The Addams Family News

Hoffman: a TV product that really works
It's easy to make fun of those goofy products you see advertised on late-night TV.

Addams: That old black magic
Among the dozens of cartoons that Charles Addams drew of his devilishly subversive Addams family is one in which Gomez and Morticia; their daughter, Wednesday; son, Pugsley; and manservant, Lurch, are admiring the view from their new picture window.

New York Times tracks development of new "Addams Family" musical
Creating new works of theater can present a variety of challenges and opportunities.

Christmas on the road for casts of local productions
OK, the stockings hung by the chimney with care are just her socks taped to the wall of her apartment.

"Addams Family" heads to Broadway, via Chicago
Props to Nathan Lane and well ...the props. about 14 hours ago ryanwglr : back from Addams Family The Musical - the best play I've ever seen.

Theater Review: Addamses scare up fun, but not dead-on brilliance
CHICAGO – As a matter of “Full Disclosure” – the title of a song in “The Addams Family” musical – I'm a huge fan of that quirky clan.

"The Addams Family" Ends Chicago Runs; Heads for Broadway in Four Weeks
"They're ooky and they're spooky" and they're leaving Chicago's Oriental Theater in four weeks to open on the Great White Way, Broadway.

Redwoods
A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the movie "Bruno" is suing film star Sacha Baron Cohen, David Letterman and others for libel and slander.

The Addams Family
Adam Riegler, left, Jackie Hoffman, Krysta Rodriguez, Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Zachary James and Kevin Chamberlin are 'The Addams Family' in its Chicago debut ahead of an April Broadway bow.

'Addams Family' a hit and miss proposition in Chicago production
" The Addams Family ," which officially opened at the Ford Center for the performing Arts, Oriental Theatre Dec.

Palestinian files $110M libel suit over 'Bruno'
In this year's awards derby, one name that keeps cropping up is Colin Firth for his performance as a traumatized gay college professor recoiling from the loss of his partner in 1962 Los Angeles.

.Com's Brief Encounter With Andrew Lippa
If the characters in Andrew Lippa's new musical The Addams Family showed up at the The Wild Party depicted in the composer's best-known previous show, they'd probably fit right in with the dissolute members of that decadent bash.

First Shot: not Thing, but Thing Itself
Like the proverbial snake swallowing its tail, the entertainment business' latter-day emphasis on 'reimaginings' was always destined to collapse in on itself.

'Addams' tuner creeps toward B'way
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. But get that song outta your head.

An 'Addams Family' musical by the numbers
The very first cartoon depicting members of what eventually would become the Addams Family appeared in The New Yorker magazine in 1938.

The Addams Family's latest incarnation is a Broadway musical
Posted Nov 13th 2009 10:02AM by Allison Waldman Filed under: OpEd , Casting , Reality-Free The Addams Family is coming back.

'Addams Family' goes Broadway
Evanston native Joan Cusack was the villain Debbie Jellinski in the 1993 Hollywood sequel "Addams Family Values." Morticia Addams sits with her children, Wednesday and Pugsley , in the 1991 Hollywood film adaptation of "The Addams Family" The cast of the 1991 Hollywood film version of "The Addams Family." Wesley Taylor and Krysta Rodriguez star as ...

Lane, Neuwirth, Hoffman, Chamberlin Embody The Addams Family; New Musical Bows in Chicago
The macabre clan of characters created by late illustrator Charles Addams have jumped from the pages of The New Yorker magazine to television, film and - starting Nov.

Hoffman happy to be 'Whining' in Chicago
Watch out Windy City! Jackie Hoffman is in town with some serious comedy kvetching.

Halloween celebrated in Cassadaga
On Halloween night, the Cassadaga Elementary gymnasium was awash with monsters, original designs and sweet little ones dressed up in costumes.