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Broadway's The Addams Family On Sale Sept. 27 for General Public
By Kenneth Jones
27 Sep 2009
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The Addams Family members Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Krysta Rodriguez and Adam Riegler
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General ticket sales for the Broadway run of The Addams Family begin Sept. 27 by phone and online. The new, original musical inspired by the macabre characters of illustrator Charles Addams starts previews March 4, 2010, at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre after a fall Chicago tryout.
For Broadway tickets, call (877) 250-2929 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. A date for the opening of the box office at the Lunt-Fontanne (for walkup sales) will be announced. (Tickets were previously on sale exclusively to American Express card holders.)
The show will open on Broadway April 8, 2010, at the Lunt-Fontanne at 205 W. 46th Street. The pre-Broadway engagement at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre in Chicago begins Nov. 13.
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The Addams Family features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (librettists of the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys), music and lyrics by Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), direction and design by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter, The Metropolitan Opera's Satyagraha) and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Next to Normal, Jersey Boys).
Starring two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia, The Addams Family also features the previously announced two-time Tony Award nominee Terrence Mann as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award nominee Carolee 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.
The Addams Family ensemble features Merwin Foard, Jim Borstelmann, Erick Buckley, Colin Cunliffe, Rachel de Benedet, Valerie Fagan, Matthew Gumley, Fred Inkley, Morgan James, Clark Johnsen, Barrett Martin, Jessica Lea Patty, Liz Ramos, Samantha Sturm, Charlie Sutton and Alena Watters.
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The Addams Family is not based on the plots of the films and TV series that came before it. It's inspired by "the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams." According to the producers, "In this original story, the famously macabre Addams Family is put to the test when outsiders come to dinner, hurling Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Fester, Grandmama and Lurch headlong into a night that will change the family forever."
The production will feature lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Natasha Katz (The Coast of Utopia, Aida), with sound design by Acme Sound Partners (Tony nomination for In the Heights) and puppetry by acclaimed Obie Award-winning puppeteer Basil Twist (Arias With A Twist). The music director is Mary-Mitchell Campbell (the revivals of Sweeney Todd and Company), with orchestrations by Larry Hochman (Monty Python's Spamalot) and dance arrangements by August Eriksmoen (Memphis). Hair design is by Tom Watson (Wicked), make-up design by Angelina Avallone (The Little Mermaid), special effects design by Greg Meeh (Monty Python's Spamalot) and fight direction by Rick Sordelet (The Lion King).
The Addams Family is produced by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions, by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical. Co-producers are Stephen Schuler, Decca Broadway, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky, Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary Lu Roffe, Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/Clarence, LLC and Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals.
Addams created several thousand cartoons, sketches and drawings, many of which were published in The New Yorker. He is best known for creating The Addams Family, drawn and written in "a unique style that combined the twisted, macabre and just plain weird with charm, wit and enchantment."
Groups of 15 or more can purchase tickets by calling the toll-free number 877-ADDAMS1.
For more information visit www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com.
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