PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Chaplin Tattoos, Midnight Tech and Mustache Maintenance! A Week at The Muny With Addams Family Star Rob McClure | Playbill

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    PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Chaplin Tattoos, Midnight Tech and Mustache Maintenance! A Week at The Muny With Addams Family Star Rob McClure

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    PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Chaplin Tattoos, Midnight Tech and Mustache Maintenance! A Week at The Muny With Addams Family Star Rob McClure

    Tony Award nominee Rob McClure, who stars as Gomez Addams in The Muny production of The Addams Family, takes Playbill readers behind the scenes at the famed outdoor venue where 7 shows are staged back-to-back every summer (with 11 total days of rehearsal each).
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    'Stache' Maintenance
    Muny cast vans pick up at 10:40am
    Let's go rehearse!
    The beautiful Muny front of house
    Welcome!
    Where the Muny magic happens
    Dan Deluca getting some "nache"
    Who doesn't love an Egg McMuny! And how about those prices!
    Don't forget to pre-order lunch!
    In the a.m., you can place your lunch order, and have it ready at lunchtime!
    Dan and I enjoying our McMuny's.
    Julia Murney of <i>Seussical</i> + I reunite after doing <i>Shrek</i> here last summer
    The Muny's painting deck. It feels like the MGM backlot!
    A fine example of Muny artistry
    Our Big 'ol House!
    Some of our huge set!
    The famous Muny tree growing thru the stage in the wings just off left.
    Look at the tree!
    Take in the view. No place like it. 10:50am.
    Such a wide house!
    Not a bad seat in the house
    Hello out there!
    Go team!
    Tim Hughes and our extraordinary ensemble
    West Platform
    Love it here!
    The Creative Team
    Gee. I wonder what show this is from.
    Tim Hughes and me. 2 of 13 people with the Broadway <i>Chaplin</i> tattoo.
    bestie Tim Hughes
    Getting ready for our last run thru-offstage.
    The wildly talented Muny Teens!
    Fight Call!
    They're creepy and they're kooky.
    Gomez + Morticia. Rob + Jenny Powers. Last Year's Bert + Mary Poppins. ( Photobomb by Lurch-Bill Ryall)
    Cookie Butter, a tech essential
    Michael Harp (Pugsley) Love that kid!
    Afternoon rehearsal 11-6pm
    The Ensemble - it's hot!
    The impeccable Director + SM Team w/ Steve Rosen & Me.
    Our music team. Ben + Joe.
    John Scherer, Kay Trinidad, Emma Wagner on a '10'
    The "Shop"
    Steven Wallem, John Tartaglia + friends rehearsing <i>Seussical</i>
    Lunch time! Reuniting with <i>Honeymoon</i> castmate Ray Lee!
    Lunch time!
    Lemonade, Tuna melt, + watermelon. Yum.
    Friend and <i>Seussical</i> star Kirsten Wyatt!
    Lunch time-2:30pm.
    Michael Harp (Pugsley) working on the infamous 'West Platform'
    Dance Notes from Choreo - Vince Pesce
    Sara Kapner (Wednesday)
    Our amazing team!
    Post-nap Lucky Charms
    Time to clean the stache before Tech. 10pm.
    'Stache' Maintenance
    Gomez stache maintenance!
    Dan DeLuca, Mike Isaacson, Me, Joe Ortmeyer
    Me + Ali (ASM) - she got me a new water bottle!
    Dressing room.
    What a moon! It was a "Supermoon!"
    For 6 years, it's become a tradition of mine to 'run the theatre' and touch every seat before each peformance. A 40 minute task at The Muny.
    Let's do this.
    The Muny's 11,000 seat house at midnight. So many seats to run!
    Dan Deluca might have regretted joining my running tradition.
    Me and Ali Kochman (ASM) - She brought my water post-run
    Stretch it out!
    My Gomez costume
    Ghostly make-up.
    Gomez's rockin' shoes
    Bedazzle!
    I have a soft spot for suspenders
    First time in costume!
    Sara Kapner (Wednesday) + me
    Oh! There's my character!
    Cory Lingner + Austin Jacobs
    Me + fellow <i>Chaplin</i> Alum + bestie, Tim Hughes.
    The hilarious Jen Cody (Grandma) and me.
    The delightful Hollis Resnik + John Scherer
    Puggles!
    Gomez, Grandma + Pugsley.
    Dan Deluca (Lucas) + Sara Kapner (Wed) Awww!
    Costume Parade!
    Gomez Florencia Addams
    Three of the 'Muny Teens' - They are amazing!
    Full out at 4 am!
    SWEATY!
    My dressing room - Muny tradition - Sign the walls
    My dressing room predecessor, Kate Rockwell
    More signatures from those who've come before
    Kevin Gray. We miss you.
    Costume Design
    Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Jenny Powers, Jen Cody, John Scherer. 'We did it!'
    Bonnie Panson (PSM) and prop dog 'Boom' named after the huge Muny 'boom doors.'
    We got thru midnight tech! 5am- who wants pancakes?
    Post-tech Pancakes 5:20am
    What a deal!
    Uncle Bill's Pancake House- let's eat!
    'Three Little Pigs'
    Sara Kapner (Wednesday) indulging in post-tech 5am pancakes
    Yummmm!
    Sorry, I couldn’t decide.
    Luckily, no divas denied me access.
    Then back the next day at 2:30 for a sitz-probe. And we're off and running! If you're in the area, come down and see us!
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