Lane and Neuwirth To Participate In 'Addams Family' Reading

  Elephant Eye Theatrical  (led by Stuart Oken, Michael Leavitt and David Fay) and Roy Furman, confirmed that Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth and have agreed to participate in a closed reading of the musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY  this August in New York.   However, no actors have been cast at this juncture in the actual production of the show, which is planned for the 2009-10 Broadway season following an out-of-town tryout.
 
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, will be based on characters, cartoons and sketches by the legendary New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams.  Rights were granted by the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation and marks the first time Addams' work will serve as the basis for a stage production.
 
Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, writers of the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys, are the librettists for THE ADDAMS FAMILY,  Drama Desk Award-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) is writing the score, and Improbable Theater founders Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter) will direct and design. 

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