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Addams Family Musical Script Pdf Addams family musical script pdf Continue The Addams FamilyA New Music ComedyOne's 2010 theatrical release postersMusicandrew LippaLyricsAndrew LippaBookMarshall BrickmanRick EliseBasiscomic strip The Addams family by Charles AddamsProductions 2009 Chicago tryout2010 Broadway2011 North America tour2013 US/Asia tour 2017 UK tour The Addams family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based on the characters of the Addams family created by Charles Addams in gag's mono-panel animations, which depict a macabre American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although there are numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons, the musical is the first stage performance based on the characters. [1] The Addams family is also the first show produced by Elephant Theatrical Eyes. [2] After a trial in Chicago in 2009,[3] the musical opened on Broadway in April 2010. The original cast featured Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia. [4] Production closed on December 31, 2011, and a revised national tour of North America began in September 2011. The Addams family won several awards during its Broadway performance including a Drama Office Award for Outstanding Ensemble Design,[5] an External Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design,[6] and the 2010 Drama Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre Award (presented to Nathan Lane). [7] The show was nominated for two Tony Awards, among other nominations. [8] The British premiere of the Addams family was announced on 5 September 2016 and opened at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in Edinburgh in April 2017 before embarking on a major UK tour. Development In 2007, producers announced that they had acquired the rights from the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation to create a musical adaptation of the Addams family on Broadway, and expected an opening during the 2009-2010 season after an out-of-town tryout. This was the first time charles addams' comic creations had been licensed to serve as the basis for a stage production. [1] The main producers of the musical were Stuart Oken and Roy Furman. [9] In addition to Oken and Furman, Vivek Tiwaly also joined the group of producers of the musical of the Addams family. [10] The Addams Foundation reportedly retained control over the content of the show and insisted that, instead of the plot from the Addams family's TV series or films, the production team devised an original musical based on in Addams animations. [11] Marshall Brickman and Rick Ellis got engaged to write the book and Andrew Lippa composed the score for the series. The theatre's unlikely founders Julian Crouch and Phelan McDermott were the original directors and designers, choreographed by Sergio Trujillo. [1] Crouch said that when brainstorming ideas for the show's overall appearance, he and McDermott turned to Uncle Fester's character for I wonder, if Fester was going to do a Broadway show, what kind of Broadway show would he do? [12] The partners described the result as an off-beat take on 19th century Gothic. [12] Some changes were made after the Chicago test. The songs Clandango, Passionate and True, At Seven, and Second Banana were replaced by When You're an Addams, Where Did We Go Wrong?, Morticia, and Just Around the Corner. The songs One Normal Night, Full Disclosure, Part 2, Crazy Than You, Move Award the Darkness, and Tango De Amor were re-written. [reference required] Broadway productions The show began previews on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 8, 2010, with an official premiere on April 8. [13] [14] Production was originally estimated to cost $10 million,[15] but the latest reports give the budget as $15 million. [16] The entire cast from the Chicago tryout was moved to Broadway. The creative team included directed by McDermott and Crouch, choreographed by Trujillo, lighting by Natasha Katz, puppets by Basil Twist, special effects by Gregory Meeh and orchestrations by Larry Hochman. [17] The show won both the Drama Office Award and the Critics Circle External Award for important set design but received no other major awards. [18] However, he won the Broadway.com Audience Awards for favorite new Broadway musical, favorite performance by a featured actor in a Broadway musical (Kevin Chamberlin), favorite breakthrough performance (Krysta Rodriguez), and favorite couple on stage (Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth). [19] A May 2011 article in Playbill reported that the show had so far raised over $62 million. [20] The show celebrated its 500th performance on June 16, 2011. [21] Playbill reported in May 2011 that plans for other international productions are ongoing. [20] Cassandra Peterson was in talks to take on the role of Morticia until producers decided to close the show at the end of the year. [22] Broadway production closed on December 31, 2011, after 35 previews and 722 performances. [23] National Tours A tour of the United States began in September 2011 at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts in New Orleans. [24] Tour stops included Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Hartford, St. Paul, Philadelphia, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Orlando, Florida, and San Diego. Most of these cities include those that are members of Elephant Eye Theatres and worked on the Addams family's broadway production and tour. [25] [26] The musical was also presented at the Ontario, Canada, at toronto's Center for the Arts during November 16-27, 2011. [27] [28] Douglas Sills and Sarah Gettelinger played Gomez and Morticia Adams, respectively. [29] The touring version has a new central plot conflict, new or revised or rearranged songs to replace old, fresh orchestrations and dance where where A second tour of North America, produced by Phoenix Entertainment, began in 2013, starring Jennifer Fogarty as Wednesday, KeLeen Snowgren as Morticia, Jesse Sharp as Gomez, Shaun Rice as Uncle Fester, and Sam Primak as Pugsley. After the second national tour, the Addams family was due to tour Asia. Most, if not all, of the 2nd National Tournament cast was set to perform on the Asian tour except for Sam Primatek as Pugsley, who was to be replaced by Connor Barth. Back in Chicago The Addams family returned to Chicago in a sit-down production at the Mercury Theater Chicago opening February 5, 2015, after a week of previews, and closing April 15. The production, which featured a tighter script after the National Tour and a more Chicago- oriented cast, was directed by L. Walter Stearns, a musical directed by Eugene Dizon, and choreographed by Brenda Didier; with a backdrop by Bob Knuth, lighting by Nick Belley, sound by Mike Ross, costumes by Frances Maggio and magic by Neil Tobin. The cast featured Karl Hamilton (Gomez), Rebecca Prescott (Morticia), Harter Clingman (Uncle Fester), Amanda Hartley (grandmother), Dara Cameron (Wednesday), Brennan Dougherty (Pugsley Addams), Jeff Diebold (Lurch), Jason Grimm (Mal Beineke), Cory Goodrich (Alice Beginke), and Henry McGinniss (Lucas Beginke). The show received unanimous bivalve reviews. Comic perfection in Mercury. It's a very good bet that the Addams family will haunt the mercury for the next few months (Chicago Sun-Times). [31] Much more relaxed and infinitely funnier. I enjoyed L. Walter Stearns Mercury Theatre production more than any of my previous visits with this family [including pre-Broadway tryout, Broadway, and National Tour production]. Relentless focus on laughter (Chicago Tribune). [32] An absolute delight! Best show I've seen so far this year (New City Chicago). [33] The production was honored with three 2015 Jeff Award nominations[34] and won outstanding production-music-medium size. [35] International Productions The first international production opened in March 2012 at Teatro Abril, Sao Paulo, Brazil, produced by T4F with Marisa Orth and Daniel Boaventura as the main cast. It closed in December 2012. [36] The same production began on 10 January 2013, in Vivo Rio, Rio de Janeiro. [37] [38] The Addams family had its European premiere on 29 September 2012, in Östgötateatern, Norrköping, Sweden. directed by Mathias Carlson and directed by Johan Siberg. Cast: Petra Nielsen (Morticia), Christian Zell (Gomez), Jenny Holmgren (Wednesday), Fabian Nikolajeff/Kalle Jansson (Pugsley), Jesper Barkselius (Fester), Gunnel (grandmother), Jan Unestam (Lurch), Carina Söderman (Alice), Sven Angleflod (Mal) and Linus Henriksson (Lucas)[39] The musical premiered at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia, from March 2013. The cast includes John Waters as Gomez Addams, Chloe Dallimore as Addams, Russell Dykstra as Uncle Fester, Teagan Wouters as Wednesday Addams and Ben Hudson as Lurch. [20] [40] [41] [42] The show closed on 9 June 2013. He had hoped to tour other Australian cities, but it is understood the show had struggled at the box office and those plans were cancelled. [43] The musical began its Argentine premiere at the Teatro Ópera in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting on June 19, 2013. It was produced by T4F (Time for Fun), a Brazilian entertainment company. The cast included Gabriel Goity as Homero (Gomez), Julieta Díaz as Morticia Santiago Ríos as Tío Lucas (Uncle Fester), Gabi Goldberg as Abuela (grandmother), Alejandro Viola as Mauricio Beineke (Mal Beineke), Dolores Ocampo as Alice Beineke, Laura Esquivel as Merlina (Wednesday), Marcelo Albamonte as Largo (Lurch), and Marco Di Mónaco as Lucasine Beke. Four children played Pericles (Pugsley): Kevin La Bella, Jorge Chamorro, Tadeo Galvet and Valentino Grizzuti. The Finnish premiere of the Addams family took place at Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, also known as TTT-Theatre in Tampere, on 4 October 2013. Directed by Tiina Puumalainen, visually designed by Teppo Järvinen, and conducted by Pekka Siistonen, the production featured a cast of Puntti Valtonen (Gomez), Eriikka Väliahde (Morticia), Laura Aljääski (Wednesday), Jukka Nylund (Pugsley), Matti Pussinen-Elonta (Mumma/Grandma), Samuli Muje (Fester), Minna Hokkanen (Alice), Mika Honkanen (Mal), Juha-Matti Koskela (Lucas), and Samirola (Lurch).
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