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'The Addams Family' Heads To Broadway -- Which Other Classic Shows Should Follow Suit?
29 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST
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Maybe I've been living under a rock, but count this as breaking news for at least one reporter — there is an "Addams Family" musical on its way to Broadway.
Variety reports that Jerry Zaks has been hired as a creative consultant to rework "The Addams Family," which is described as a "Broadway-bound tuner." In other words, a musical. In other words, amazing.
It's hard to determine whether or not a musical adaptation of the classic television series (and hilarious film franchise) is a ridiculously stupid idea or a ridiculously great one. Depending on the execution, it really could go either way. One thing is for sure — the idea of adapting classic TV shows as Broadway musicals is an interesting one. I wonder how well it would work for some other old school shows...
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- Josh Wigler
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Worst Fashion DUIs of 2009
28 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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Did the entertainer intend to emulate the scary little girl from The Ring or Cousin Itt from The Addams Family when she wore this dress of tresses?
That's just one of the many riddles surrounding fashion's most infamous joker. (Other unanswered questions include: Does she have the hots for men or women…or both? Why is she so obsessed with Kermit the Frog? How does she keep from walking into walls when her entire face is covered?)
What we do know is that this outrageous outfit helped her nab the top spot in mystyle's Worst Fashion DUIs of 2009 gallery!
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Worst Fashion DUIs of 2009
28 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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Did the entertainer intend to emulate the scary little girl from The Ring or Cousin Itt from The Addams Family when she wore this dress of tresses?
That's just one of the many riddles surrounding fashion's most infamous joker. (Other unanswered questions include: Does she have the hots for men or women…or both? Why is she so obsessed with Kermit the Frog? How does she keep from walking into walls when her entire face is covered?)
What we do know is that this outrageous outfit helped her nab the top spot in mystyle's Worst Fashion DUIs of 2009 gallery!
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Now see which stars' fashion flubs made it into our Best of You Write 'Em Up! gallery.
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This Week on Stage: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury star in 'A Little Night Music'
19 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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In the past week, two new shows have opened in New York City: A Little Night Music, a musical revival starring Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones (at left), and The Orphans Home Cycle, Part 2 -- The Story of a Marriage. EW reviewers enjoyed both of them. Thom Geier gave A Little Night Music a B+ and said that star Zeta-Jones comfortably commanded the stage "as if it were just another red carpet to be conquered." Meanwhile, Melissa Rose Bernardo also gave The Orphans Home Cycle, Part 2 -- The Story of a Marriage a B+ and made the powerful proclamation that
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- Thom Geier
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Saved by the Bell Might Finally Get the Big Screen Treatment
18 December 2009 3:22 PM, PST
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It's quite surprising that after turning older television shows like Charlie's Angels, Get Smart, The Addams Family into feature films, many of the sitcoms and series from the 90's have remained largely untouched by the property grabbing hands of Hollywood. That has the potential to change soon as Pajiba reports that a Saved by the Bell movie is in the works. And while there's certainly some interest in revisiting Bayside High School (especially from Jimmy Fallon), the film itself would more than likely have an all-new cast with the possibility of cameos from the original cast members. But does anyone want to see this show as a movie?
However, I'm not sure if an "all-new cast" means that it will simply have new actors playing Bayside High School's finest. If you're too young to remember the 90's series or just never cared enough to watch, the show aired between 1989 and
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Barry Sonnenfeld to Direct Gil's All Fright Diner for DreamWorks
16 December 2009 10:48 PM, PST
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Nothing like taking the kitchen sink approach to a project, which is what it sounds like A. Lee Martinez did when writing the novel Gil's All Fright Diner about a vampire and werewolf who team up to fight zombies after stopping at a diner in the desert that is a conduit for the supernatural.
Now, thanks to the success of The Twilight Saga, of course any project that even hints at a vamp/lycan collaboration is a hot ticket, so DreamWorks Animation has snapped up Kung Fu Panda scribes Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris to write an adaptation of Gil's All Fright Diner.
Barry Sonnenfeld (The Addams Family/Addams Family Values) is attached to direct.
According to Variety there's an odd couple aspect of the story [about] this vampire and werewolf who team to save the world from an ancient demon and his modern ally, a high school cheerleader who wants to be famous.
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This Week on Stage: Mamet's 'Race' and 'So Help Me God' open
12 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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The past week saw the opening of two new shows in New York City. The first is a new play from David Mamet, Race, which EW critic Lisa Schwarzbaum awarded a C grade and called "a four-person dramatic tap dance about the lies blacks and whites tell each other about each other." The other—without a doubt, much lighter fare—is a lost backstage play called So Help Me God starring Kristen Johnston that EW's Jessica Shaw gave a B, commenting that "Johnston seems to relish every second" of her time on stage, "strutting around the stage in diva-worthy capes and lacy gowns,
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- Tanner Stransky
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This Week on Stage: Cate Blanchett stars in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
5 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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Stage fans, we find ourselves on a weekend where lots of the star-driven shows on the boards -- ranging from Oleanna and After Miss Julie to A Steady Rain and Hamlet -- are set to close. Single tear. But, never fear! A handful of great new shows have opened in the last week, too, so you're covered. Reviews of five new shows went up on EW.com this week: our critics' takes on the touring production of The 101 Dalmatians Musical (B-); and off-Broadway entries The Brother/Sister Plays (A), This (B+), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (C+), and A Streetcar Named Desire
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- Tanner Stransky
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This Week on Stage: 'Fela!' rocks, Matthew Broderick disappoints
27 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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Former American Idol contestant Syesha Mercado may be the biggest known name in the revival of Dreamgirls that kicked off its national tour at Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre this week, but it's an unknown named Moya Angela who's generating all the buzz as Effie "I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" White, according to EW's Tanner Stransky. Also this week, the booty-shaking biographical Afrobeat musical Fela! (pictured at left) opened on Broadway to widespread raves (including a B+ from EW), while a fine cast headed by a lifeless Matthew Broderick struggled in director/playwright Kenneth Lonergan's disappointing new Off Broadway comic drama,
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- Thom Geier
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Marc Shaiman appointed Oscar music director
25 November 2009 2:57 AM, PST
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Film composer Marc Shaiman has been appointed the music director for next year’s Academy Awards gala. The composer of scores such as The Addams Family, Hairspray, City Slickers, Patch Adams and An American President, already served as the musical director for the 2004 show and has also written a number of hilarious musical medleys for the show in recent years. The 2010 Academy Awards take place on March 7. In
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- Mikael Carlsson
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This Week on Stage: 'Ragtime,' 'Equivocation' in L.A., and vibrators!
21 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST
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It was a busy week on the boards. Sunday saw the opening of a Broadway revival of the musical Ragtime (pictured right), which EW's Melissa Rose Bernardo calls "dazzling" and gives an A. Also on Broadway, Sarah Ruhl's provocatively titled comic play In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play opened to a decidedly lukewarm review from yours truly: "Ruhl's play could have benefited from a broader, farcical touch." Elsewhere on Broadway, the Julia Stiles-Bill Pullman revival of David Mamet's Oleanna announced plans to close on Jan. 3.
Off Broadway, we raved about both Alan Ayckbourn's My
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- Thom Geier
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First Look: 'The Addams Family' on stage
20 November 2009 1:36 PM, PST
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Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in The Addams Family, a new musical about the famously creepy family (now in Chicago until Jan. 10, then opening on Broadway April 8.) To develop his own take on the character of Gomez (famously played by Raul Julia in the 90s movies and John Astin in the 60s TV show), Lane dissected clues provided by the show's script, which is based on the original New Yorker cartoons penned by Charles Addams. " obviously has family money, and he doesn't have to work. So he has time for things like the tango and sword fighting.
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The Addams Family: Take a Look at the Broadway Musical Cast
18 November 2009 6:39 PM, PST
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We first discussed the new Broadway musical version of The Addams Family back in June 2007. Though the creators said that they intended to base it on the New Yorker cartoons, there are bound to be lots similarities to the classic TV show.
As expected, Nathan Lane (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) is playing creepy patriarch Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers) is embodying his ever-enchanting wife, Morticia.
Rounding out the family are Kevin Chamberlain (Heroes) as Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman (Dilbert) as Grandma, Adam Riegler as son Puglsey, Krysta Rodriguez as daughter Wednesday, and Zachary James as Lurch, the giant butler.
The show is currently playing in Chicago for its out-of-town premiere and is expected to kick off its Broadway run on March 2nd.
What do you think?
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This Week on Stage: Consult EW's handy guide
14 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST
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Although nothing much opened on the Great White Way this week, never fear, stage fans! Next week, we'll be posting new reviews of Broadway's musical revival Ragtime (at left) and the comedy In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play as well as the Alan Ayckbourn play My Wonderful Day Off Broadway and the Los Angeles productions of Mary Poppins and the drama Equivocation. If you are looking for something fresh from EW this week, though, read up on Broadway's new Spider-Man, Reeve Carney.
But in the meantime, you can enjoy all the other great Stage coverage. Check out the EW.
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- Thom Geier
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The Addams Family's latest incarnation is a Broadway musical
13 November 2009 7:02 AM, PST
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The Addams Family is coming back. No, this times it's not a TV series, nor a motion picture. No, this time Broadway is taking Charles Addams' amazing dysfunctional gothic family and putting their antics to music. That's right, The Addams Family is becoming a Broadway musical.
One of the things that sounds really promising about the musical is the casting. The two leads seem perfect for their roles -- Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia. They're both like cartoon characters already, and in that bizarro world, they should be right at home. Hams on parade ... with music! It sounds glorious.
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Gold Derby nuggets: CMAs clobber competition | Ves knocked out by James Cameron | Mike Tyson delivers blow to Oscar hopes
12 November 2009 2:27 PM, PST
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• The CMAs did well for the alphabet net Wednesday night, drawing 16.8 million viewers to watch Taylor Swift sweep the awards. As James Hibberd reports: "That's 24% higher than the Emmys this year and up slightly from last year's CMAs. ABC won the night, its three-hour telecast leading every time slot with the network's biggest non-sports Wednesday audience in more than four years." Hollywood Reporter • David Ng says he is looking forward to the upcoming Broadway musical version of "The Addams Family," having seen the first photos of the Tony-winning talent in costume. For David, "the fright wigs and cadaverous make-up look spot on, and Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth seem to be
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Stage Tube: Vf - Behind the Scenes with The Addams Family!
10 November 2009 5:34 PM, PST
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Acclaimed photographer Mark Seliger, who has shot more than 100 Rolling Stone covers and multiple Vanity Fair covers, shot the first ever "family" portrait of The Addams Family on October 1 for Vanity Fair. The "altogether ooky" photo can be found in the December issue of Vanity Fair! You can watch a behind the scenes video of the photo shoot right here on Stage Tube!
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This Week on Stage: 'The Understudy,' 'Idiot Savant,' and 'Nightingale'
7 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST
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This week saw the too-rapid close of the Neil Simon revival Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway, as well as the opening of three Off Broadway productions: The Understudy, starring Justin Kirk, Julie White, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (above); Idiot Savant with Willem Dafoe; and Nightingale with Lynn Redgrave. Melissa Bernardo gave a B+ to The Understudy but dinged it for the cast's somewhat mixed on-stage chemistry. Thom Geier calls Idiot Savant "one strange, head-scratching evening" and gives it a C+. As for Lynn Redgrave's one-woman show, Nightingale, I gave it a C and took issue with the production because "the
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- Tanner Stransky
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The Berenstain Bears Get an Off-Base Update
3 November 2009 3:02 PM, PST
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Another classic cartoon is getting ready for the feature treatment. This time, it's your friendly neighborhood bears. USA Today reports that Shawn Levy (director of the Night at the Museum flicks) is gearing up to produce The Berenstain Bears into a feature comedy with Walden Media. This cartoon family has been around since 1962, and have had a handful of television specials, a series in the mid-80s, and another in 2003.
But, like anything Hollywood, the family is getting updated. They won't just live in Bear Country this time around. Levy is planning a mix of live action and computer animation where "the comedy comes from this bear family coexisting in a more recognizably real world." That means updates on mom's polka dots, dad's overalls, and, presumably, interaction with humans. The plan is to incorporate details from popular books in the series, and Walden Media CEO Michael Bostick compares the clan
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This week on stage: 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Finian's Rainbow'
30 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT
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This week saw the opening of two new Broadway productions, both revivals: The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs, a comedy-drama starring former Roseanne star Laurie Metcalf (left), which I described as "a fine revival, easily the best show of a young Broadway season," and the musical Finian's Rainbow, which Tanner Stransky called "an odd, farcical muscial" that is "well cast and smartly performed."
Still hunting for something to see on stage? Check out the EW.com Stage hub for up-to-date news and reviews; or consult this handy guide below, which includes links to all of our stage reviews of current shows.
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