A New Musical Based on Characters Created by Legendary Cartoonist Charles Addams to Open on Broadway April 8, 2010
Co-Produced by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts as a Member of Five Cent Productions

Two-time Tony Award winners, NATHAN LANE (The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and BEBE NEUWIRTH (Chicago, Sweet Charity) will star as Gomez and Morticia in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. Produced by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions of which Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a member, by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical, THE ADDAMS FAMILY will open on Broadway Thursday, April 8, 2010 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced. Previews will begin Thursday, March 4, 2010 following a pre-Broadway engagement at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre in Chicago that begins November 13.

"We formed Five Cent Productions in 2005 and invested in Elephant Eye Theatrical to take a pro-active role in the creation of exciting new musicals for Broadway and stages around the world," said Kimmel Center President and CEO Anne Ewers, "It is especially gratifying to have the first one, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, come to fruition with a brilliant and exciting cast and creative team."

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