Editing The Addams Family (section)

===Musical===
====''The Addams Family''====
{{Main|The Addams Family (musical)}}
In May 2007, it was announced that a musical inspired by The Addams Family drawings by Charles Addams was being developed for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage. Broadway veterans [[Marshall Brickman]] and [[Rick Elice]] wrote the [[libretto|book]], and [[Andrew Lippa]] wrote the score. Julian Crouch and [[Phelim McDermott]] ([[Improbable theatre]] founders) directed and designed the production, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo.<ref>{{cite news | last=Jones | first=Kenneth | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108236-Go-Go-Go-Gomez-Addams-Family-Musical-by-Lippa-Brickman-and-Elice-In-Development | title=Go, Go, Go Gomez! Addams Family Musical, by Lippa, Brickman and Elice, In Development | work=[[Playbill]] | date=May 21, 2007 | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815010757/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108236-Go-Go-Go-Gomez-Addams-Family-Musical-by-Lippa-Brickman-and-Elice-In-Development | archive-date=August 15, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> A workshop and private industry presentation was held August 4–8, 2008. Featured in the cast were [[Bebe Neuwirth]] as Morticia, [[Krysta Rodriguez]] as Wednesday, and [[Nathan Lane]] as Gomez. In addition, [[Kevin Chamberlin]] played Uncle Fester and [[Zachary James]] played Lurch.

The musical opened in previews at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on Broadway on March 8, 2010, with an official opening on April 8,<ref>{{cite news | last=Jones | first=Kenneth | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135551-Zaks-Is-New-Patriarch-of-Addams-Family-Previews-Will-Now-Begin-March-8 | title=Zaks Is New Patriarch of Addams Family; Previews Will Now Begin March 8 | work=[[Playbill]] | date=December 29, 2009 | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604184012/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135551-Zaks-Is-New-Patriarch-of-Addams-Family-Previews-Will-Now-Begin-March-8 | archive-date=June 4, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> after an out-of-town tryout in Chicago at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts from November 13, 2009, to January 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Jones | first1=Kenneth | last2=Gans | first2=Andrew | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120061-Lane-Neuwirth-Chamberlin-McCarthy-and-Arden-Featured-in-Addams-Family-Reading | title=Lane, Neuwirth, Chamberlin, McCarthy and Arden Featured in Addams Family Reading | work=[[Playbill]] | date=August 4, 2008 | access-date=2010-12-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815001316/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120061-Lane-Neuwirth-Chamberlin-McCarthy-and-Arden-Featured-in-Addams-Family-Reading | archive-date=August 15, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125216-Addams-Family-Sings-Together-in-NYC-Workshop-of-New-Musical-With-Lane-and-Neuwirth "Addams Family Sings Together in NYC Workshop of New Musical, With Lane and Neuwirth"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815062636/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125216-Addams-Family-Sings-Together-in-NYC-Workshop-of-New-Musical-With-Lane-and-Neuwirth |date=August 15, 2010 }}, playbill.com, January 2009</ref> The cast includes Lane as Gomez, Neuwirth as Morticia, [[Terrence Mann]] as Mal Beineke, [[Carolee Carmello]] as Alice Beineke, Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, [[Jackie Hoffman]] as Grandma, [[Zachary James]] as Lurch, [[Krysta Rodriguez]] as Wednesday, and [[Wesley Taylor]] as Wednesday's love interest, Lucas Beineke.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090514144305/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129122-Addams+Family+Musical+to+Star+Lane%2C+Neuwirth%2C+Carmello%2C+Hoffman%2C+Chamberlin+and+More "Addams Family Musical to Star Lane, Neuwirth, Carmello, Hoffman, Chamberlin and More"], playbill.com, May 11, 2009</ref> The Broadway production ran for 22 months, closing on December 31, 2011, after 35 previews and 722 performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/addams-family-to-close-1.3118779|work=Newsday|date=August 24, 2011|last=Winer|first=Linda|access-date=August 24, 2011|title="Addams Family" to close|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014092510/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/addams-family-to-close-1.3118779|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 5, 2016, it was announced that the musical would premiere in the UK, on a major UK and Ireland tour produced by [[James Yeoburn]] and [[Stuart Matthew Price]] for United Theatrical.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Addams Family Musical Comedy {{!}} UK Tour|url=https://www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=The Addams Family|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130053119/https://www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> The production was directed by [[Matthew White (theatre director)|Matthew White]] and it opened at [[Edinburgh Festival Theatre]] on April 20, 2017, starring [[Samantha Womack]], [[Les Dennis]] and [[Carrie Hope Fletcher]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/the-addams-family-musical-uk-tour_41694.html|title=The Addams Family musical to tour UK|website=whatsonstage.com|date=September 5, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2016|archive-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908155729/http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/the-addams-family-musical-uk-tour_41694.html|url-status=live}}</ref>