The Addams Family, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Providence premiere through Sunday, March 25 at the Providence Performing Arts Center as part of the 2011/2012 Broadway Series. Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills and Sara Gettelfinger will star as Gomez and Morticia in a principal cast that also includes Tony Award nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award nominee Crista Moore as Alice Beineke, Blake Hammond as Uncle Fester, Pippa Pearthree as Grandma, Tom Corbeil as Lurch, Patrick D. Kennedy as Pugsley,Brian Justin Crum as Lucas Beineke and Cortney Wolfson as Wednesday.
Portraying the ancestors are
Ted Ely,
Karla Garcia,
Steve Geary,
Victoria Huston-Elem, Patrick
Oliver Jones,
Lizzie Klemperer,
Alexandra Matteo,
Christy Morton,
Brad Nacht,
Jonathan Ritter,
Roland Rusinek,
Geo Seeryand
Samantha Shafer.
The Addams Family features an original story and it's every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren't upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's "normal" boyfriend and his parents.
The Addams Family features a book by
Marshall Brickman and
Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by
Andrew Lippa. The production is directed and designed (sets and costumes) by
Phelim McDermott and
Julian Crouch with production supervision by
Jerry Zaks and choreography by
Sergio Trujillo.
The production features lighting design by
Natasha Katz, sound design by
ACME Sound Partners and puppetry by
Basil Twist. The production also features music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, music direction by
Valerie Gebert, orchestrations by
Larry Hochman, dance arrangements by
August Eriksmoen, hair design by
Tom Watson, make-up design by
Angelina Avallone and special effects design by
Greg Meeh.
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. But it was his creation of characters that came to be known as
The Addams Family that brought Addams his greatest acclaim. With a unique style that combined the twisted, macabre and just plain weird with charm, wit and enchantment, Addams’ drawings have entertained millions worldwide and served as the inspiration for multiple television series and motion pictures.
The Addams Family, which began performances in March 2010 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran through December 2011, immediately became one of Broadway’s biggest hits.
Chris Jones of the
Chicago Tribune described the production as “classic, full-tilt, fast paced, old-fashioned musical comedy!” and
John Simon of
Bloomberg News called it “Uproarious! A glitzy-gloomy musical entirely worthy of the macabre drawings by
Charles Addams.”
The Addams Family tour is produced by
Stuart Oken,
Roy Furman,
Michael Leavitt,
Five Cent Productions,
Stuart Ditsky/AdamDitsky, Stephen Mary Jo Schuler,
Eva Price,
James L. Nederlander,
Stephanie P. McClelland,
Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman/Deitch, Vivek Tiwary/
Jamie deRoy/
Carl Moellenberg and
Mary Lu Roffe, by special arrangement with
Elephant Eye Theatrical. International productions have been announced for Brazil (March, 2012) and Australia (March, 2013) with others to be announced shortly.
The Addams Family is sponsored by Coastway Community Bank.
Tickets for
The Addams Family are $70-$43; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice. Tickets are available at the PPAC Box Office, online at
www.ppacri.org and by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787).
The PPAC Box Office is located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence. Regular Box Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P; Saturday, 10A to 2P and through curtain time(s) on performance days.
Discounted admission is available for groups of 20 or more; for more information and to order, please contact Group Sales Representative Paul Hiatt at
phiatt@ppacri.org or
(401) 574-3162.
