THE ADDAMS FAMILY Comes to The Civic Center, 5/29-6/3

By: Apr. 07, 2012
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The national tour of the new musical The Addams Family, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will play at The San Diego Civic Theatre on May 29 through June 3, 2012. Tickets are on sale now!

The Addams Family began performances in March 2010 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and became a Broadway hit.

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 creative consultation 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 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.

In a 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 tour is produced by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions, Stuart Ditsky/AdamDitsky, Stephen and Mary Jo Schuler, Eva Price, James L. Nederlander, Stephanie P. McClelland, Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman/Deitch, Vivek Tiwary/Jamie deRoy/Carl Mollenberg 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.

For more information, visit http://www.broadwaysd.com/theaddamsfamily.php.

Performances are MAY 29- JUNE 3 at the San Diego Civic Theatre, 3rd and B Street, downtown San Diego. PERFORMANCE TIMES are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7PM Thursday at 7:30PM Friday at 8PM Saturday at 2PM & 8PM Sunday at 1PM & 6:30PM. Ticket Prices Vary; visit TicketMaster.com; (888) 937-8995. Group Savings for 10+ call (619) 564-3001.

For more information visit BroadwaySD.com


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