It was supposed to be the biggest Broadway show of the season. And then… it opened. The original Broadway production of The Addams Family defied the odds - and the reviews - to run a respectful 722 performances at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.Less than a decade later, The Addams Family is the most popular high school musical to produce in the United States. How did a Broadway pariah became America’s favorite musical?Mo Brady of The Ensemblist podcast speaks to the show's creators - as well as those mounting the show today - to learn how The Addams Family became so well loved.
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It was supposed to be the biggest Broadway show of the season. And then… it opened. The original Broadway production of The Addams Family defied the odds - and the reviews - to run a respectful 722 performances at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.Less than a decade later, The Addams Family is the most popular high school musical to produce in the United States. How did a Broadway pariah became America’s favorite musical?Mo Brady of The Ensemblist podcast speaks to the show's creators - as well as those mounting the show today - to learn how The Addams Family became so well loved.
My first stop on this journey was reaching out to an old colleague, Rick Elice. Along with Marshall Brickman, Rick wrote the book for the musical adaptation of The Addams Family. Rick and I’s path crossed a handful of times during my tenure with the original Broadway production: he was in the room when I had my final audition, he was in the building to put in new leads or when the show closed on New Year’s Eve 2011. But I mostly knew Rick from being the husband of our leading man, Roger Rees, who took over the role of Gomez Addams two months into my run.
Last month, I sent an email to Rick for the first time in more than nine years. Imagine when he replied within 24 hours, excited about the opportunity to discuss the show. In the years since, Rick wrote the script for Peter and the Starcatcher, The Cher Show, and has maintained the multiple companies of his show Jersey Boys, currently the 12th longest running show in Broadway history.
The Addams Family
It was supposed to be the biggest Broadway show of the season. And then… it opened. The original Broadway production of The Addams Family defied the odds - and the reviews - to run a respectful 722 performances at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.Less than a decade later, The Addams Family is the most popular high school musical to produce in the United States. How did a Broadway pariah became America’s favorite musical?Mo Brady of The Ensemblist podcast speaks to the show's creators - as well as those mounting the show today - to learn how The Addams Family became so well loved.
