| 1 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: Critic James L. Paulk's review of the Atlanta Opera's staging for [=ArtsAtl.com=] was fairly positive. But it pointed out that this show effectively has an alienating premise and execution: Adults who love opera would likely find an adaptation of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' too kiddy, while kids wouldn't appreciate the many [[GeniusBonus musical jokes referencing adult operas and styles]] in the score and find proceedings too slow-going. (That much of the book's snarkier humor is absent, or loses a lot of its impact when sung in this manner, doesn't help.) The result, according to Paulk, was a show that didn't sell a lot of tickets and had many families leaving at intermission -- which is to say, kids didn't want to stick around for the actual tour of the factory! He also thought the show was too long for said kids at 2 and 1/2 hours with intermission -- interesting in light of the success of [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 stage musical adaptation]], which has a similar runtime but not the same problem with kids getting bored... |
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