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Character Analysis Of The Addams Family Musical

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The Addams Family Musical was performed by the Brickstreet players at the Wills Point High school. They performed on November 11, 2017, at 2:00 pm. The major conflict of this production was that Wednesday Addams wanted to marry a normal boy named Lucas. Neither set of parents were happy that their children wanted to get married.
The dominant tone of the play was cosmic. There were many ongoing jokes throughout the play, for example, the character Lurch who is an undead butler is always two paces behind everything such as when Gomez said a joke, and everyone laughs it took until everyone stopped laughing for Lurch to start. Another example would be the grandmother, even though she was not on stage for very long when she was hilarious. …show more content…

All the actors were required to sing and for being a high school production they did really well. The director did an excellent job casting the group of actors. The performance space was in a cafetorium and the stage was on the smaller side. The back of the stage was set up as if it was an old abandon graveyard, with dead trees, old crumbly headstones, and a large black entry gate. Then when it was time for the scene set in and out of the house they had movable walls, and door set on wheels. This gave the illusion that we were now indoors or outside of the house depending on the scene. When we were inside they had furniture such as tables, chairs, and a couch. When we were outside they had trees, bushes, and dead plants. The lighting of the play was on the darker side to help create the Addams Family come to life. The loss of the scenery would have completely destroy the whole story. The costumes fit the personality of each character perfectly. For example, Gomez Addams costume was just like the one we are all use to. He wore a black and white pin striped suite, with slicked back black hair and his signature black mustache. Another example is Uncle Fester he wear a black moomoo looking gown with a bold hear and a sickly appearance. Next would be the Addams dead relatives, they were all dressed in white from head to toe. They all had dark dead eyes and sickly sunken in cheeks. The makeup and costumes helped set the

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