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Snap and sing along with Mercury’s fun, crazy ‘Addams Family’

February 12, 2015

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By Barry Reszel
Hysterical and spooky
A stage smash hit most flukey
At the Mercury they’re kooky
Stearns‘ Addams Family

Lippa‘s comic scoreThe Addams Family, Mercury Theater Chicago, Fester (Harter Clingman) and Ancestors
To a comic strip of yore
Leaves ’em rolling on the floor
At this Addams Family

With characters well known
And an eerie kind of tone
It’s so fun to be thrown
Into The Addams Family

Who’s your daddy? Karl
At his Gomez patrons howl
When intentions run afoul
At The Addams Family

When Wednesday wants to bring
Her boyfriend’s family (and a ring)
What will they think of Thing
At The Addams Family

The-Addams-Family-Mercury-Theater-Chicago-Wednesday-Dara-Cameron-200x300To continue this whole string…
My God, can Cameron sing
Dance and act and everything
In this Addams Family

Of course there’s Uncle Fester
With Harter as this jester
And a pyrotechnic tester
At Stearns’ Addams Family

Then there’s the boyfriend’s mom
Played by Cory all so calm
Until she becomes the bomb
In this Addams Family

And the great family ancestors
Please the Mercury’s investors
As they sing and dance and pester
This Addams Family

So go open up the purse
Buy some tickets to disperse
Then come back and add a verse
About this Addams Family

The Addams Family at Mercury Theater Chicago is directed by J. Walter Sterns. Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa. A terrific history of The Addams Family comic strip, characters and all performance iterations of the family is found here. Karl Hamilton portrays Addams patriarch Gomez. The plot summary and production history of this musical may be read here. Dara Cameron plays Addams daughter Wednesday. Uncle Fester is played by Harter Klingman. Cory Goodrich plays Alice Beineke. The terrific ensemble includes Sarah Hayes, Leah Morrow, Jared Rein, Sawyer Smith, Alexander Walker and Lucy Zukaitis.The Addams Family, Mercury Theater Chicago, Gomez (Karl Hamilton)
“The Addams Family” at the Mercury Theater runs through through April 5. The performance schedule: Wednesdays at 7:30 pm, Thursdays at 3 pm and 8 pm, Fridays at 8 pm, Saturdays at 3 pm and 8pm and Sundays at 3 pm and 7 pm. Thursday matinees are scheduled to end March 1. Tickets are $25-$65, and are available online at www.MercuryTheaterChicago.com, over the phone at (773) 325-1700, or in person at 3745 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago.
 

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  1. Maggie Spence says

    February 13, 2015 at 1:40 am

    You are a genius, Barry! That review deserves a glowing review. I read the whole thing with a big smile on face. OH, and I’ll for sure go see the show!

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