The Addams Family - 2010 Broadway History , Info & More
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (Broadway)
205 West 46th St. New York, NY
Based on the iconic characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is an all-new musical comedy starring Tony Award winner Roger Rees as Gomez and stage and screen star Brooke Shields as Morticia. THE ADDAMS FAMILY features an original story. It's every parent's nightmare. Your little girl has suddenly become a young woman, and what's worse, has fallen deliriously in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. Yes, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has a "normal" boyfriend, and for parents Gomez and Morticia, it's a shocking development that turns the Addams house upside down when they are forced to host a dinner for the young man and his parents.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY has a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (librettists of the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys), music and lyrics by Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), direction and design by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter, The Metropolitan Opera's Satyagraha) and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Next to Normal, Jersey Boys).
The Addams Family - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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'The Addams Family' mines macabre musical comedy
6 / 10
If you want to know why musical comedy is such a difficult art form to master, a prime example is now on display at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre where 'The Addams Family' has fitfully burst into story and song. In attempting to give Charles Addams' macabre characters a life beyond the brilliant single-panel cartoons that appeared for years in The New Yorker, the creators of this schizophrenic musical have made them more audience friendly. But in a perverse way, they're not as much fun.
Anyone Can Whistle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Addams Family
2 / 10
So might the performances in The Addams Family (Lunt-Fontanne), where everybody works incredibly hard, though to painfully little effect. A couple of Andrew Lippa's songs, including the improbably Latin opening number, may survive, and a few of the book's more antique gags will undoubtedly long outlive it. But two-plus hours of hearing these creepy creatures blather about the joys of love, in purest Hallmark terms? Please. Even Nathan Lane's resourcefulness, Kevin Chamberlin's moonstruck charm, and Carolee Carmello's giddy vocal display can't reanimate this inert monstrosity.
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The Addams Family History
Other Productions of The Addams Family
| 2010 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2011 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
| 2021 | UK Tour |
UK Tour |
| 2024 | West End |
West End |
| 2025 | US Tour |
Non-Equity Tour US Tour |
The Addams Family - 2010 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Costume Design | Phelim McDermott |
| 2010 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Costume Design | Julian Crouch |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Nathan Lane |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musica | Kevin Chamberlin |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carolee Carmello |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Natasha Katz |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Andrew Lippa |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Andrew Lippa |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | The Addams Family |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Phelim McDermott |
| 2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Basil Twist |
| 2010 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Nathan Lane |
| 2010 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Bebe Neuwirth |
| 2010 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Kevin Chamberlin |
| 2010 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carolee Carmello |
| 2010 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Phelim McDermott |
| 2010 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Julian Crouch |
| 2010 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lippa |
| 2010 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kevin Chamberlin |
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