The Addams Family es una comedia musical con música y letra de Andrew Lippa y libro de Marshall Brickman y Rick Elice . El programa se basa en lospersonajes de The Addams Family creados por Charles Addams en sus caricaturas de broma de un solo panel, que representan a una familia estadounidense macabra con afinidad por todo lo macabro. Aunque existen numerosas adaptaciones cinematográficas y televisivas de los dibujos animados de Addams, el musical es el primer espectáculo teatral basado en los personajes. [1] La familia Addams es también el primer espectáculo producido por Elephant Eye Theatricals. [2]
La familia Addams | |
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Una nueva comedia musical | |
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Música | Andrew Lippa |
Letra | Andrew Lippa |
Libro | Marshall Brickman Rick Elice |
Base | tira cómica La familia Addams de Charles Addams |
Producciones | 2009 Prueba de Chicago 2010 Broadway 2011 Gira por Norteamérica 2013 Gira por Estados Unidos / Asia 2017 Gira por Reino Unido |
Después de una prueba en Chicago en 2009, [3] el musical se estrenó en Broadway en abril de 2010. El elenco original incluía a Nathan Lane como Gomez y Bebe Neuwirth como Morticia. [4] La producción se cerró el 31 de diciembre de 2011 y una gira nacional revisada por América del Norte comenzó en septiembre de 2011.
La familia Addams ganó varios premios durante su carrera en Broadway, incluido un premio Drama Desk por diseño de escenografía sobresaliente , [5] un premio Outer Critics Circle por diseño de escenografía sobresaliente, [6] y el premio 2010 Drama League por logros distinguidos en teatro musical ( presentado a Nathan Lane). [7] El programa fue nominado a dos premios Tony , entre otras nominaciones. [8]
El estreno en el Reino Unido de The Addams Family se anunció el 5 de septiembre de 2016 y se inauguró en el Edinburgh Festival Theatre en Edimburgo en abril de 2017 antes de embarcarse en una importante gira por el Reino Unido.
Desarrollo
En 2007, los productores anunciaron que habían obtenido los derechos de Tee y la Fundación Charles Addams para crear una adaptación musical de The Addams Family para Broadway, y anticiparon una apertura durante la temporada 2009-2010 después de una prueba fuera de la ciudad. . Esta fue la primera vez que las creaciones de cómics de Charles Addams obtuvieron una licencia para servir como base para una producción teatral. [1] Los productores principales del musical fueron Stuart Oken y Roy Furman. [9] Además de Oken y Furman, Vivek Tiwary también se unió al equipo de productores del musical The Addams Family . [10] La Fundación Addams supuestamente retuvo el control sobre el contenido del programa e insistió en que, en lugar de dibujar la trama de las películas o series de televisión de la familia Addams , el equipo de producción idearía un musical original basado únicamente en los dibujos animados de Addams. [11]
Marshall Brickman y Rick Elice se comprometieron a escribir el libro, y Andrew Lippa compuso la partitura del programa. Los improbables fundadores del teatro Julian Crouch y Phelim McDermott fueron los directores y diseñadores originales, con coreografía de Sergio Trujillo . [1] Crouch dijo que, cuando intercambiaban ideas para la apariencia general del programa, él y McDermott recurrieron al personaje del tío Fester en busca de inspiración y se preguntaron: "Si Fester iba a hacer un espectáculo de Broadway, ¿qué tipo de espectáculo de Broadway? que haría? " [12] Los socios describieron el resultado como "una versión poco convencional del gótico del siglo XIX ". [12]
Se realizaron algunos cambios después de la prueba de Chicago. Las canciones "Clandango", "Passionate and True", "At Seven" y "Second Banana" fueron reemplazadas por "When You're an Addams", "Where Did We Go Wrong?", "Morticia" y "Just A la vuelta de la esquina". Se reescribieron las canciones "One Normal Night", "Full Disclosure, Part 2", "Crazier Than You", "Move Toward the Darkness" y "Tango De Amor". [ cita requerida ]
Producciones
Broadway
El espectáculo comenzó las vistas previas en Broadway en el Teatro Lunt-Fontanne el 8 de marzo de 2010, con una noche de apertura oficial el 8 de abril. [13] [14] La producción se estimó originalmente en $ 10 millones, [15] pero informes más recientes. dé el presupuesto como $ 15 millones. [dieciséis]
Todo el elenco de la prueba de Chicago se trasladó a Broadway. El equipo creativo incluyó dirección de McDermott y Crouch, coreografía de Trujillo, iluminación de Natasha Katz , títeres de Basil Twist , efectos especiales de Gregory Meeh y orquestaciones de Larry Hochman . [17]
El espectáculo ganó el Drama Desk Award y el Premio del Círculo de críticos externos para Sobresaliente Escenografía , pero no recibió otros premios importantes. [18] Sin embargo, ganó los premios del público de Broadway.com al nuevo musical de Broadway favorito, interpretación favorita de un actor destacado en un musical de Broadway ( Kevin Chamberlin ), interpretación destacada favorita ( Krysta Rodríguez ) y pareja favorita en el escenario ( Nathan Lane). y Bebe Neuwirth ). [19]
Un artículo de mayo de 2011 en Playbill informó que el programa había recaudado más de $ 62 millones. [20] El programa celebró su presentación número 500 el 16 de junio de 2011. [21] Playbill informó en mayo de 2011 que "los planes para otras producciones internacionales están actualmente en marcha". [20]
Cassandra Peterson estaba en conversaciones para asumir el papel de Morticia hasta que los productores decidieron cerrar el programa a finales de año. [22]
La producción de Broadway cerró el 31 de diciembre de 2011, después de 35 avances y 722 funciones. [23]
Giras nacionales
Una gira por Estados Unidos comenzó en septiembre de 2011 en el Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts en Nueva Orleans . [24] Las paradas del tour incluyeron Atlanta , Miami , Boston , Hartford , Saint Paul , Filadelfia , Dallas , Pittsburgh , Buffalo , Los Ángeles , Kansas City , Orlando, Florida y San Diego . La mayoría de estas ciudades incluyen aquellas que son miembros de Elephant Eye Theatricals y trabajaron en la producción de The Addams Family en Broadway y giras. [25] [26] El musical también se realizó en Toronto, Ontario , Canadá, en el Centro de las Artes de Toronto del 16 al 27 de noviembre de 2011. [27] [28] Douglas Sills y Sara Gettelfinger interpretaron a Gomez y Morticia Addams, respectivamente. [29] La versión de gira tiene "un nuevo conflicto de trama central, canciones nuevas o revisadas o reordenadas para reemplazar las antiguas, orquestaciones frescas y baile cuando sea necesario". [30]
Una segunda gira por América del Norte, producida por Phoenix Entertainment, se lanzó en 2013, protagonizada por Jennifer Fogarty como Wednesday, KeLeen Snowgren como Morticia, Jesse Sharp como Gomez, Shaun Rice como Uncle Fester y Sam Primack como Pugsley. Después de la segunda gira nacional, The Addams Family debía realizar una gira por Asia. La mayoría, si no todos, del elenco del 2do Tour Nacional estaba programado para actuar en la gira asiática, excepto Sam Primack como Pugsley, quien sería reemplazado por Connor Barth.
Regreso a Chicago
La familia Addams regresó a Chicago en una producción sentada en el Mercury Theatre Chicago que se inauguró el 5 de febrero de 2015, después de una semana de vistas previas y se cerró el 15 de abril. La producción, que contó con un guión más estricto posterior a la gira nacional y una improvisación más de Chicago. -orientado al elenco, fue dirigido por L. Walter Stearns, musical dirigido por Eugene Dizon, y coreografiado por Brenda Didier; con diseño de escena de Bob Knuth , iluminación de Nick Belley, sonido de Mike Ross, vestuario de Frances Maggio y magia de Neil Tobin .
El reparto incluía a Karl Hamilton (Gomez), Rebecca Prescott (Morticia), Harter Clingman (tío Fester), Amanda Hartley (abuela), Dara Cameron (miércoles), Brennan Dougherty (Pugsley Addams), Jeff Diebold (Lurch), Jason Grimm ( Mal Beineke), Cory Goodrich (Alice Beineke) y Henry McGinniss (Lucas Beineke).
El programa recibió críticas favorables unánimes. "La perfección cómica en el Mercury. Es una muy buena apuesta que la familia Addams perseguirá al Mercury durante los próximos meses" ( Chicago Sun-Times ). [31] "Mucho más relajado e infinitamente más divertido. Disfruté la producción del Mercury Theatre de L. Walter Stearns más que cualquiera de mis visitas anteriores a esta familia [incluidas las pruebas previas a Broadway, Broadway y la producción de la gira nacional]. Enfoque incansable en las risas" ( Chicago Tribune ). [32] "¡Una auténtica delicia! El mejor espectáculo que he visto en lo que va de año" (New City Chicago). [33] La producción fue honrada con tres nominaciones a los premios Jeff 2015 [34] y ganó Mejor producción musical de tamaño mediano. [35]
Producciones internacionales
La primera producción internacional se inauguró en marzo de 2012 en el Teatro Abril, São Paulo , Brasil, producida por T4F con Marisa Orth , Daniel Boaventura , laura Lobo y Beto Sargentelli como elenco principal. Cerró en diciembre de 2012. [36] La misma producción comenzó el 10 de enero de 2013, en Vivo Rio, en Río de Janeiro . [37] [38]
La familia Addams tuvo su estreno europeo el 29 de septiembre de 2012, en Östgötateatern, Norrköping , Suecia. dirigida por Mattias Carlsson y dirigida por Johan Siberg. Protagonizada por: Petra Nielsen (Morticia), Christian Zell (Gomez), Jenny Holmgren (miércoles), Fabian Nikolajeff / Kalle Jansson (Pugsley), Jesper Barkselius (Fester), Gunnel Samuelsson (Grandma), Jan Unestam (Lurch), Carina Söderman ( Alice), Sven Angleflod (Mal) y Linus Henriksson (Lucas) [39]
El musical se estrenó en el Capitol Theatre en Sydney, Australia, a partir de marzo de 2013. El elenco incluye a John Waters como Gomez Addams, Chloe Dallimore como Morticia Addams, Russell Dykstra como Uncle Fester, Teagan Wouters como Wednesday Addams y Ben Hudson como Lurch. [20] [40] [41] [42] El programa cerró el 9 de junio de 2013. Se esperaba que hiciera una gira por otras ciudades australianas, pero se entiende que el programa tuvo problemas en la taquilla y esos planes fueron cancelados. [43]
El musical inició su estreno en Argentina en el Teatro Ópera de Buenos Aires , Argentina, a partir del 19 de junio de 2013. Fue producido por T4F (Time For Fun), una empresa de entretenimiento brasileña. El elenco incluyó a Gabriel Goity como Homero (Gomez), Julieta Díaz como Morticia Santiago Ríos como Tío Lucas (Uncle Fester), Gabi Goldberg como Abuela (Grandma), Alejandro Viola como Mauricio Beineke (Mal Beineke), Dolores Ocampo como Alice Beineke, Laura. Esquivel como Merlina (miércoles), Marcelo Albamonte como Largo (Lurch) y Marco Di Mónaco como Lucas Beineke. Cuatro niños interpretaron a Pericles (Pugsley): Kevin La Bella, Jorge Chamorro, Tadeo Galvé y Valentino Grizutti.
El estreno finlandés de La familia Addams tuvo lugar en Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, también conocido como TTT-Theatre de Tampere, el 4 de octubre de 2013. Dirigido por Tiina Puumalainen, diseñado visualmente por Teppo Järvinen y dirigido por Pekka Siistonen, la producción contó un elenco de Puntti Valtonen (Gomez), Eriikka Väliahde (Morticia), Laura Alajääski (miércoles), Jukka Nylund (Pugsley), Matti Pussinen-Eloranta (Mumma / Grandma), Samuli Muje (Fester), Minna Hokkanen (Alice), Mika Honkanen (Mal), Juha-Matti Koskela (Lucas) y Sami Eerola (Lurch).
Los Locos Addams se estrenó el 31 de octubre de 2013 en el Teatro Marsano de Lima, Perú, bajo la dirección de Domenico Poggi. Fue elaborado por La Gran Manzana. El reparto incluía a Diego Bertie como Homero (Gomez), Fiorella Rodriguez como Morticia, Nicolás Fantinato como Tío Lucas (Uncle Fester), Patricia Portocarrero y Fiorella Rojas como Abuela (Grandma), Gina Yangali como Merlina (Wednesday), Gustavo Mayer como Largo ( Lurch), Luis Baca como Walter (Lucas) Beineke, Trilce Cavero como Alice Beineke, Miguel Alvarez como Mal Beineke y Giuseppino Castellano y Brando Gallesi como Pericles (Pugsley).
La familia Addams fue puesta en escena en el Teatro Meralco en Manila, Filipinas, por Atlantis Productions, Inc., del 15 de noviembre al 1 de diciembre de 2013. Los miembros del reparto incluyeron a Arnell Ignacio (Gómez), Eula Valdez (Morticia), K-La Rivera. (Miércoles) y Ryan Gallagher (Lucas). [44] [45]
La Familia Addams debutó en lengua alemana en julio de 2014 en Merzig y cerró en septiembre de 2014. Ese diciembre se representó en Bremen . El elenco incluía a los actores de teatro y televisión Uwe Kröger (Gomez), Edda Petri (Morticia), Jana Stelley (miércoles), Enrico DePieri (tío Fester), Anne Welte (abuela), Noah Walczuch (Pugsley), Ethan Freeman (Mal Beineke). , April Hailer (Alice Beineke) y Dominik Hees (Lucas Beineke). El elenco alemán también produjo un álbum, publicado en diciembre de 2014. [46]
La familia Addams se estrenó en Milán, Italia, en octubre de 2014. El elenco incluía a Elio y Geppi Cucciari como Gomez y Morticia. Los trajes fueron diseñados por el estilista Antonio Marras. Supervisora musical Cinzia Pennesi, Escenografía Guido Fiorato, Diseño de iluminación Marco Filibeck . La versión italiana fue dirigida por Giorgio Gallione y traducida y adaptada por el escritor italiano Stefano Benni . Otros miembros del reparto fueron Pierpaolo Lopatriello (Uncle Fester), Giulia Odetto (miércoles), Leonardo Garbetta, Emanuele Ghizzinardi y Giacomo Nasta (Pugsley), Sergio Mancinelli (Grandma), Filippo Musenga (Lurch), Paolo Avanzini (Lucas Beineke), Clara. Maselli (Alice Beineke) y Andrea Spina (Mal Beineke).
In Mexico, the show opened in October 2014 as Los Locos Addams, the name of the TV series in Mexico, starring Susana Zabaleta as Morticia, Jesús Ochoa as Homero (Gomez), Gloria Aura as Merlina (Wednesday), Miguel Ángel Pérez and Sebastián Gallegos as Pericles (Puglsey), Gerardo González as Tío Lucas (Uncle Fester), Raquel Pankowsky as Abuela (Grandma), José Roberto Pisano as Lurch, Luca Duhart as Tomás (Lucas) Beineke, Tomás Castellanos as Mauricio (Mal) Beineke, and Marisol del Olmo as Alicia (Alice) Beineke.
In France, a French-language production opened in September 2017 at Le Palace in Paris as part of their 2017–2018 season. After the last show in January 2018, the show moved to the Casino de Paris on October 7, 2018, for a limited engagement.[47]
In Malta, a production in English premiered in the Mediterranean islands by ARTHAUS in March 2020, with the Artistic Direction of Lucienne Camilleri, Musical Direction by Ryan Paul Abela, and with Stefania Grech Vella as the Executive Producer. It was presented in association with Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW). The production took place in Malta's Capital at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta.[48] About the production in Malta Andrew Lippa wrote in a Tweet on March 4, 2020; "My late father spent 6 months in Malta in 1952. He told great stories about the country and its people. So thrilled “The Addams Family” is playing there now. Life is remarkable!"[49]
United Kingdom
On September 5, 2016, it was announced that The Addams Family musical would embark on a major UK and Ireland tour produced by Music & Lyrics Productions,[50] with Associate Producers James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical, and Guy James. The production was directed by Matthew White and opened at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on April 20, 2017. It starred Carrie Hope Fletcher as Wednesday, Samantha Womack as Morticia and Les Dennis as Fester.[51] The UK leg of the tour finished at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford on November 4, 2017, and then the production was transferred to Singapore, where it ran at the MES Theatre from November 15 to December 3, 2017.[52]
In November 2019, it was announced that The Addams Family musical would embark on another UK and Ireland tour, starting at the end of July 2020 at the Newcastle Theatre Royal. Music and Lyrics Limited would again present the musical.[50][53] Due to the global COVID-19 Crisis, this tour was postponed until 2021.[54]
Sinopsis
Broadway version
Act I
The ghoulish Addams family are visiting the graveyard for an annual gathering of all family members (living, dead, and undecided) to celebrate what it is to be an Addams ("When You're an Addams"). Uncle Fester stops the Ancestors' return to their graves to enlist their help. He explains that Wednesday, under protest, has invited her new (normal) boyfriend, Lucas Beineke, and his parents, Mal and Alice, to dinner. While torturing Pugsley on a rack, Wednesday admits that love is pulling her in a new direction ("Pulled"). Meanwhile, Wednesday's parents, Morticia and Gomez, worry about her changing ways ("Where Did We Go Wrong").
As the Beinekes arrive, Wednesday and Lucas instruct their families to act normal so they can all enjoy a simple dinner ("One Normal Night"). But the moment Lurch ushers the Beinekes into the mansion, tensions begin to mount. Mal wants to tear down the old house, Alice begins to spout happy poems at random, Pugsley, Fester, and Grandma fail at acting normal, and Wednesday, after wearing black for eighteen years, appears in a bright yellow dress. Later, Lucas and Wednesday, away from their families, reveal that the reason they brought their families together is to announce their marriage. Gomez and Mal share a drink where Mal is introduced to Bernice, the family's giant pet squid, and Alice admits to Morticia that her marriage to Mal has grown passionless. Morticia then hears Wednesday call her old and worries that she's getting crows feet. She turns down Gomez's request to tango, leaving him alone and unsatisfied ("Morticia"). Meanwhile, Pugsley is worried that Wednesday's love life means she won't torture him anymore. He steals a potion from Grandma after she reveals it will bring out someone's dark nature. Pugsley plans to slip it to Wednesday at dinner ("What If?").
At dinner, "The Game" is played, where each person at the table confesses something ("Full Disclosure"). Gomez tells a story about scaring away crows and their feet, but upsets Morticia by accidentally comparing her to a goat, while Uncle Fester admits he's in love with the moon. In a mix-up, Alice drinks Pugsley's potion and in front of everyone declares her marriage to Mal a loveless mess as she reveals her misery and woe ("Waiting"). As Mal, humiliated, attempts to leave with his family, Wednesday announces that she and Lucas will marry, to which Lucas sheepishly agrees. Chaos engulfs both families, and Uncle Fester, trying to be helpful, instructs the Ancestors to create a sudden, terrible storm, trapping everyone in the mansion for the night ("Full Disclosure – Part 2").
Act II
During the storm, Wednesday tries to leave, but Lucas wants to stay and work things out with their families, leading the pair to have their first fight. Later, Morticia fears she is no longer relevant to her own family, and reminds herself that death is waiting for her ("Just Around The Corner"). Mal and Alice start to have a fight about their marriage at the dinner after Alice makes a poem that doesn't rhyme. Uncle Fester calls for an interlude as he plays his ukulele, singing a love song to the Moon ("The Moon and Me").
Walking out in the yard, Wednesday runs into Gomez. He is happy she's found someone to love, yet sad that his daughter is growing up ("Happy/Sad"). Wednesday is left worrying that she and Lucas are too different. Then as a show of trust, Lucas blindfolds Wednesday and lets her shoot an apple off his head with a crossbow ("Crazier Than You"). She succeeds, and the two embrace. Pugsley cannot sleep, and Morticia relaxes him a bit but he cannot bring himself to confess what he did to Alice. In the grotto, Gomez and Fester attempt to get Mal to open up about his feelings to no avail ("Let's Not Talk About Anything Else But Love"). He is ultimately kidnapped by Bernice and pulled into the sewers. Grandma, hearing the word "love", comes to sing with Gomez and Fester ("Let's Not Talk About Anything Else But Love" (reprise)). Moments after, Alice is led down to the grotto by Lurch where Mal, now back from his swim with Bernice, has learned to appreciate what he has after spending time in the arms of a passionate squid and announces he still loves Alice ("In The Arms"). Gomez now goes up to the rooftop to profess his love for Morticia ("Live Before We Die"). They kiss and begin to tango ("Tango de Amor").
With all the couples reunited, Pugsley admits to slipping the potion to Alice, but is congratulated since it brought everyone together. Uncle Fester, wearing a rocket, tells everyone he is flying off to be with the moon. As the families sing one last ballad, they are all shocked as Lurch sings out loud for the first time, just as a puff of smoke is seen on the moon, signaling Fester has just landed ("Move Toward the Darkness").
US and UK touring version
The national tours of the production changed the plot as follows. After the opening song, Uncle Fester addresses the audience directly about the love between Wednesday and Lucas, and states that the Ancestors will not be allowed to return to their graves until love prevails. Wednesday confesses her love of Lucas to Gomez but also makes him promise not to disclose her secret to Morticia until the two families all have dinner later that night. Morticia observes that Gomez is acting unusually, and this causes tension between them, especially because Morticia believes that Gomez has never lied to her before. When the dinner causes these secrets to be revealed, Morticia wonders if her marriage can be saved, and Mal and Alice also have disagreements. When Mal observes the sacrifice Lucas is willing to make to Wednesday by having the apple shot off his head, he reconciles with Alice. Gomez stops Morticia just as she is about to leave the family by reminding her that she acted the same way that Wednesday did when Morticia was younger. All plot references to the giant squid Bernice are completely removed, and some of the songs are either rearranged into new ones or completely cut altogether; most notably, the Act II song "Let's Not Talk About Anything Else But Love" is cut but portions of the lyrics are used in Act I with Fester's song "Fester's Manifesto" and a reprise titled "But Love".
Números musicales
The Addams Family (Pre-Broadway)
Act I
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Broadway
Act I
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† Not included on the original Addams Family playbill.
Touring Productions
Act I
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† Not included on the original Broadway Cast Album.
Casts
The principal original casts of the major productions of The Addams Family.
Role | Original Broadway cast | Original US tour cast | 2017 UK tour cast |
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Gomez Addams | Nathan Lane | Douglas Sills | Cameron Blakely |
Morticia Addams | Bebe Neuwirth | Sara Gettelfinger | Samantha Womack |
Uncle Fester | Kevin Chamberlin | Blake Hammond | Les Dennis |
Wednesday Addams | Krysta Rodriguez | Cortney Wolfson | Carrie Hope Fletcher |
Lucas Beineke | Wesley Taylor | Brian Justin Crum | Oliver Ormson |
Grandma Addams | Jackie Hoffman | Pippa Pearthree | Valda Aviks |
Pugsley Addams | Adam Riegler | Patrick D. Kennedy | Grant McIntyre |
Lurch | Zachary James | Tom Corbeil | Dickon Gough |
Mal Beineke | Terrence Mann | Martin Vidnovic | Dale Rapley |
Alice Beineke | Carolee Carmello | Crista Moore | Charlotte Page |
Notable Broadway cast replacements included Roger Rees as Gomez, Brooke Shields as Morticia, Brad Oscar as Fester, Rachel Potter as Wednesday, and Heidi Blickenstaff as Alice.
Análisis del libro y la música
In addition to the original characters created by Addams, the musical introduces the new roles of Mal, Alice, and Lucas Beineke, who are described as "straight arrow Midwesterners."[55] The ensemble consists of a group of Addams Family ancestors, each from a different time period.
Lippa said he wrote most of the score to match each character's personality.[56] This included giving Gomez a Flamenco-style Spanish score, Wednesday a more contemporary score, and Fester a vaudevillian score.[57] "Let's Not Talk About Anything Else but Love" is "jazzy/swingy/catchy" and "Happy/Sad" is a ballad reminiscent of Stephen Sondheim.[58]
Grabación original del elenco de Broadway
The Addams Family (Cast Recording of the Musical) | |
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Soundtrack album by Andrew Lippa | |
Released | June 8, 2010 |
Recorded | April 19, 2010 |
Label | Decca Broadway |
Producer | Andrew Lippa |
An original Broadway cast recording was produced by Decca Broadway.[59] Featuring most of the show's musical numbers, it was released on June 8, 2010, although it was available to purchase at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from June 1, 2010.
The album was recorded on April 19, 2010, and was produced by Lippa.[60]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Addams Family Theme" | 0:16 |
2. | "Overture" | 1:58 |
3. | "When You're an Addams" | 4:25 |
4. | "Pulled" | 2:59 |
5. | "Where Did We Go Wrong" | 2:20 |
6. | "One Normal Night" | 4:45 |
7. | "Morticia" | 3:49 |
8. | "What If?" | 2:06 |
9. | "Full Disclosure" | 2:34 |
10. | "Waiting" | 2:25 |
11. | "Full Disclosure (Part 2)" | 1:09 |
12. | "Just Around the Corner" | 3:58 |
13. | "The Moon and Me" | 3:03 |
14. | "Happy/Sad" | 3:55 |
15. | "Crazier Than You" | 2:51 |
16. | "Let's Not Talk About Anything Else But Love" | 3:19 |
17. | "Let's Not Talk About Anything Else But Love (Reprise)" | 0:50 |
18. | "In The Arms" | 2:24 |
19. | "Live Before We Die" | 2:48 |
20. | "Tango de Amor" | 3:11 |
21. | "Move Toward the Darkness" | 3:58 |
22. | "Not Today" | 3:12 |
Note: "Not Today" was sung by Lippa as a bonus track for the iTunes release of the cast recording.[62]
Recepción
The Variety review of the Chicago tryout said "The show [is] overcrammed and underfocused...From a structural perspective, the storytelling is all rising action followed by rapid and not really convincing resolution... it's very funny, with special nods to Chamberlin, whose ultra-corny number 'The Moon and Me' is a comic highlight, as well as to Hoffman and Lane."[63] The Chicago Sun-Times theater critic wrote a laudatory review,[64] but while the Chicago Tribune critic found the musical enjoyable, he felt "the show is hijacked by the Addamses behaving weirdly (i.e. normally)" and that Morticia's "crisis of confidence about getting old" is "a very uneasy narrative twist" and perhaps too far out of character.[65]
Reviews for the Broadway production were mixed but mostly negative (the median grade of 27 major reviews was "D+").[66] John Simon, writing in the Bloomberg News called it "A glitzy-gloomy musical in which the quick and the dead are equally full of character, especially the chorus of ancestors that exhibits wonderful esprit de corpse."[67] However, Ben Brantley in The New York Times wrote that it is "A tepid goulash of vaudeville song-and-dance routines, Borscht Belt jokes, stingless sitcom zingers and homey romantic plotlines".[68] There was general praise for the performers, particularly Nathan Lane. An Associated Press reviewer stated: "Lane, complete with a deliciously phony Spanish accent, is the hardest working actor on Broadway. Whatever they are paying him – and I hope it is a lot – he's worth the price. The actor possesses a theatrical gusto that makes the musical move whenever he is on stage."[66]
Despite many negative reviews by New York critics, it has consistently played to 100% capacity and grossed third only to Wicked and The Lion King each week since it opened in previews.[69] The New York Times reported that despite "the sort of scathing reviews that would bury most shows", the production had $851,000 in ticket sales on top of a $15 million advance sale the weekend following its opening, "huge figures for a new Broadway run". The Times attributed this success to a beloved brand-name title, nostalgia, star strength, and a top-notch marketing campaign by the producers.[3]
The post-tour return to Chicago was hailed as "triumphant" (New City Chicago),[33] and moved Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times to issue this directive: "Note to Broadway (and not for the first time): If you want to see how to make a musical really snap into place — how to connect with an audience in that uncanny way that is so crucial for success, how to delineate characters so that we cannot help but cheer for them, and how to turn every production number into a giddy explosion of song and dance — pay a visit to the ideally intimate Mercury Theater Chicago."[31]
Premios y nominaciones
Original Broadway production
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2010 | Tony Award | Best Original Score | Andrew Lippa | Nominated |
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Kevin Chamberlin | Nominated | ||
Drama Desk Award[18] | Outstanding Musical | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Nathan Lane | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Kevin Chamberlin | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carolee Carmello | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Music | Andrew Lippa | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lyrics | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Set Design | Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Basil Twist | Won | ||
Outstanding Lighting Design | Natasha Katz | Nominated | ||
Drama League Award[70] | Distinguished Production of a Musical | Nominated | ||
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre | Nathan Lane | Won | ||
Distinguished Performance | Nominated | |||
Bebe Neuwirth | Nominated | |||
Outer Critics Circle Award[71] | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Nathan Lane | Nominated | |
Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Bebe Neuwirth | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Kevin Chamberlin | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Carolee Carmello | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch | Won |
2015 Chicago Production
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2015 | Jeff Award[35] | Production—Musical—Midsize | Won | |
Costume Design—Midsize | Frances Maggio | Nominated | ||
Actor in a Principal Role—Musical | Karl Hamilton | Nominated |
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enlaces externos
- The Addams Family UK
- The Addams Family UK on Facebook
- The Addams Family UK on Instagram
- The Addams Family at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Addams Family at Broadway.com
- The Addams Family Song Lyrics
- The Addams Family Malta
Awards | ||
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Preceded by Tim Hatley for Shrek: The Musical | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design | Succeeded by Derek McLane for Anything Goes |