Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

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Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 10:50am

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120061.html

Interesting casting. I love Annaleigh Ashford...but for Wednesday Addams? Matthew Gumley as Pugsley is great!

#2

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 10:54am

Yay Bebe!

#3

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:37am

Gumley, Gumley, Gumley!

What a cast!

#4

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:40am

I don't very much like the idea of the show...but the cast is great!

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re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:40am

Did I really just read that right? Annaleigh Ashford?
Wow, she is the last actor I would ever think would read for Wednesday... I think it will be very interesting!
I'm really, really excited for this.

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#6

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:43am

Wow and Nathan Lane! I am so excited for this!!!!

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#7

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:47am

This just sounds better and better.

#8

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:47am

Annaleigh Ashford as Wednesday Addams??? You've got to be f***ing kidding me. Horrific casting. Hopefully she is just in it for the reading and is not cast for the Broadway show.

Marylouise Burke as Grandmama? Brilliant!

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re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:52am

For her to be cast as wednesday she must have given the best audition ever...this sounds amazing.

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re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:56am

Go Nathan!!!

I think this has potential.

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#11

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:08pm

I wish I could see this workshop, that's for sure!

#12

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:21pm

Krysta Rodriquez!?!?! WOW! I guess she never plans to take a break.

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re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:44pm

what an all-star cast.

and even that ensemble! Kyrsta, Wolfson, Maurice, Torres. WOW

#14

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:51pm

Now, I could see Ms. Krysta being a fabulous Wednesday.

#15

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Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:55pm

Michael Arden AND Krysta Rodriguez? Oh, how I wish I could see this.

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#16

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 1:20pm

Wasn't there a blonde that always teased Wednesday? maybe Ashford's that and the Wednesday is just a typo? I love her but I can't see her.

and lord, Krysta R. is always on top of the ball with new projects

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re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 1:23pm

not a typo.

#18

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 1:50pm

I had the same "WTF?" reaction when I read Ashford would be playing Wednesday.
Otherwise, a perfect cast. It is quite fantastic that they got Bebe Neuwirth, the most ideal person for Morticia. Hopefully she'll stick with the production through its Broadway run, then I will definitely see it.

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#19

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:00pm

Ashford is strange casting. But I love her so...

#20

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:00pm

Most of us are just familiar with Ashford's ditzy side (Legally Blonde, Wicked), but I think she can pull it off. She is a very smart actress, and is absolutely hysterical. I think she would also be able to pull a role like Inga from Young Frankenstein off.

#21

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:13pm

Relax kids, it's just a reading! This isn't final casting by any means...

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#22

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:14pm

Now that I think about it - Annaleigh Ashford might not be bad for wednesday - who is definitely a witty character, it'd just be a new branch of humor for her to cover

#23

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:27pm

This really is perfect casting. I can't believe Bebe, Nathan, Krysta!! Wow. I am so excited for this. What do you think the odds are for them keeping the same cast around for their Broadway run? And for a reading, how much are ensemble really needed?

#24

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:58pm

Wow, it would be so amazing if this cast went to broadway!

#25

re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family

Posted: 8/4/08 at 3:05pm

So this is like, Sunday football armchair quarterbacking for the theater crowd?

Why dump on Annaleigh Ashford? She has talent and a rapidly expanding resume. I said months ago she should be creating another role, not playing Glinda in Chicago. I'm glad this is happening and we'll all probably laugh our asses off.

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