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Brian Damage · 05-22-2007, 08:02 PM

A large-scale Broadway musical is planned based on the Addams Family cartoons of Charles Addams, aiming for New York's Rialto in the 2009 -'10 season, Variety reported.

Composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) is writing the songs; Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) provide the book. Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, the Improbable Theater founders who created Shockheaded Peter, will direct and design.

Addams' cartoons—about a ghoulish family whose members include father Gomez, mother Morticia, uncle Fester and daughter Wednesday—appeared for more than 50 years in the New Yorker magazine. The cartoons inspired several TV series, including the 1960s live-action situation comedy and a couple of animated series, along with two feature films.

The musical will be based solely on the cartoons, not on the big- or small-screen incarnations. It hasn't yet been determined whether the creatives will be granted permission to include the familiar TV theme song.

mraw · 05-23-2007, 09:03 AM

I'm really interested in this, but they must use some of the elements from the tv show. After all, the family didn't have names until the show came about. Also, The Addams Family isn't the same without the theme song. I think the movies would have been better if they'd incorporated some of Vic Mizzy's music (in updated format, however).

TJL · 05-23-2007, 09:46 AM

It's not a bad idea actually...There are plenty of funny macabre elements of the cartoons and the series that would work well on the stage.
I'm sure the sets and the scenery would be awsome!
If the music and lyrics are right, it could be fun.

05-22-2007, 08:02 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Addams Family Musical Planned A large-scale Broadway musical is planned based on the Addams Family cartoons of Charles Addams, aiming for New York's Rialto in the 2009 -'10 season, Variety reported. Composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) is writing the songs; Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) provide the book. Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, the Improbable Theater founders who created Shockheaded Peter, will direct and design. Addams' cartoons—about a ghoulish family whose members include father Gomez, mother Morticia, uncle Fester and daughter Wednesday—appeared for more than 50 years in the New Yorker magazine. The cartoons inspired several TV series, including the 1960s live-action situation comedy and a couple of animated series, along with two feature films. The musical will be based solely on the cartoons, not on the big- or small-screen incarnations. It hasn't yet been determined whether the creatives will be granted permission to include the familiar TV theme song.
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05-23-2007, 09:46 AM	#3
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	It's not a bad idea actually...There are plenty of funny macabre elements of the cartoons and the series that would work well on the stage. I'm sure the sets and the scenery would be awsome! If the music and lyrics are right, it could be fun.
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05-23-2007, 09:03 AM	#2
mraw Movin' On Up! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 09, 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 343	I'm really interested in this, but they must use some of the elements from the tv show. After all, the family didn't have names until the show came about. Also, The Addams Family isn't the same without the theme song. I think the movies would have been better if they'd incorporated some of Vic Mizzy's music (in updated format, however).