<Tr> <Th> Basis </Th> <Td> Comic strip by Charles Addams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Productions </Th> <Td> 2009 Chicago tryout 2010 Broadway 2011 North America Tour 2012 São Paulo 2013 US / Asia Tour 2013 Sydney 2013 Buenos Aires 2014 Merzig 2014 Bremen 2014 Tokyo 2014 Prague 2014 Mexico 2015 Chicago 2016 Tirana 2017 Kaunas 2017 UK Tour </Td> </Tr> <P> The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice . The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single - panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre . Although numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the musical is the first stage show based on the characters . The Addams Family is also the first show produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals . </P> <P> After a tryout in Chicago in 2009, the musical opened on Broadway in April 2010 . The original cast featured Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia . The production closed on December 31, 2011 . </P>

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