The City of Tonawanda High School will present a production of The Addams Family - A New Musical Comedy, on November 13-16, at the Tonawanda High School Alumni Auditorium, 600 Fletcher St, Tonawanda.
Tonawanda High School is the first school in western New York to perform this Broadway show which recently had a run at Shea's Buffalo Theatre.
The Addams Family, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, is based on The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for the macabre. The original show opened on Broadway in April 2010 and closed on December 31, 2011 after 722 performances. Tickets for the Tonawanda High School production are: Adults; $10.00: Students/Seniors: $7.00. For more info contact Daniel Lynch at (716) 694-7670 x2258 or dlynch@tona.wnyric.org.
For the second year in a row, Tonawanda High School's Drama Club has been selected as a finalist for the Kenny Awards presented annually to area high school productions by Shea’s Performing Arts Center and The Lipke Foundation to recognize high school talent for producing and performing musicals. Cast: Gomez Addams – Connor Maxwell; Morticia Addams – Erin Burris; Uncle Fester – Justin Pope; Grandma – Meghan Bozeman; Wednesday Addams – Jaimee Harmon; Pugsley Addams – Ben Thurston; Lurch – Michael DeSantis; Mal Beineke – Kyle LeBlanc; Alice Beineke – Marina Tighe; Lucas Beineke – Cullen Colosimo |