Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#1Arden, 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!
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:37am
Gumley, Gumley, Gumley!
What a cast!
#3re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:40amI don't very much like the idea of the show...but the cast is great!
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#4re: 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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#5re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:43amWow and Nathan Lane! I am so excited for this!!!!
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#6re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:47amThis just sounds better and better.
#7re: 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!
jake6970
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/07
#8re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:52amFor her to be cast as wednesday she must have given the best audition ever...this sounds amazing.
#9re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:56am
Go Nathan!!! 
I think this has potential.
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#10re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:08pmI wish I could see this workshop, that's for sure!
#11re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:21pmKrysta Rodriquez!?!?! WOW! I guess she never plans to take a break.
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#12re: 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
#13re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:51pmNow, I could see Ms. Krysta being a fabulous Wednesday.
#14re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:55pmMichael Arden AND Krysta Rodriguez? Oh, how I wish I could see this.
#15re: 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
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#16re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 1:23pmnot a typo.
#17re: 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.
JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#18re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:00pmAshford is strange casting. But I love her so...
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Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/06
#19re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:00pmMost 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.
#20re: 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...
#21re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:14pmNow 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
#22re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:27pmThis 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?
#23re: Arden, Ashford, Chamberlin, Burke & More in Addams Family
Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:58pmWow, it would be so amazing if this cast went to broadway!
#24re: 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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