"To me, Rock of Ages seemed too lowbrow for a NY audience, and I was sure it would be panned and close in a week. My agents encouraged me to do ROA because, 'Even if it closes in a week, you'll have been seen by more industry folk than in your entire year on tour.' It was sound advice."
TODAY IN THEATRE HISTORY: In 2010, The Addams Family, a musical based on the macabre characters of illustrator Charles Addams, opens on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. With music by Andrew Lippa, and book and lyrics by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the production stars Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia Addams.