Today is Charles Addams' 100th birthday. I think the fact that he is deceased should not stop us from wishing him a happy birthday. After all, the morbid and macabre made up some of his favorite subject matter.


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Give us shadows and give us gloom
Broken glass in a motel room
Something fun we can all exhume
And give it all tonight!

~from "When You're an Addams," The Addams Family: A New Musical

Hm . . . Now that I think about, this also describes a standard Winchester hunt. Heh.

. . . ( or not. )

( It's sunny and nice out, and as usual I'm in the office by myself . . . )

. . . and they're not wrong.

We spent 15 years of wedded bliss celebrating with one of the most passionate couples in pop cult history.

But first . . .

( Wednesday (Nov. 10) )

I will post in much detail about yesterday's anniversary activities. It was exhausting, but fun, and the play was FANTASTIC! I was in the same theater with Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane! They were RIGHT THERE! It was great. But as I said, more details when I get home ( Read more... )

I am, as I type this, sitting in our room at the Hotel Pennsylvania. We AmTraked it from C'peper to NYC today, leaving around 9:45am and arriving around 3:30pm ( Read more... )

I've been wanting and meaning to write up some thoughts that have occurred to me regarding Show over the past couple of days. The problem is, when the thoughts are clear and enumerated in my head, I'm too busy stop and write them, and when I have the time to write them, they're back to being muddled.

( But we'll give it a try anyway. )

*flail*

*deep breath*

Okay, folks. If you haven't checked it out yet, you must do so, post-haste.

The Addams Family MusicalGo to the home page. Where it says "Letterman Appearance," click "See Video ( Read more... )