“They're creepy and they're
kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're altogether ooky, The Addams Family.”
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| John Astin & Carolyn Jones as Gomez & Morticia Addams |
Wait…what’s The Addams
Family, you say? Drawn by Charles Addams, this unusual family first
appeared as a cartoon in The New Yorker.
In the 1960s, the cartoon was the basis of a hit TV show starring John Astin as
Gomez Addams and Carolyn Jones as his wife, Morticia. In 1991, The Addams Family was a hit movie starring Anjelica Huston and Christina Ricci. Now it’s been adapted
into a Broadway musical comedy opening Friday night at the State Theatre in
downtown Eau Claire. The show is being produced by the Eau Claire Children’s Theatre and features talented local performers in the roles of Gomez and
Morticia, their daughter Wednesday, son Pugsley, Uncle Fester, and their butler
Lurch.
We’re excited to see this show, so this week, we’re having some
fun celebrating all things kooky, spooky, ooky.
We’ve turned over Wednesday’s Wine of the Week, fittingly, to Wednesday
Addams, and we can’t wait to see what she’s chosen for us.
While you're here on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. for our book group discussion of Final Girls by Riley Sager, be sure to check out our display of spooky
mystery books.
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| Now a hit Broadway musical |
“So get a witch's shawl on
A broomstick you can crawl on
We're gonna pay a call on The Addams Family.”
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