Reidel: Nathan Lane doing a DOTV on ADDAMS

[Pgenre]

Posted: 1/29/10 at 8:36pm

Shades of Crawford/DOTV... though that seems too kind a comparison.


REIDEL

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/29/10 at 8:51pm

The poor hot mess. Is Bebe Neuwirth still in it?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/29/10 at 9:31pm

You misspelled Riedel.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/29/10 at 9:54pm

Matt's correct. It should be spelled W-E-A-S-E-L.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/29/10 at 11:10pm

I shake your hand, ghostlight!

[averagebwaynut]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 2:35am

The spelling fits the poster. Jumbled, careless and incorrect.

Kisses!

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 2:46am

^ You stole my idea. Are you Jay Leno?

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 2:58am

Does anyone really believe what he writes? I swear he is worse than Perez Hilton.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 3:00am

... well maybe not worse, but as bad.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 3:09am

I still think this has a chance to be a monster hit.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 3:13am

How long have you been waiting to say that, rosscoe(au)?

[tazber]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 3:31am

Does anyone really believe what he writes?

I do. He's right most of the time.

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 10:37am

Yeah, he is usually right. And does anyone really have a hard time believing Nathan Lane is basically calling the shots?

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 11:25am

After seeing it in Chicago, I said the same thing Nichols allegedly said. It's in trouble unless they seriously rework this thing.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 12:06pm

ruh rohhhh

[Amneris]

Posted: 1/30/10 at 1:50pm

poor guy.
Updated On: 4/20/10 at 01:50 PM

[chiuptown]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 6:11am

well i don't know what DOTV means, but i do know that everyone i know in Chicago, including me, who saw this show, agreed it sucks. this spans a wide variety of ages, interests,etc.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 10:37am

chiup, DOTV means Dance of the Vampires. That show was also a hot mess except it didn't have an out of town tryout but its star, Michael Crawford, was basically calling the shots in more ways than one.

[Fanb]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 10:56am

My friends and I enjoyed this out of town tryout. I thought that they have work to do (which they now seem to be trying to do) but that there are a lot of elements there to make it a big, fun, musical comedy.

Nathan Lane is very funny and seems perfectly cast as Gomez. I agree with those who have said that it would be great for his character to be even more central, so I'm glad that it sounds like this will be the case when the show comes to NY. I also thought that Bebe Neuwirth, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffma, Carollee Carmello and the girl who plays Wednesday (I can't remember her name) were terrific.

The book and some of the songs are very funny. I have not laughed this much during a musical comedy in a while. And there are some tuneful songs and pretty ballads. I especially liked some of the big group numbers, Wednesday's songs and Kevin Chamberlin's song in the second act. The physical production is beautiful.

So all in all, there are a lot of good elements. There are a lot of strong elements going for it. I think bringing in Jerry Zaks at this point is probably a really good thing and I definitely applaud the producers and creative team for digging in and doing the work to make the best show they can. I'll see the show again in NY, and look forward to see what changes.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 11:32am

"the girl who plays Wednesday (I can't remember her name) were terrific."

Wednesday is played by Krysta Rodriguez, late of In the Heights and was a replacement in the A Chorus Line revival.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 11:34am

So, they are going to concentrate more on the family, does this mean Carolee and Terence could lose their songs?

[Fanb]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 11:37am

Thanks, ghotslight2.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 11:39am

They need to concentrate on the family. People are paying to see a musical about THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Not secondary characters.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 12:02pm

I don't see why everyone hates this show so much. Yes, it needs work, but what show doesn't at this point?

I saw it twice (Unlike the OP who hasn't seen it but has a **** for bashing it) and I did like it overall!

And yes, it does need to focus on the family more, as opposed to the Beinikes.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/31/10 at 12:02pm

You're welcome, Fanb. I had completely forgotten Ms Rodriguez was in Spring Awakening, and Good Vibrations, also.

When I heard she was up for Wednesday, I thought it was perfect casting. I really hope The Addams Family works out its problems before it hits NYC, but like others have said, I think it's critic-proof.