John Stamos Releases Song for ‘Willy Wonka’ Musical Parody

Willy’s Candy Spectacular: a musical parody

Courtesy of Willys Candy Spectacular

Actor and musician John Stamos is known for lending his talents to bands like the Beach Boys, but now he’s heading in a very different direction. Stamos recorded a song for Willy’s Candy Spectacularan upcoming live musical that draws inspiration from a disastrous Willy Wonka-inspired event in Scotland earlier this year. He sings on a new track that the production released on Monday.

The event that inspired the musical made headlines after using lush AI-generated photos to lure customers into what it billed as an “immersive experience” that would transport Willy Wonka fans in a “magic kingdom”. In reality, this “immersive experience” took place in a rundown workshop in Glasgow, Scotland, so depressing that participants compared it to a meth lab.

This viral news inspired The Little Mermaid live producer Richard Kraft and his Kraft-Engel Productions, to transform this event into a musical parody.

The song featuring Stamos explores the end of the world, connecting it to the disastrous Wonka viral experiment.

“We love musicals with epic opening numbers. And we thought: what could be more epic than John Stamos singing about the end of humanity and connecting the demise of our species to a disappointing immersive experience in Scotland? » said songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, of ABC fame Once upon a time.

The parody musical features songs by Riki Lindhome, Tova Litvin, Doug Rockwell and Daniel Mertzlufft. It is scheduled to launch later this year, with a stage reading planned for the Edinburgh Fringe Fest in August.