The 2010 musical of “James,” substantially revamped in 2015, was conceived and written by Timothy Allen McDonald, who previously adapted Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” into a musical (not the Broadway one but “Roald Dahl’s Willie Wonka,” incorporating songs from the 1971 movie) and also creates a lot of children’s adaptations of classic musicals. Fox” and “The BFG.” Catchy, High-energy numbers are a high point of “James and the Giant Peach.” (Berkeley Playhouse). Most famous of these is surely “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” but his 1961 book “James and the Giant Peach” is right up there with it, along with other beloved tales such as “Matilda,” “The Witches,” “Fantastic Mr. There’s a lot that’s hard to resist in the musical “Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach” that Berkeley Playhouse is giving its East Bay premiere at the Julia Morgan Theater.īritish novelist Roald Dahl was a seemingly inexhaustible source of delightfully dark children’s stories. When offered the opportunity to travel overseas in a giant peach accompanied by an assortment of oversize insects, how could he possibly resist?
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The little boy’s loving parents have been killed by a runaway rhinoceros and he’s been sent to live with two cruel aunts who only keep him around for free labor. Things are looking grim for James Henry Trotter. Review: A 'Peach' of a Roald Dahl show unfolds in Berkeley Close Menu