The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a 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. Numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons
exist, but the musical, which is the first stage show based on the characters, is based upon the cartoons
rather than the television and film characters.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Through a panel (cast and crew) interview and Q&A session, students gain an understanding of the
skills and competencies related to specific career fields in the performing arts directly from Broadway
professionals.
Careers in the Performing Arts enriches your students’ classroom experience and is a joint educational
initiative of PlayhouseSquare and WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream.
Teachers benefit from bringing professionals right into the classroom through the technology of
distance learning! Our Teacher’s Guide connects the experience to the classroom curriculum.
Schools interested in participating in this fine arts enrichment program should contact John Ramicone at
216-916-6360 or email john.ramicone@ideastream.org by April 13th.
A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 consortium
memberships. Please process a purchase order for WVIZ/PBS, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio 44115 and fax a copy or the number of the p.o. to 216-916-6361.
Seats are also available for schools interested in bringing a group of students to the Idea Center for the
program. If you are interested, in coming to the Idea Center, please contact my office by April 13th.
