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The Addams Family Article

ON STAGE DAYTON REVIEW: The Addams Family (Victoria Theatre Association) – Ghoulishly Good

March 8, 2013 By Russell Florence, Jr. Leave a Comment

Addams Family - CastIt’s wonderful to know top-drawer musical comedy is alive and well at the Schuster Center thanks to the outstanding local premiere of “The Addams Family,” the absolutely hilarious 2010 musical inspired by the legendary creations of cartoonist Charles Addams in “The New Yorker” and presented on the Victoria Theatre Association’s Premier Health Broadway Series.

Completely retooled with new songs and tighter character development since its messy 2009 pre-Broadway Chicago tryout (which I loathed) and subsequently shaky Broadway mounting, “The Addams Family” finally gels as its wonderfully witty absurdity, surprisingly touching tenderness and enchanting whimsy clearly, cleanly coalesces. Walking the fine line of glorifying and poking fun at death without being in poor taste, librettists Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (“Jersey Boys”) have streamlined the material to focus on the coming-of-age subtext stemming from the quickie engagement between morbid Wednesday Addams (a marvelously intense Jennifer Fogarty) and her new boyfriend Lucas Beineke (an appealing Bryan Welnicki). Brickman and Elice oddly glosses over the fact that Wednesday and Lucas seem too young for marriage, but the utter shock of the engagement serves its pivotal purpose nonetheless, especially when Wednesday begs her easygoing dad Gomez (terrific comedian Jesse Sharp) not to tell her assertive, perceptive mom Morticia (the cool, statuesque KeLeen Snowgren) about her big news. As Gomez and Morticia cope with Wednesday’s budding relationship and the arrival of Lucas’ straight-laced parents from Ohio, the notion of what one considers “normal” takes on deep, relatable significance. After all, despite serious eccentricities or overt dysfunction in any family, love can prevail if accepting and appreciating someone’s differences is a priority. And in this breezy tale, tunefully broadened by composer Andrew Lippa’s nifty Tony-nominated score recalling Mel Brooks’ clever ditties for “The Producers” and “Young Frankenstein,” the transformative power of acceptance proves monumental.

Wright State University alum E. Cameron Holsinger skillfully recreates Jerry Zaks’ sharp, fast-moving direction, coaxing excellent portrayals across the board. Sharp, who deserves his own sitcom, maintains a very charming, eager-to-please disposition throughout while believably conflicted and moved as Wednesday’s engagement consumes Gomez’s thoughts. He also has a delightful chemistry with Snowgren, who never allows Morticia’s iciness to supersede her underlying warmth. Fogarty, an impressive vocal knockout who nearly stops the show with a dynamic rendition of “Pulled,” is equally well suited with Welnicki, who particularly joins her for the catchy “Crazier Than You,” a strong pop number that humorously raises the stakes of Wednesday and Lucas’ affection even though their dating history could certainly benefit from more backstory. Shaun Rice endearingly guides the proceedings as the peculiarly moon-adoring Uncle Fester. Jeremy Todd Shinder’s portrayal of devious Pugsley Addams strikes a chord during “What If,” a cute song about Pugsley and Wednesday’s unique bond. Scene-stealer Amanda Bruton is a downright hoot as the daffy, vulgar Grandma. Dan Olson, who is given a prime moment to shine during the finale, scores many laughs as imposing butler Lurch. The appropriately uptight Mark Poppleton and genially offbeat Blair Anderson are great as Mal and Alice Beineke. Ensemble members James Michael Avance, Chloe O. Davis, Jake Delaney, Lexie Dorsett, Aaron Fried, Elizabeth Hake, Katie Mebane, Julia Lancione, Galloway Stevens, and Julio Cataono Yee unobtrusively weave in and out of the action as the Addams ancestors.

Additionally, Jonathan Ritter recreates Sergio Trujillo’s original choreography with finesse, specifically the amusingly energetic opening number “When You’re an Addams” and Sharp and Snowgren’s sultry “Tango de Amor.” James Kronzer’s set design modifications of Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott’s original creations retain a stately allure. Crouch and McDermott’s costumes are also attractive. Natasha Katz’s lighting design is strikingly moody. Basil Twist and Gregory Meeh respectively supply eye-catching puppetry and special effects.

Trust me when I say “The Addams Family” would still be playing on Broadway if this splendid cast and revised script were involved. Peering into the dark side has never been more delectably entertaining.

“The Addams Family” continues through March 10 at the Schuster Center, Second and Main Streets, Dayton. Performances are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Act One: 65 minutes; Act Two: 50 minutes. Tickets are $15-$96. For tickets or more information, call Ticket Center Stage at (937) 228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com

 

 

Filed Under: On Stage Dayton Reviews Tagged With: Schuster Performing Arts Center, The Addams Family Article, Victoria Theatre Association

Family Matters – The Addams Family musical scares up laughs at the Schuster

March 6, 2013 By Dayton Most Metro Leave a Comment

Addams Family - OriginalThey say you can never go home again, but that’s not always true. From March 5 – 10, people in the Dayton area can return to one of everyone’s favorite childhood haunts, Addams Manor, as the hit Broadway musical The Addams Family takes up residence at the Schuster Center. And whether you grew up with their New Yorker cartoons, the original 1960s sitcom, the ‘90s films, or any of the various animated and live-action spinoffs over the decades, you know that once you’ve met these characters, they’re always a part of you.

A beloved staple of American pop culture, the Addams Family has walked among us for 75 years, tracing back to their first appearance — unnamed but looking essentially as we know them today — in The New Yorker as drawn by cartoonist Charles Addams. The artist was best known for his one-panel illustrations in the famed magazine; frequently accompanied by a devastatingly witty one-liner, the humor in his work tended toward jet-black macabre. The familiar Family characters populated a total of 150 single panel cartoons, and approximately half of them were published in the 50 years between their debut and the artist’s death in 1988.

In 1964, ABC debuted (the same week as CBS’ similarly freaky The Munsters, no less) a sitcom based on the characters, which gave them names and fleshed out their lives and connections. Though it only ran for two seasons (ending, also, the same week as The Munsters in 1966), it remained a cult hit that rose from the grave again and again. There was the failed 1973 pilot for
The Addams Family Fun-House, a musical comedy variety show(?!) with Jack Riley and Liz Torres as Gomez and Morticia, comedian Stubby Kaye as Fester, and Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster!) as Pugsley. There was an animated appearance on an episode of The New Scooby Doo Movies, with most of the original series cast voicing the characters…which led to a 1973-75 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera. Oddly enough, this show featured the family cruising the country in a Victorian mansion-type RV — oh, and eight-year-old Jodie Foster voicing Pugsley. In ‘77, the live-action series cast reunited for a (dreadful) TV-movie, Halloween with the New Addams Family.

The casts of the 1966 TV series and the 1991 film

The casts of the 1966 TV series and the 1991 film

And then, they returned to the A-list. Paramount’s 1991 big-screen take on the characters was a smash hit and introduced the characters to a new generation. Helmed by the late Raul Julia’s gleefully madcap Gomez and Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston’s seductively steely Morticia, the movie spun off another Saturday morning cartoon and a popular sequel, Addams Family Values, as well as launching the career of Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday.

Broadway beckoned, and after more than three years of development, The Addams Family slithered onto the stage in April 2010 with the picture-perfect casting of Tony and Emmy winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth heading the cast. It was a success, running for 725 performances and snagging two Tony nominations (Best Score, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Kevin Chamberlin as Fester) and eight Drama Desk nods. (Interesting piece of trivia: Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson was in talks to take over the role of Morticia when the show closed.) Now, touring productions of the musical are planned for almost every continent.

In the musical, we meet the family at a time of great conflict. This premise will be familiar to anyone who’s seen La Cage Aux Folles, also known as The Birdcage: 18-year-old Wednesday invites her boyfriend to dinner to meet her folks. Unfortunately, he’s also bringing his folks, who happen to be a couple of bland, uptight buzzkills from — of course — Ohio. She begs her family to act “normal,” a word which, of course, carries a somewhat different meaning to the Addamses…

The show, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) with music by Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), has been significantly reworked for the tour version, which differs a good bit from the original Broadway incarnation. Four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks guided an extensive revision that cut three songs, added three new ones, and restructured two others. Storylines were changed and rebuilt as well, including some major changes that removed a plot twist involving the family’s giant pet squid. The effort paid off, fashioning a tighter, fast-moving, more character-driven show that places Gomez and Morticia front and center and ties everything together in a more organic fashion.

Shaun Rice as Uncle Fester

Shaun Rice as Uncle Fester

The jovial Uncle Fester is our guide for the evening’s events, which provide plenty of the expected laughs and romance while also showing off these classic characters in ways we’ve never seen before. Happy-go-lucky Gomez seems to ruin everything he touches and can’t please anyone. Eternal beauty Morticia, approaching middle age, fears growing older, and the two find themselves having their first marital spat and staring into a half-empty nest as their firstborn prepares to take flight. We see Wednesday as an adult with her well-known independent streak now influenced by the realization that the real world and the world she grew up in are two very different things. Pugsley is afraid that if he loses his sister, there’ll be no one to torture him anymore. And, perhaps most touching of all, this incarnation of Fester is almost childlike in his innocence and unconditional love.

It works, and it makes for a terrific evening of theatre. The script is packed with huge belly laughs and so many throwaway gags that by the time you finish laughing at one, you’ve likely missed two more. The in-law characters have depth and humor (Blair Anderson as Alice is particularly dynamite in her showcase number). Jennifer Fogarty’s deadpan delivery and incredibly strong voice make Wednesday a real standout. And Amanda Bruton nearly steals the whole show as Grandma, played like a salty, funky, ancient hippie just old enough to not care what comes out of her mouth. Jesse Sharp as Gomez drives the proceedings with boundless energy and zest, bringing the house down with his mindless comedic rants and witty asides. He and Bruton easily score the biggest and longest laughs of the evening, while Shaun Rice’s joyous, soulful Fester unexpectedly forms the heart of the show.

“He’s a little different from how we’ve seen him in the movies and the TV show,” said Rice. “He’s more similar to the original comics. He’s very sweet and is kind of the narrator of the show. Each character has their own sort of musical style in terms of the songs they do, and he has this kind of old-timey, song-and-dance, vaudeville style. There’s a wonderful song in Act Two where Fester sort of interrupts the action to tell us about the love of his life that really shows him at his best.”

Rice started out doing theatre in the Tampa Bay area at a very young age, then began directing before enrolling in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. And this isn’t his first experience bringing a treasured ‘60s sitcom to the stage: Rice put in some time playing Jonas “The Skipper” Grumby in Gilligan’s Island: The Musical back in the ‘80s.

“This show has been my proudest achievement so far,” he said. “It’s been fantastic. The Addams Family is so iconic. I grew up watching the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, and of course, I saw the movies as an adult, and it’s just a dream come true to be part of such an iconic thing in pop culture. These characters are so simple and silly in some ways, but they’re also more than that because they represent that part of us that never quite fit in. Everyone loves this family. When certain characters show up, the audience just goes nuts for them, and we don’t have to spend a lot of time laying groundwork or explaining who we are. The minute we walk out onstage, you know where you are and who you’re with, and you can really feel how excited and comfortable the audience is being with these characters again. It’s so much fun.”

Actor Jesse Sharp as Gomez

Actor Jesse Sharp as Gomez

“People just eat it up,” said Jesse Sharp, who plays Gomez. “I’ve been on a couple of Broadway tours before and never had audiences react to a show the way they do here. I like that it’s a very sweet family show, but it’s also a comedy. People can expect to have an easy, good time.”

Frazier Park, California native Sharp studied acting at UCLA while performing sketch and improv comedy before relocating to New York to pursue musical theatre and eventually landing in classical theatre doing the Shakespeare festival circuit. His pet creation, the raucous Hamlet Project (“basically a drinking game version of Hamlet we do in bars”) caught on big enough in L.A. that it now has a spinoff version in Chicago and is continuing to expand.

And in the meantime, he’s spending the next year and a half traveling the U.S., Canada, and Asia with the world’s favorite ghoulish gaggle.

“I’ve played a lot of best friends and funny sidekicks during my career, so playing Gomez has been a real highlight. Our tour is still just getting started. It’s still early on for us, and down the line, we’re heading to a part of the world I’ve never been to, and we just go onstage and have fun every night. I’m incredibly excited.”

The Addams Family runs March 5 – 10 at the Schuster Center. Tickets are $40 – $96. For military and student and more information, visit http://www.victoriatheatre.com/shows/the-addams-family/ or call (937) 228-3630.

Filed Under: On Stage Dayton Previews, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Schuster Performing Arts Center, The Addams Family Article, Victoria Theatre Association

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March 31 @ 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Recurring

Second Annual Belgian Beer Week

For the second year in a row, Loose Ends Brewing Company has set aside an entire week to celebrate Belgian-style...

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Recurring

Pick Your Own Daffodil Bouquet

March 31 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Recurring

Pick Your Own Daffodil Bouquet

“Wow! These are the most beautiful flowers I’ve ever gotten!” These aren't your typical daffodils. They're more beautiful and more...

$26
2:00 pm - 10:30 pm Recurring

DayCon Tabletop Gaming Convention

March 31 @ 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm Recurring

DayCon Tabletop Gaming Convention

DayCon Tabletop Gaming Convention has tons of great board and card game, tabletop miniature and RPG events run by some...

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Friday Fish Fry

March 31 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Friday Fish Fry

Join us on Friday evenings for indoor dining by making an online reservation or contact the club grill at 937.438.4653...

$20
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Sacred Heart Fish Fry

March 31 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Sacred Heart Fish Fry

Fried and baked Cod, grilled cheese sandwich, baked potato, French Fries, green beans, salad, coleslaw, dessert and beverage. Adults $15...

$15
+ 14 More
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

SUPERHERO C.A.P.E. 5K WALK / RUN

April 1 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

SUPERHERO C.A.P.E. 5K WALK / RUN

Calling All Local Superheroes!! Family Violence Prevention Center invites all of you to come out and run/walk with us on...

$30
9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Community Easter Egg Hunt

April 1 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Community Easter Egg Hunt

Join us for this egg-cellent event. Bring your own basket and enjoy the egg hunt on the golf course.

Free
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Recurring

DayCon Tabletop Gaming Convention

April 1 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Recurring

DayCon Tabletop Gaming Convention

DayCon Tabletop Gaming Convention has tons of great board and card game, tabletop miniature and RPG events run by some...

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

2023 APRIL FOOL’S DAY 5K

April 1 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

2023 APRIL FOOL’S DAY 5K

  It’s no joke! The April Fool’s Day 5k is on April 1 again. The course starts and finishes in...

$25
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sushi Dinner Cake Class

April 1 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sushi Dinner Cake Class

Join us for this fun event where you can create a cute little sushi dinner with sweets! We will walk...

$45
11:00 am - 9:00 pm Recurring

Second Annual Belgian Beer Week

April 1 @ 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Recurring

Second Annual Belgian Beer Week

For the second year in a row, Loose Ends Brewing Company has set aside an entire week to celebrate Belgian-style...

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Recurring

Pick Your Own Daffodil Bouquet

April 1 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Recurring

Pick Your Own Daffodil Bouquet

“Wow! These are the most beautiful flowers I’ve ever gotten!” These aren't your typical daffodils. They're more beautiful and more...

$26
12:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Five Year Anniversary

April 1 @ 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Five Year Anniversary

Where has the time gone? It feels like just yesterday that we first opened our doors to serve Xenia-brewed beer....

+ 6 More
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

56th ORRRC Marathon & 34th Half Marathon & Inaugural 10K

April 2 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

56th ORRRC Marathon & 34th Half Marathon & Inaugural 10K

The ORRRC Xenia Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 10K are scenic, fast courses through the town of Xenia, Ohio! The races run...

$50 – $85
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Recurring

Sunday Brunch

April 2 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Recurring

Sunday Brunch

Join us at Jaqua’s at the Greene for our Sunday brunch! We have an all you can eat buffet with...

10:30 am - 5:00 pm Recurring

Sleuth

April 2 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Recurring

Sleuth

The ultimate game of cat and mouse is played out in an English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer,...

$70
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Recurring

First Sunday Eudora Market

April 2 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Recurring

First Sunday Eudora Market

Stop into Eudora Brewing Co. on the first Sunday of the month from February-May to shop over 19 local vendors...

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gem City Pinball – March Rumble

April 2 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gem City Pinball – March Rumble

Registration starts at 2pm with the tournament starting at 3pm. There is a $10 entry fee, plus coin drop. We...

$10
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm Recurring

Sleuth

April 2 @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm Recurring

Sleuth

The ultimate game of cat and mouse is played out in an English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer,...

$70
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Aerial Yoga Beginners

April 2 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Aerial Yoga Beginners

This special Aerial Class for Beginners will meet one a month on the first Sunday of each month. It's an...

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