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'Addams Family' set for a Broadway run.


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London, May 13 (ANI): The much-loved TV series 'The Addams Family' would soon be turned into a Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning actor of the stage and screen. Biography
Early life
Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Irish American Catholic parents.
, announced the show's producers.

The 'Producers' star will play Gomez Addams Gomez Addams is the fictional patriarch of The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s. Gomez was played by John Astin in the 1960s American television series.  in the show, with 'Cheers' star Bebe Neuwirth, who will appear as his wife Morticia.

The plot will mainly focus on daughter Wednesday Addams Wednesday Friday Addams is a member of the fictional Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams for The New Yorker.

In Charles Addams's cartoons, Wednesday and other members of the family had no names.
, and how she deals with turning 18 and getting a boyfriend, reports the BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
.

Firstly, the musical will open in Chicago in November for two months, and would eventually move to Broadway in April next year.

Based on the creations of cartoonist Charles Addams, the original 'Addams Family' television show ran in the 1960s, and was later spawned into animated series in the mid-'70s before being adapted into two movies in the 1990s. (ANI)

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