"The Addams Family" on Broadway

It's true - the creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky family that started as a cartoon and became famous on television and the movies is making its way to Broadway, with some top names playing the leads.

Here's the story from the Associated Press:

NEW YORK (AP) - The Addams Family has found its merry macabre menagerie for Broadway.

The show's producers say Nathan Lane will play Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth will be Morticia in the musical based on the popular ghoulish cartoons in The New Yorker.

The Addams Family will open April 8 at a theater to be announced. Previews begin March 4 after a pre-Broadway engagement in Chicago. Also in the cast are Kevin Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman as Grandma and Zachary James as Lurch.

The show features music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, while Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, who wrote Jersey Boys, will provide the book.

I was always a fan of the TV show, so it'll be interesting to see how this goes.