The Addams Family Fun Facts
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Patrick D. Kennedy (Pugsley), Pippa Pearthree (Grandma), Sara Gettelfinger (Morticia), Douglas Sills (Gomez), Tom Corbeil (Lurch), Cortney Wolfson (Wednesday) and Blake Hammond (Uncle Fester) in The Addams Family | Photo: Jeremy Daniel
- The characters of The Addams Family were first penned by American cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938. They appeared in single-panel cartoons that were published in The New Yorker from 1938 to 1988.
- The Addams Family premiered on Broadway in April 2010 after a try-out in Chicago. It was the first time the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation permitted the Addams Family characters to be used in a stage production. They required that the musical be based solely on Addams’ cartoons and have an original plot.
- The Addams Family has been featured in television series (both live and animated), films and video games.
- Charles Addams did not name the individual members of The Addams Family until the live television series was created in the early 1960s.
- Charles Addams originally wanted to use the name Pubert instead of Pugsley.
- The original Broadway cast of The Addams Family starred Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia.
- The last actress to play Morticia on Broadway was Brooke Shields.
- The book for The Addams Family was written by Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman. Elice and Brickman also wrote the book for the hit musical Jersey Boys, which earned them a 2005 Tony Award® nomination for Best Book of a Musical.
- The Addams Family is the first Broadway show to be produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals, which was founded in part by both Pittsburgh CLO and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
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When You're an Addams
Pulled
Where Did We Go Wrong
One Normal Night
Morticia
What If?
Full Disclosure
Waiting
Just Around the Corner
The Moon and Me
Happy/Sad
Crazier than You
Let’s Not Talk About Anything Else But Love
In the Arms
Live Before We Die
Tango de Amor
2010 Tony Awards®
Best Original Score (Nominee)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Nominee)
2010 Drama Desk Awards:
Outstanding Musical (Nominee)
Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Nominee)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Nominee)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Nominee)
Outstanding Music (Nominee)
Outstanding Lyrics (Nominee)
Outstanding Set Design (Winner)
Outstanding Lighting Design (Nominee)