The Addams Family (musical)

NEW YORK — It's pushing midnight at Angus McIndoe, a Broadway watering hole. Marshall Brickman — who co-wrote "Sleeper," "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan" with Woody Allen — is sitting at a table in the back. Rick Elice, who penned the book...

"The Addams Family" is not the first musical whose first national tour has been infinitely better than the Broadway production that gave birth to it: such past shows as "Big" and "The Civil War" were also greatly improved. But in most of these rare cases,...

"The Addams Family," the Broadway musical about the famously macabre family, will close on Broadway Dec. 31, its producers announced Tuesday morning. The show, which began at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago and was lead produced by Stuart Oken, will have...

Nathan Lane, one of Broadway's most bankable names and the original star of "The Addams Family" and "The Producers," will appear alongside Brian Dennehy next spring at the Goodman Theatre.The storied duo will star in a new production of Eugene O'Neill's...

"The Addams Family," which played its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago, has cut its reprise  engagement over the upcoming Christmas season from three weeks down to one. The show will now play the Cadillac Palace Theatre for just one week, from Dec. 27 to...

Roger Rees is to take over the starring role of Gomez in the Broadway production of "The Addams Family." Rees will replace Nathan Lane, who exits the musical, as expected, at the end of his contract on March 6. Lane......

Every Tony Award season has its share of snubs and dashed hopes -- which, for some of us, can be as much fun to analyze as the actual nominees. This year, the nominating committee was especially generous in whom it......

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When producers announced last year that Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth were going to star in a new stage adaptation of "The Addams Family," theater audiences applauded the dream casting and producers geared themselves for a box-office bonanza. What a......

Last year, Angela Lansbury tied record-holder Julie Harris when she won a fifth Tony Award for her featured (supporting) performance as the madcap Madame Arcati in the Noel Coward play "Blithe Spirit." Martin Denton (NYTheatre.com) predicts Lansbury...

Adam Riegler, Jackie Hoffman, Bebe Neuwirth, Nathan Lane, Kevin Chamberlin, Krysta Rodriguez and Zachary James are "The Addams Family" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. THEATER REVIEW NEW YORK - The Addams Family enjoys near-death experiences....

"Memphis" has come to Miami, and it is mostly a good thing. Loosely based on the story of 1950s radio jock Dewey Phillips, the musical about the morphing of R&B into rock 'n' roll against the backdrop of an interracial relationship is at the Adrienne...