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Addams Family Will Sing in Chicago in Fall 2009, Prior to Broadway

By Kenneth Jones
October 30, 2008

What rhymes with "Morticia"? Chicago audiences will find out starting in November 2009, when Broadway in Chicago hosts the world premiere of the new Broadway-aimed musical, The Addams Family, based on the macabre characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams.

The musical with book by Tony Award nominees Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), and music and lyrics by Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) will begin tryout performances Nov. 13, 2009, at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre in Chicago.

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Brescia, Ashford and Cusick Will Join Chicago's Wicked June 3

By Andrew Gans
June 2, 2008

As previously announced, Annaleigh Ashford, who recently played the role of the curly locked Glinda in the Broadway company of Wicked, will join the Chicago cast of that Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical June 3.

That evening's performance will also welcome Lisa Brescia (Broadway's Wicked and The Times They Are A-Changin') as the company's new Elphaba and Kristoffer Cusick back to the role of Fiyero. Cusick originated the role of Fiyero in both the Chicago and Los Angeles companies of Wicked.

The threesome will join a cast that currently includes Barbara Robertson as Madame Morrible, Gene Weygandt as The Wizard, Heidi Kettenring as Nessarose, K. Todd Freeman as Doctor Dillamond, Stanton Nash as Boq.

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Chicago's Wicked to Close in January 2009,

By Andrew Gans
May 21, 2008

The Chicago company of Wicked, which plays the Ford Center for the Performing Arts' Oriental Theatre, will end its lengthy run in January 2009.

The hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical will play its final performance at the Ford Center January 25, 2009. When it closes, the musical will have played 1,500 performances and grossed over $200 million.

Wicked began performances in Chicago June 24, 2005. The cast currently features Dee Roscioli as Elphaba and Kate Fahrner as Glinda.

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Patience does win out in the end...

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All of these little articles just before the Tony awards... :)

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Reply and I'll give you a letter. You have to find five songs that start with that letter and post them to your journal.

timeboundpythia gave me the letter A:

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Things better left unsaid

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Playbill: Addams Family Will Sing in Chicago in Fall 2009, Prior to Broadway

Playbill: Brescia, Ashford and Cusick Will Join Chicago's Wicked June 3

Playbill: Chicago's Wicked to Close in January 2009

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