Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts
by Jared Fessler - Oct 2, 2025
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if the Addams Family invited your in-laws over for dinner, this national tour of The Addams Family musical—now playing at the Ordway—offers a deliciously strange answer. It’s macabre, messy, full of heart, and just self-aware enough to keep you laughing even when the jokes get delightfully groan-worthy.
Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL at Capital One Hall
by Hannah R. Wing - Sep 25, 2025
The Addams Family musical isn’t as campy and charming as the movies, nor does it have the eccentric vibes of Tim Burton’s Wednesday. The musical makes you cringe (and not in the way a member of the Addams family would want you to).
THE ADDAMS FAMILY Touring Cast Talks With Their Middle School Selves
by Melissa Heckscher - May 13, 2025
Stars of the Broadway National Tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY recently sat down for a Zoom with their younger selves—a trio of Los Angeles-area middle school students who recently performed the School Edition of the musical. Here's what they had to say.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY New National Tour Comes To Stifel Theatre In April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 10, 2025
A comical feast that embraces the kookiness in every family, the hysterically macabre musical, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, hits the road as Big League premieres its brand-new production for the 2025 National Tour. This 9-month tour will include a stop in St. Louis at Stifel Theatre for one performance only on Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Van Wezel
by Jacob Ruscoe - Feb 5, 2025
The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall recently hosted a vibrant rendition of 'The Addams Family,' a musical that has captivated audiences since its Broadway premiere in 2010. Based on the beloved characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams, the show effortlessly blends humor, macabre charm, and catchy musical numbers to deliver an unforgettable evening. This production, fueled by an exceptional cast and dazzling visual effects, transported the audience into the delightfully dark world of the Addams family.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 12, 2024
by - Dec 12, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 12, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS at Arizona Broadway Theatre
by Herbert Paine - Nov 30, 2023
The spirit of the Yuletide season is in full and pleasurable bloom at Arizona Broadway Theatre with the company’s sparkling production of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS, directed by Rob Watson. The show runs through December 30th.
Theaterworks To Present MARY POPPINS, September 1-17
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 2, 2023
For the second MainStage production in the 2023-24 Season, TheaterWorks will present Mary Poppins from September 1-17 in the Gyder Theater at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, 10580 N. 83rd Drive.
Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Arizona Broadway Theatre
by Herbert Paine - Jun 26, 2023
Cassandra and Kiel Klaphake, the visionary forces behind Arizona Broadway Theatre, have delivered a winner with their refreshingly revisited production of THE WIZARD OF OZ, directed by Ken Urso and featuring Jasmine Bassham as Dorothy. Runs through July 11.
BWW Review: Arizona Broadway Theatre Presents GYPSY
by Herbert Paine - Jan 24, 2022
Arizona Broadway Theatre's handsome new production of GYPSY, featuring Cassandra Klaphake as Mamma Rose and a solid supporting cast, gives the audience the chance to enjoy the Rodgers and Hammerstein form of musical theatre storytelling all over again. Runs through February 20th.
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Arizona Broadway Theatre
by Nathaniel Jones - Jul 20, 2021
Every theatre patron has a show that they may consider one of their all-time favorites. For each individual the reason is different, whether that be in the perspective of a performer turned patron that may have experienced performing in a production previously, or someone that may reminisce of a time they saw the show themselves, remembering the impact it had on them.
NUNSENSE Announced At Arizona Broadway Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2021
Become part of the action as tap-dancing Sister Hubert, ballet-loving Sister Leo, street-wise Sister Robert Anne, former circus performer Reverend Mother Regina, and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia fumble their way through this interactive and hilarious international phenomenon.