The Addams Family on Tour: Where Did They Go Right?
My hat is off to Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Andrew Lippa and Jerry Zaks. When their production of The Addams Family received mediocre reviews and failed to get a Best Musical Tony nomination in 2010, they could have sniffed, “Well, what do the nominators know?” or “Hey, theatergoers are certainly liking what we’re giving them, aren’t they?” They would have ultimately had a point, for only 120 new musi…