Musical theater isn’t often the medium for horror- or thriller-related stories, but two upcoming shows will follow the Sweeney Todds and Draculas of the world in bringing terror singing and dancing to the stage.
The above picture is the first released photo of the cast of the upcoming musical version of The Addams Family – which includes Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia. The show will open in Chicago, but if it does well, expect to see it on Broadway next. The show’s website has more info, plus a history of the family’s transition from The New Yorker to television to the movies to the stage.
Even more surprising is the news of a revival of Stephen King’s Carrie, a musical based on the horror novel of the same name. The show was a huge financial disaster when it first debuted in 1988, not attracting nearly enough viewers to fill its huge budget. The revival will, apparently, be a wildly different take on the same book and music. It’s also already been cast, with the players including Molly Ranson as the telekinetic lead, Marin Mazzie as her cruel and fanatically religious mother, and Sutton Foster as gym teacher Ms. Gardner.
As a lover of musical theater, moaning butlers and buckets of big blood, I’m pretty intrigued by both of these shows. Thanks to io9 for the scoop!
There is no…’if it does well’. The show is already scheduled and booked to open on Broadway with previews beginning in early March of 2010 and the opening scheduled for early April.