San Jose Stage Company to Close Season with THE ADDAMS FAMILY, 6/3-7/19

They're kooky and spooky and, yes, they're family. San Jose Stage Company wraps its 32nd season with the hilariously entertaining Broadway hit musical, The Addams Family, from June 3 - July 19. Directed by Tony Kelly, the beloved and bizarre snap-happy clan in love with death comes to life with show-stopping numbers in what Bloomberg News calls, "Uproarious! A glitzy-gloomy musical entirely worthy of the macabre drawings by Charles Addams."

From the creators of Jersey Boys Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and Drama Desk Award-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa, the frightfully delightful world of Gomez Addams starring Johnny Moreno (Thomas in Venus in Fur; Macheath in Threepenny Opera) and Morticia Addams starring Allison F. Rich (Vanda in Venus in Fur; Bonnie in Bonnie and Clyde), Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and Lurch shine as the magnificently morbid family in what the New York Observer says is "entirely entertaining and enjoyable."

The Addams Family features an original story and it's every father's nightmare. Wednesday Addams starring Courtney Hatcher (Jenny/Letta in Death of a Salesman) as the princess of darkness who has grown up and fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart young man from Ohio that the family has never met starring Jeffrey Brian Adams (Happy in Death of a Salesman). Mystery and mayhem ensue when the lovable yet ruthless Gomez and the diabolically sly Morticia invite the "normal" boyfriend and his parents over for dinner in what will surely be a ghastly, ghostly and side-splitting evening.

"The Addams Family is perfect for our audiences - edgy, evocative, and funny," said Randall King, San Jose Stage Company's Artistic Director. "Who's to say what a 'normal' family is, and certainly in theatre we like to shine the light on all types of families, relationships and love. I guarantee this all-star cast will deliver full-tilt on this outrageously fun musical about the quirky and maybe slightly insane Addams family. "

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.

For tickets ($20-$65) or more information, please call the box office at 408.283.7142 or order online www.thestage.org. Discounts are available for students, seniors, and groups.

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