Full Casting Announced for the National
Tour of The Addams Family
Douglas Sills & Sara Gettelfinger Lead a Magnificently
Macabre Company of 25 for Boston Premiere
BOSTON, MA: Full casting has
been announced for the upcoming national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new
musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by
legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, which will make its Boston premiere
February 7, 2011 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre as part of
the LEXUS 2011-12 Broadway Across America – Boston Series. Tony Awardâ nominee
Douglas Sills and Sara Gettelfinger will star as Gomez and Morticia in a
principal cast that also includes Tony Awardâ nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal
Beineke, two-time Tony Awardâ 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 Puno Garcia, Steve Geary, Victoria
Huston-Elem, Patrick Oliver Jones, Lizzie Klemperer, Alexandra Matteo, Christy
Morton, Brad Nacht, Rebecca Riker, Jonathan Ritter, Roland Rusinek, Geo Seery,
Samantha Shafer and Jason Eric Testa.
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, now in its second year on Broadway, began performances in
March 2010 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre where it has since grossed over $72
million. 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 plays at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre for
sixteen performances: Tuesday through Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM (except
Wednesday, February 8, at 7:00 PM); Friday evenings at 8:00 PM; Saturdays at
2:00 PM and 8:00 PM; and Sundays at 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Tickets are priced at
$33.00 -$103.00; all prices include a $3.00 facility fee per ticket. Tickets for
THE ADDAMS FAMILY are on sale at the Citi Performing Arts Center Box Office,
online at www.citicenter.org or by
calling (866) 348-9738. Discounted tickets are available for groups of 15 or
more by contacting Citi Performing Arts Center Group Sales at (617) 532-1116 or
at groupsales@citicenter.org
For more information on THE ADDAMS FAMILY, visit
www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com.
