Grandma Addams, the feisty potient-brewing matriarch of the Addams clan (played by comic actress Jackie Hoffman), turns 116 on Wednesday, March 30 and to celebrate, the producers of THE ADDAMS FAMILY are offering a free ticket to the matinee for 116 real grandmothers age 60 or older who were born in March.
Grandmothers wishing to take part in Grandma Addams' birthday celebration should come to the Lunt-Fontanne box-office (205 West 46th Street) on Wednesday morning, March 30 between 10 am and noon with photo ID that documents birth date, as well a photo taken with grandchild or grandchildren. The first 116 people in line will receive a free ticket to the performance and be invited to meet Grandma immediately following the show. In order to qualify, you must be 60 or older and born in March.
Grandma's Birthday on March 30 is the culmination of a month-long celebration of the batty matriarch's Sweet 116 that has included a hysterical inter-active video featuring
Jackie Hoffman: http://theaddamsfamilymusical.com/sweet116. Thousands have already visited the site to make suggestions to Grandma on how to celebrate her birthday. Suggestions will be taken through the 30th!
The hit musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist
Charles Addams, has entered its second smash year at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway. Since its first performance on March 8, 2010, THE ADDAMS FAMILY has been one of the Broadway's biggest hits, grossing over $59 million its first year. A national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY will begin in September of this year at the
Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts in New Orleans. Plans for several international productions are currently underway.
The Broadway cast of THE ADDAMS FAMILY stars Tony Award winner
Roger Rees as Gomez; two-time Tony Award winner
Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia,
Brad Oscar as Fester,
Rachel Potter as Wednesday,
Jackie Hoffman as Grandma,
Zachary James as Lurch,
Heidi Blickenstaff as Alice Beineke,
Adam Grupper as Mal Beineke and
Jesse Swenson as Lucas Beineke.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY features a book by
Marshall Brickman and
Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by
Andrew Lippa. The production is directed and designed (sets and costumes) by
Phelim McDermott and
Julian Crouch, with creative consultation by
Jerry Zaks and choreography by
Sergio Trujillo. Lighting design is by
Natasha Katz, sound design by
ACME Sound Partners and puppetry by
Basil Twist.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY features an original story. It's every parent's nightmare. Your little girl has suddenly become a young woman, and what's worse, has fallen deliriously in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. Yes, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has a "normal" boyfriend, and for parents Gomez and Morticia, it's a shocking development that turns the Addams house upside down when they are forced to host a dinner for the young man and his parents.
In a prolific career spanning six decades,
Charles Addams created several thousand cartoons, sketches and drawings, many of which were published in The New Yorker. But it was his creation of characters that came to be known as The Addams Family that brought Addams his greatest acclaim. With a unique style that combined the twisted, macabre and just plain weird with charm, wit and enchantment, Addams' drawings have entertained millions worldwide and served as the inspiration for multiple television series and motion pictures.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY is produced on Broadway by
Stuart Oken,
Roy Furman,
Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Prods.,
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 Co./Clarence, LLC and
Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals, by special arrangement with
Elephant Eye Theatrical.
For more information on THE ADDAMS FAMILY, visit
www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com.
