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'Addams Family' musical opens on Broadway

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)
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) | License Photo

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.

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"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.

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