Christian Borle to star in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway!

It as been announced that two-time Tony winner Christian Borle will star as Willy Wonka in the Broadway production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Borle is currently on Broadway in Something Rotten!, and will star in the Broadway revival of Falsettos this autumn before Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens next spring. 

With new direction and choreography by Jack O’Brien and Joshua Bergasse, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will begin previews in New York in March 2017 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (currently home to Finding Neverland).

Broadway Review: Something Rotten! starring Brian d'Arcy James & Christian Borle

Something Rotten
St James Theatre
Reviewed on Wednesday 23rd March 2016
★★★★

Something Rotten! transports audiences back to the 1500s, following the Bottom brothers as they take on William Shakespeare and create the first ever musical. Having opened on Broadway last year, Something Rotten! has a genius score written by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick. With theatrical references galore, the show truly is stagey heaven.