The Addams Family Archive

Addams Family To Close New Years Eve

Producers have announced that The Addams Family will play its final show this New Years Eve at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. When the curtain closes for the last time, the production will have put on more than 750 performances. Brooke Shields, who joined the cast in June of this year, will stay with the show through [...]
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Brooke Shields Extends In The Addams Family

She was originally set to exit on October 30th. But now Brooke Shields will stay on as Morticia in The Addams Family through the end of the year, making her final appearance on New Year’s Eve. Shields joined the show in June of this year, replacing Bebe Neuwirth who originated the Morticia role when The [...]
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Brooke Shields Prepares for The Addams Family

In just a little over 5 weeks from now on June 28th, Brooke Shields will take over Bebe Neuwirth’s role of Morticia in The Addams Family. And as you can see from this picture, she’s made quite a convincing transformation! Broadway’s incarnation of The Addams Family features an original story. It’s every parent’s nightmare. Your [...]
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Brooke Shields Coming To The Addams Family

Word out of Broadway today is that Brooke Shields will be joining the cast of The Addams Family on June 28th. Shields will take over the role of Morticia after current star Bebe Neuwirth departs on June 26th. Shields is no stranger to The Great White Way. Her career has included appearances in Chicago, Cabaret, [...]
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Big Holiday Weekend On Broadway

Holiday weekends are always a big time on Broadway, and Thanksgiving 2010 was no exception. Three shows set new box office records at their respective theatres last week. Perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King were both in the $2,000,000 range at the Gershwin and Minksoff theatres. And holiday newcomer Elf set a record at [...]
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Spotlight On The Addams Family

We’re getting a lot of positive feedback from people who join us to see Broadway’s The Addams Family, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth. And it turns out it’s not just our travelers who like this zany musical. Last week it was in the top five highest grossing shows on Broadway again – despite the [...]
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Last Week’s Best On Broadway

It was a busy week on Broadway last week and we thought we’d share with you the shows that were the most popular among theatre enthusiasts. There were no real surprises on the list of shows taking in the most money, though The Addams Family, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, is a new entry [...]
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The Addams Family Comes To Broadway

If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember The Addams Family television show in the mid 1960s, starring John Astin and Carolyn Jones. Now that same macabre crew has come to Broadway with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth in the starring roles of Gomez and Morticia. The new Broadway adaptation of The Addams Family features [...]
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The ShowBus Buzz

Finian’s Rainbow The St. James Theatre will be home to this Fall’s Broadway revival of Finian’s Rainbow. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, Finian’s Rainbow pits a charming Irish dreamer and his headstrong daughter against the host of complications that await them in their newly adopted land: a bigoted southern Senator, a credit [...]
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New Shows, New Stars

Superior Donuts There’s a new production on the horizon from the playwright who brought us August: Osage County. Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts is scheduled to begin previews on Broadway on October 1st. As of this writing, no theatre has yet been named. The story, which takes place in Chicago, revolves around the unlikely friendship between [...]
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