Photo Flashback: 'THE ADDAMS FAMILY' Through the Years
Tuesday, November 24, 2009; Posted: 10:11 PM - by BWW
Starring two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia, THE ADDAMS FAMILY features 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 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 bySergio Trujillo (Next to Normal, Jersey Boys).
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.
In a prolific career spanning six decades, Charles Addams created several thousand cartoons, sketches and drawings, many of which were published in The New Yorker. His famous characters have been brought to "ookey" life in many entertainment mediums and with the talented cast wowing the crowds in Chicago we thought it a perfect time to create an "Addams Family Album" of images!
Individual tickets range in price from $28 to $105. A select number of premium seats are also available for select performances. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St. and 18 W. Monroe St.); the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000; all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores); and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com. Tickets are available to groups of 15 or more by calling (312) 977-1710.
1938 - Original Charles Addams Cartoons
1964-1966 Television Show - Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, TEd Cassidy, Blossom Rock, Ken Weatherwax and Lisa Loring
1991-1994 Films - Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson, Jimmy Workman, Carel Struycken and Judith Malina
2009 On Stage - Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Adam Riegler, and Krysta Rodriguez (Photo by Joan Marcus, Entertainment Weekly)
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