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.
The Addams Family is also the first production produced by Elephant Eye Theatricals.