Previews of The Addams Family by Jersey Boys Writers Brickman & Elice Begin Tonight in Chicago!
November 13th, 2009
(Photo Credit: Mark Seliger)
The new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its pre-Broadway world premiere in TONIGHT in Chicago. The musical features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, in addition to choreography by Sergio Trujillo!
Preview performances begin tonight, Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.) and will play through Sunday, January 10, 2010. THE ADDAMS FAMILY will open on Broadway Thursday, April 8, 2010 at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Starring two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane andBebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia, THE ADDAMS FAMILY features two-time Tony Award nominee Terrence Mann as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award nomineeCarolee Carmello as Alice Beineke, two-time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman as Grandmama, Zachary James as Lurch, Adam Riegler as Pugsley,Wesley Taylor as Lucas Beineke and Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday.
Visit TheAddamsFamilyMusical.com for all the details.
Best wishes and congratulations to Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Sergio Trujillo on The Addams Family!
We all have heard good things about the invitation-only reading early this year (I assume mine was lost in the mail), and I am so anxious to see it on stage. But where is my favorite character, “The Thing”??
Comment by Howard Tucker — November 13, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
Howard, you may recall the trivia that “Thing” was usually played by Ted Cassidy, who was also Lurch.
From Internet sources: In scenes that required both Lurch and Thing, a crew member reportedly was used. Cassidy reportedly would occasionally use his left hand to see if anyone noticed.
Comment by Ted Hammond — November 13, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Lane and Neuwirth…wow! The fact that an Elice-Brickman collaboration can draw such a cast full of Tony winners and nominees is proof they rate the title of Broadway’s Golden Boys. (Let’s hope they don’t become the Sunshine Boys for another few decades yet.) Very eager to see this show – somewhere!
And Howard, rumor has it that the otherwise iconoclastic M.Brickman will be doing cameos as “The Thing” alternate Wednesday matinees.
Comment by stubbleyou — November 15, 2009 @ 4:03 am