Local Review: Kids n Co's Production of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
Not only is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (also known as "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") on Broadway right now, but so is "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812." The reason I bring up "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812" is because that show uses the brilliant idea of immersive staging in which they involve the audience as apart of the action, although there's no real audience participation. "The Great Comet"'s staging works, with the action taking place all over the theatre, but not a single person misses any of the action. The Kids n Co. production of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" also used the same idea of this immersive staging and performed the show around the audience. However, that idea did not work for this production. I suppose that it could have worked, but when your audience has to constantly hoist themselves around to the point of discomfort to see the show, the...