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At the beginning of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, now at the Arsht Center, Willy Wonka says chocolate is “quite simply, the greatest invention in the entire history of the world.” That same grand statement would not apply to the new national tour of the musical, but it does reward its audience with a sweetish confection of a production that is fun and entertaining.