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 Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced the addition of The Niko Songbook - the songs of composer-lyricist Niko Tsakalakos on Monday, March 12 at 7:00pm.
The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced the addition of The Niko Songbook - the songs of composer-lyricist Niko Tsakalakos on Monday, March 12 at 7:00pm. The concert will be held at Birdand - 315 West 44th St. - Admission is $25 and doors open at 5:00pm.
Three 2011 Tony® Award-winning productions take the Cultural District stages this season, alongside popular specials and beloved classics.
Last week, Segerstrom Center for the Arts (formerly the Orange County Performing Arts Center) announced its brand new Broadway Series for the 2012 - 2013 Season. For it's BROADWAY SERIES, the Center will host touring companies of MEMPHIS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, WAR HORSE, BILLY ELLIOT, FLASHDANCE and SISTER ACT, plus 'Curtain Call Series' shows WICKED, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and ANYTHING GOES.
THE PROFIT OF CREATION, a new musical with book and lyrics by Charlie Sohne and music by Tim Rosser, will be presented to an industry audience on March 13 at 3 p.m. in the North Studio at Playwrights Horizons. The cast of the reading includes Lindsay Mendez (Godspell), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music), Colin Hanlon (Rent), Sean Dugan (Next Fall), Sally Wilfert (Make Me A Song) and Michael Winther (33 Variations). The reading will be directed by Obie Award-winning director Evan Yionoulis, music directed by Paul Staroba (Lucky Guy) and stage managed by Donald Butchko.
The national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Hartford premiere through February 26, 2012 at The Bushnell's Mortensen Hall as part of the 2011-2012 Broadway Series sponsored by Travelers and Webster Bank.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, March 13-25, as part of the Ordway's 2011-2012 Theater Season.
The national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Hartford premiere February 21 - 26, 2012 at The Bushnell's Mortensen Hall as part of the 2011-2012 Broadway Series sponsored by Travelers and Webster Bank.
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 Tuesday, March 20 and will run 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.
Broadway actor/song and dance man/award winning playwright, Robert Creighton, and special guests: Erin Mackey (Wicked and upcoming in Anything Goes), Laura Osnes (Bonnie and Clyde), Arbender Robinson (Hair), Heidi Blickenstaff (The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid), Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls) will be performing at The Metropolitan Room.
Broadway actor/song and dance man/award winning playwright, Robert Creighton, and special guests: Erin Mackey (Wicked and upcoming in Anything Goes), Laura Osnes (Bonnie and Clyde), Arbender Robinson (Hair), Heidi Blickenstaff (The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid), Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls) will be performing at The Metropolitan Room.
The Broadway at Birdland concert series today announced the addition of THE NIKO SONGBOOK - the songs of composer-lyricist Niko Tsakalakos on Monday, March 12 at 7pm. The concert will be held at Birdand - 315 West 44th St. - Admission is $25 and doors open at 5:00pm.
Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati announced today that single tickets for 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, are now on sale.
MULTI-TONY AWARD WINNER "WAR HORSE" ANNOUNCED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FAST-PACED 6-SHOW 2012-13 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON PRESENTED BY BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - FORT LAUDERDALE AND FLORIDA THEATRICAL ASSOCIATION AT BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & PARKER PLAYHOUSE
FURTHER POWERED BY FORT LAUDERDALE PREMIERES OF "MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET","SISTER ACT", "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S BBC MURDERS", "FLASHDANCE" AND "THE ADDAMS FAMILY" FORT LAUDERDALE'S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL
"WICKED" RETURNS AS A SEASON SPECIAL
Broadway actor/song and dance man/award winning playwright, Robert Creighton, and special guests: Erin Mackey (Wicked and upcoming in Anything Goes), Laura Osnes (Bonnie and Clyde), Arbender Robinson (Hair), Heidi Blickenstaff (The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid), Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls) will be performing at The Metropolitan Room.
The national tour of the new musical comedy THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Boston premiere February 7-19, 2012 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre as part of the LEXUS 2011-12 Broadway In Boston Series. Press night for the engagement is Wednesday, February 8 at 7 PM.
The national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Hartford premiere February 21 - 26, 2012 at The Bushnell's Mortensen Hall as part of the 2011-2012 Broadway Series sponsored by Travelers and Webster Bank.
The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced the addition of The Niko Songbook - the songs of composer-lyricist Niko Tsakalakos on Monday, March 12 at 7:00pm.
The first national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY comes to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for eight performances only.
The national tour of the new musical comedy THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Boston premiere February 7-19, 2012 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre as part of the LEXUS 2011-12 Broadway In Boston Series. Press night for the engagement is Wednesday, February 8 at 7 PM.
The first national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY comes to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for eight performances only.
Acclaimed actress Jessica Chastain, winner of 2011 New York, Los Angeles and Chicago Film Critics and National Board of Review Awards and recently nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, will make her Broadway debut starring in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress.
With an alluring and gorgeous Morticia (played by Broadway diva Sara Gittelfinger) and a charming and swellegant Gomez (Great White Way heartthrob Douglas Sills) leading the charge, the onstage iteration of Charles Addams' cartoon family is surely a dysfunctional lot. But, more importantly, they are enormously winning-their interpersonal relationships are not so unlike your own, I daresay-and composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa and book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice have crafted a storyline that broadens the family's appeal, while more deeply etching the family's brand (particularly in these days of all-encompassing marketing ploys) on American pop culture.
Casting controversies, the role of reviewers and another Broadway great turning 80 were among the stories that fired up theatre chat boards and fueled cocktail conversations at Sardi's during the past twelve months. Here are ten of the big issues theatre lovers talked about in 2011.
Currently playing Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre is the national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, which 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.
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