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'Addams Family' musical opens on Broadway

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Actor Nathan Lane takes his opening night curtain call bows in the Simon Gray play "Butley" which opened on Broadway at the Booth theatre on October 25, 2006. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen) 
Published: April 9, 2010 at 12:27 PM

NEW YORK, April 9 (UPI) -- "The Addams Family," a new musical starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, officially opened on Broadway Thursday night after a month of preview performances.

Co-starring Terrence Mann, Carolee Carmello, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Adam Riegler, Wesley Taylor and Krysta Rodriguez, the show is playing at Manhattan's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It features an original story based on the iconic family of characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams.

"The Addams Family" features a story line by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. The production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.

Topics: Bebe Neuwirth, Charles Addams, Nathan Lane
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