Dahl didn't escape some controversy about depictions of race after Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published in 1964. In the first edition, Oompa-Loompas were depicted as black pygmies.
The play opens Friday, the first of 10 performances ... the Gene Wilder version (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from 1971), the Johnny Depp version (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from ...