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GUIDE: Broadway - Current

 

SHOW & CREDITSPRODUCER / PRESSVENUEDATES
ADDAMS FAMILY, THE
MUSICAL. Book: Marshall Brickman (Agt: ICM 212-556-5600) & Rick Elice (Agt: ICM 212-556-5600). Score: Andrew Lippa (Agt: CAA 212-277-9000), adapting Charles Addams cartoons. Dirs: Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch; Creative Consult: Jerry Zaks. Set: Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch. Choreog: Sergio Trujillo.
Light: Natasha Katz; Sound: Acme Sound Partners (888-753-3330; acme@ acmesoundpartners.com; acmesoundpartners.com); Puppets: Basil Twist. Music Dir: Mary-Mitchell Campbell; Orch: Larry Hochman; Dance Arr: August Eriksmoen; Hair: Tom Watson; Make-up: Angelina Avallone; Effects: Greg Meeh; Fight Dir: Rick Sordelet.
Casting: Telsey + Co. 212-868-1260
Cast: Brooke Shields (Morticia, to 12/31/11), Roger Rees (Gomez), Brad Oscar (Fester), Adam Grupper (Mal), Heidi Blickenstaff (Alice), Jackie Hoffman (Grandma), Adam Riegler (Pugsley), Rachel Potter (Wednesday).
Plot: Outsiders come to dinner, hurling the strange family into chaos.
Notes: Tried out to mixed-to-positive notices at Chicago, IL's Ford Center 11/13/09-1/10/10. Elice & Brickman penned Jersey Boys. Lippa penned the off-Bway Wild Party.
AWD: 2010 DD: Set. 2010 OCC: Set. 		PROD: Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions, Stephen Schuler, Decca Theatricals, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky, Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary Lu Roffe; Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/Clarence LLC & Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals by arr w/ Elephant Eye Theatrical. Theaddamsfamilymusical.com
CAP: $10m.
GM: 101 Productions: 575-0828
PR: The Publicity Office (Jeremy Shaffer): 1650 Bway, #611, NYC 10019. 212-315-2120; jeremy@ publicityoffice.com
BIZ: $750K / 90% (7/17/11)
GROSS: $70m (7/17/11)
PERFS: 35p/532reg (7/17/11)		Lunt Fontanne Theater [Ned]: 205 West 46 St. 212-307-4100Prev: March 8, 2010; Op: April 8, 2010; To: Dec. 31, 2011 (after 34p/725r)

 GUIDE – PRESS AGENTS

 (The following list of theatrical press agents and agencies is alphabetized by last name. Information is subject to change, and staff lists are not complete)

Jim Baldassare: 201 West 70 St., #11B, NYC 10023. 212‑362‑3346; fx 787-1041; Jbpressrep@ aol.com.

Barlow‑Hartman Public Relations: 1560 Broadway, #909, NYC 10036. 212-398‑1800; fx 212-398-7110. Staff: John Barlow (john@ barhart.com), Michael Hartman (michael@ barhart.com), Wayne Wolfe, Dennis Crowley, Carol Fineman 212-354-7343.carolf@ cfpublicity.com), Tom D’Ambrosio (tom@ barhart.com), Andrew Snyder, Gerilyn Shur (gerilyn@ barhart.com), Leslie Baden, Jon Dimond (jdimond@ barhart.com). (Grease,Wicked ,Young Frankenstein.)

 

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RUMORS

* THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Book: Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice. Score: Andrew Lippa, adapting Charles Addams cartoons. Dir/Set: Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch. Choreog: Sergio Trujillo. Music Dir: Mary-Mitchell Campbell; Casting: Telsey + Co. Cast; Bebe Neuwirth, Nathan Lane (rumored). PROD: Elephant Eye Theatrical (Stuart Oken, Michael Leavitt & Five Cent Productions). CAP: $10m. GM: 101 Productions. Casting: Telsey + Co. PR: The Publicity Office (Marc Thibodeau): mthibodeau@ publicityoffice.com. Notes: Workshops eyed for Jan. 2009 (PBOL 10/08). Capitalization in place for tryouts and then Bway in 2009-10 season (NYPOST 6/08). Elice & Brickman penned Jersey Boys. Lippa penned the off-Bway Wild Party. Chances: possible.

 * DIRTY DANCING – The Classic Story On Stage. Musical. Book: Eleanor Bergstein, adapting her 1987 screenplay. Songs: Period hits and new numbers by John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte. Dir: James Powell. Set: Stephen Brimson Lewis; Light: Tim Mitchell; Sound: Bobby Aitken; Video: Jon Driscoll. Cast: Josef Brown (Johnny), Amanda Leigh Cobb (Baby), Britta Lazenga (Penny). Plot: At holiday camp, daughter meets dance teacher from the wrong side of the tracks. PROD (UK): Jacobsen Entertainment in assoc w/ Lions Gate Films & Magic Hour Productions. Notes: Current staging at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace (9/28-12/7/08) billed as pre-Bway and eyeing the Neil Simon Theater for Fall 2009 (VAR, 10/08). Huge sales for premiere at London's Aldwych (dirtydancinglondon.com; 3/07). Dodgers workshopped it in Aug. 2001, with Laura Breckenridge, Davis Robertson, Michael Rupert & Kaitlin Hopkins. Chances: good.