES MUSIC HALL
Advance tickets go on sale to Playhouse Stage & Cohoes Music Hall Members on Wednesday, April 15. Click here to become a member
Golden tickets. Wicked sweets. One wild ride.
Greetings, curious candy-lovers.
I am Willy Wonka, and I invite you—yes, you!—to enter a world of pure imagination. But beware: this isn’t just chocolate rivers and sugarplum dreams. Oh no. My factory is a test. A musical test. The spoiled, the greedy, the brats, the bores? They’ll fall like blueberries. But one clever, kind-hearted boy? He just might win it all. With toe-tapping tunes, Oompa-Loompas in full chorus, and deliciously dark twists, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: THE MUSICAL is your golden ticket to magic, mayhem, and moral consequences. (Chew responsibly.)
“A marvelous show for anyone still living … I guarantee they and you will have a ball.”
— NPR
“It’s goofy, loud and imaginative … it delivers two things children delight in: stories about scrappy urchins triumphing over doltish adults … comical obliteration of ill‑behaved nasties.” — Deadline
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Book by DAVID GREIG
MUSIC by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Based on the Novel by Roal Dahl
Songs from the motion picture by leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
RUNNING TIME - 2 Hours, plus a 15-minute intermission
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Content advisory
Playhouse Stage Co. does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage affects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 518-434-0776.