Cartoonist Charles Addams is known for his weird and wild sense of humor. One wonders who and what his own creepy family might be hiding in its closet if it is anything like his creative mind has imagined in the third iteration of "The Addams Family.” Give thanks to the Waterbury's Palace Theater, from Friday, January 17 to Saturday, January 18 for three performances as you have been cordially and comically invited to a special meet-the-family dinner This musical treat was written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elise, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and with direction and choreography by Antoinette DiPletropole.
The princess of the family, Wednesday, who presides under a crown of darkness, has a new beau, one who knows nothing about her unusual and cemetery-stained history. She has arranged a dinner for his straight laced and incredibly normal folks and has warned her father Gomez not to tell her mother Morticia anything about the proposed meeting.
Can Gomez keep a secret from his beloved wife for the first time? Will the two families learn to break bread together and bless the bread and the new union? Will the weirdness and the commonest blend or backfire?
The Broadway National Tour will be arriving early at the Palace on January 6 for preparation or "teching,” to rehearse the show, for lighting, sound, scenery and cast run throughs. The Waterbury audience will be the first to view the initial product before it travels to the rest of the country.
Can a responsible and respectable young gentleman, Lucas, from a far distance from dysfunctional be able to reconcile his differences from a clan that embraces the macabre and oh-so-different? Is Wednesday doomed to be disappointed in love, much like Juliet was with her Romeo?
For tickets ($47-87, save 25% on 8 pm tickets with code KOOKY until January 10), call the Palace, 100 East Main Street, Waterbury at 203-346-2000 or online at palacetheaterct.org. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.
Let this maniacal musical thrill your heartstrings as you root for true love to triumph against tremendous odds.
