Addams Family National Tour Will Offer a Benefit Cabaret for ASTEP in Cambridge

By Michael Gioia
February 9, 2012

The national tour of The Addams Family, which currently plays the Shubert Theatre in Boston, MA, will present a benefit cabaret for ASTEP Feb. 16 at Oberon in Cambridge.

The 11 PM concert, hosted by Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Little Shop of Horrors), will feature performances from Brian Justin Crum (Wicked, Next to Normal), Sara Gettelfinger (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nine), Blake Hammond (Billy Elliott, Hairspray) and Cortney Wolfson (Les Miserables, Legally Blonde national tour), among others.

The evening will also feature a raffle and silent auction. Proceeds from the event will benefit ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).

Since 2003, ASTEP has partnered with community organizations and schools to deliver after-school, weekend, and summer arts education and empowerment programs. ASTEP currently serves three communities—New York, NY; Deep South Dade, FL; and Bangalore, India. Visit www.asteponline.org for more information.

Oberon is located at 2 Arrow Street in Cambridge, MA. For more information and tickets, visit www.cluboberon.com.

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The national tour of The Addams Family, featuring Tony Award nominee Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia, continues through Feb. 19 at the Shubert Theatre.

Here's a partial list of the cities that the tour will visit following Boston:

Hartford, CT, Feb. 21-26, 2012, The Bushnell

Durham, NC, Feb. 28-March 4, 2012, Durham Performing Arts Center

Baltimore, MD, March 6-18, 2012, Hippodrome Theatre

Providence, RI, March 20-25, 2012, Providence Performing Arts Center

Cincinnati, OH, March 27-April 8, 2012, Aronoff Center for the Arts - Proctor & Gamble Hall

Cleveland, OH, April 10-22, 2012, Palace Theatre

Memphis, TN, April 24-29, 2012, The Orpheum Theatre

Madison, WI, May 1-6, 2012, Overture Center

Saint Paul, MN, May 8-20, 2012, Ordway

Grand Rapids, MI, May 22-26, 2012, DeVos Performance Hall

San Diego, CA, May 29-June 3, 2012, Civic Theatre

Los Angeles, CA, June 5-17, 2012 Pantages Theatre

Washington, DC, July 10-29, 2012, The Kennedy Center - Opera House

Pittsburgh, PA, July 31-Aug. 12, 2012, The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

For more information, visit www.theaddamsfamilymusicaltour.com.