Depsite dismal reviews in April, when the curtain first went up on The Addams Family on Broadway, the madcap production - adapted from the hit TV show of yesteryear - has soared to the top of the heap with a respectable rank in the top three.
And, when the Tony Awards passed the quirky production by, industry-insiders were prediciting doom and gloom.
But, John Doe and a posse of out-of-towners (in particular those who saunter into the Big Apple for a dinner and Broadway Show) don't pay much attention to the critics.
As the old saying goes:
"I may not know much about Art, but I know what I like."
Obviously, this truism carries over to live! stage! comedy bill-of-fare along the lines of the off-beat Addams Family.
Theatre-goers have also been scrambling to pluck up coveted tickets for - The Lion King and Wicked - while sure contenders (award-winners who got the nod) have been left in the dust behind all the glitz and glamour of Tin Pan Alley to duke it out with tough competition on the gloomy sidelines.
According to show-biz sources, the entertaining comedy - starring Nathan Lane - has mustered up a whopping fifty percent "pay back" to date - to the original backers of the show - with no end in sight.
Hopefully, during the end run, no one whistles back stage.
Who wants to tempt fate, after all?
TV Cast of Addams Family!
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