David A.Straz, JR. CENTER for the performing arts

Show Dates & Times

Tues. 7:30 p.m. Wed. 7:30 p.m. Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Fri. 8 p.m. Sat. 2 and 8 p.m. Sun. 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 18-23
 

Pricing

Regularly priced tickets start at $38.50.

Group minimum is 15 people.
Receive a 10% for groups of 15 or more, and a 15% discount for groups of 40 or more.
Receive 2 comps per group of 40 or more.
*Excludes Saturday matinee & Saturday evening
Early Bird Discount: receive an additional 5% off the Group ticket price, if paid in full 8 weeks out.
Student group rates of $25 Gallery tickets and $35 Balcony tickets (plus service fee) for select performances.
There is a talkback on October 19 in the theater following the performance.

Broadway Family Night! For the Wednesday night, Oct. 19 performance, purchase one full-price adult ticket and get one FREE child's (12 and under) ticket (restrictions apply). Not available for purchase online. Come early for family-friendly activities and more from 6-7:15 p.m.

Educator's discount: 50% off. Limit 2 tickets. Tuesday and Wednesday only. Price levels 2 and 3 only. Other restrictions apply.

Student Rush discount: 50% off 90 minutes to show time for all performances. One discounted ticket per ID. Cash only at the window. Not applicable to prior sales. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Subject to availability.

There is a maximum ticket allotment of eight tickets per account/household/business for paid, ticketed events. (For some shows, it may be less.) Applicable service charges added at point of purchase. There is no maximum for free, non-ticketed events.

For ticket purchases via the phone or ticket office, service charges are waived for current annual Straz members at the $400 level and higher, although special handling fees may apply to some shows. Service charges for online transactions apply to all members. 

Pursuant to s.817.36, Florida Statutes, no Straz Center ticket may be offered or resold for more than $1 over the face value of the ticket.

About the Show

Douglas Sills & Sara Gettelfinger To Star As Gomez and Morticia in the National Tour of The Addams Family:

Douglas Sills, a Tony Award nominee for The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Sara Gettelfinger, last seen on Broadway in A Free Man of Color and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, will star as Gomez and Morticia in the upcoming national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. As previously announced, the production will begin performances September 15 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans and will continue on to over 30 additional major markets across North America.

Douglas Sills received Tony and Drama Desk nominations as well as the Los Angeles Ovation Award for his performance as The Scarlet Pimpernel on Broadway and on tour. He recently starred in the Chicago tryout of the new rock musical White Noise. Additional Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. National Tours: The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Secret Garden, Into the Woods. New York: Music in the Air, Carnival (Encores), On the 20th Century, Moonlight & Magnolias (MTC), Disney’s When You Wish. Regional: She Loves Me, Peter Pan, A Little Night Music, Much Ado About Nothing, She Stoops To Folly, Showboat, Mack & Mabel, The Philadelphia Story, Chess, Summer People, Mrs. Warren's Profession and many leading roles with California Shakespeare Festival. Recordings: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Cyrano. Television: PBS with the Boston Pops, CSI, The Closer, Numb3rs, Will & Grace, Any Day Now, Party Of Five, Sabrina, Murphy Brown. Film: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Funny About Love. In addition to Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Douglas has been honored in New York with The Theater World, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards. In Los Angeles he has received The Garland, The Dramalogue, and Robby awards. Mr. Sills is a founding member of The Antaeus Company and studied at The University of Michigan and The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Sara Gettelfinger most recently appeared as “Dona Athene” in John Guare's A Free Man of Color at Lincoln Center. Broadway: Seussical the Musical, The Boys from Syracuse, “Carla” in Nine with Antonio Banderas, “Jolene Oakes” in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opposite John Lithgow, as well as the first national tours of Fosse and 101 Dalmatians as “Cruella De Vil.” Other NYC area credits include: “April” in Company (Helen Hayes), “Fastrada” in Pippin (Papermill Playhouse), Tenderloin and Carnival at City Center Encores!, Anything Goes at Lincoln Center and “Little Edie Beale” in the world premier of Grey Gardens at Playwrights Horizons. In 2009, Sara starred as “Fastrada” in the Deaf West production of Pippin at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum. Television: Guiding Light, Ed, Without a Trace. Film: 10 to Midnight, Sex In the City, Forbidden Love. In 2006 Sara was signed to DECCA/Universal Records with the classical-crossover trio Three Graces. Their self-titled, debut album was released in stores/online in March 2008, reaching the top 10 on the Billboard Crossover Charts, followed by a worldwide, critically acclaimed concert tour.

Reviews

“Addams Family is fiendishly good fun” – The Tampa Tribune

"Uproarious! A glitzy-gloomy musical entirely worthy of the macabre drawings by Charles Addams. You'll conclude that the stage was their destiny!" - John Simon, Bloomberg News

"Classic, full-tilt, fast paced, old-fashioned musical comedy!" - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

"A wonderful new musical for the entire family!" - Barbara Walters, The View

"Two snaps up!" - Anne Craig, Fox 5 News

"Clever songs, sly jokes and swoony visuals! Delights in decrepitude and surliness!" - David Cote, Time Out New York

"The audience goes mad!" - Liz Smith

"You'll laugh a lot! The fantastically elaborate set evokes with gratifying exactitude the eerie parallel universe of the Addams cartoons." - Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

"Entirely entertaining! Top-notch production values, gorgeous, witty sets and staging, and an even better cast." - Jesse Oxfeld, New York Observer

"This is what Broadway's all about! We had such a good time. Call everyone you know - you've got to bring them!" - Joan Hamburg, WOR Radio

Education

There will be a postshow talk-back following the October 19 performance.