Addams Family Musical

On the afternoon of January 18th, Frank and I took Alex to see the Addams Family Musical at our local Bankhead Theatre. An amusing quirk was that the back stage and other support personnel wore these black shirts. The lobby also had an eerie full-moon scene displayed to set the mood.

Alex loved the show and clapped throughout. Frank and I were surprised, but surmised that because there were so many musical numbers, Alex remained entertained. Frank enhanced the mood by periodically making an appearance of Thing at Alex. Thing also periodically peeked out from under the stage curtains during the pre-show announcements. Right before intermission Cousin Itt made an appearance dashing across the stage in front of the curtain.

The cast did a good job but I must maintain, this is not one of my favorite musicals. I kept waiting for the theme song from the 1964 classic TV show but it was not part of the musical. The audience did do some finger snapping as part of a pre-show participation.

Once in the lobby, Alex and Frank posed in front of the sinister-looking backdrop. In his stance, it appears that Frank has introduced a partner for Thing. Our outing was a success due mostly to Alex's response. Alex's enjoyment outweighed my disappointment that more fond memories from the TV series were not incorporated into the musical. Obviously those omissions did not matter to Alex since those features occurred over twenty years before he was born! I am glad we went on this outing.