Musical comedy embracing ‘the wackiness in each household’ opens – The Royal Gazette

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The Addams Household, a musical comedy runs on the Earl Cameron Theatre to October 15. Pictured left to proper – Johnae Tucker as Grandma, Jayden Smith as Pugsley, Jennifer Osmond Campbell as Morticia Addams, Megan Zimmerer as Wednesday Addams, Philip Barnett as Gomez Addams, Owain Johnston-Barnes as Uncle Fester and Winton Brangman as Lurch. ({Photograph} by Akil Simmons)

A musical comedy that “embraces the wackiness in each household” opened for its first of 11 reveals final evening.

The Addams Household, staged by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bermuda, will run on the Earl Cameron Theatre in Metropolis Corridor.

A synopsis on the production group’s Facebook page stated: “It is going to be a full-scale extravaganza with show-stopping musical numbers that can enchantment to audiences younger and outdated with a narrative of affection and friendship via adversity with a comical and macabre spin.

“With a proficient manufacturing group that includes each abroad and native professionals, G & S Bermuda is assured that The Addams Household will ship a spectacular theatre expertise.”

The Addams Household The Musical Comedy on the Earl Cameron Theater from October 6 to fifteen. Pictured left to proper – Jennifer Osmond Campbell as Morticia Addams, Philip Barnett as Gomez Addams, Johnae Tucker as Grandma, Jayden Smith as Pugsley and Winton Brangman as Lurch . ({Photograph} by Akil Simmons)

Characters together with Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday and Pugsley Addams, in addition to Uncle Fester, Grandma and Lurch are within the newest story.

The synopsis added: “Wednesday Addams is the last word princess of darkness, who’s now all grown up.

The Addams Household The Musical Comedy on the Earl Cameron Theater from October 6 to fifteen. ({Photograph} by Akil Simmons)

“Nonetheless, she has a stunning secret that solely Gomez is aware of – she has fallen in love with a candy younger man from a good household that her mother and father have by no means met.

“And if that wasn’t upsetting sufficient, Wednesday, having confided in her father, begs him to not inform her mom.

“Now, Gomez Addams should do one thing he’s by no means carried out earlier than – preserve a secret from his beloved spouse, Morticia.

The Addams Household The Musical Comedy on the Earl Cameron Theatre from October 6 to fifteen. ({Photograph} by Akil Simmons)

“The magnificently macabre household is put to the check when the outsiders come to dinner, in an final meet-the-parents, hurling them into an evening that can change their lives for ever.”

The Addams Household The Musical Comedy on the Earl Cameron Theater from October 6 to fifteen. Pictured – Owain Johnston-Barnes, a Royal Gazette reporter, as Uncle Fester.({Photograph} by Akil Simmons)

The present was written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, authors of the multi-award profitable hit Jersey Boys, whereas the music and lyrics had been by the Tony Award-nominated Andrew Lippa.