Creepy and kooky: An Addams Family musical!

Variety reports that Andrew Lippa's musical version of The Addams Family is moving full steam ahead.In a closed reading in August, Gomez will be played by Nathan Lane (not often you think of Lane in a role once inhabited -- onscreen -- by Raul Julia) and Morticia will be played by Bebe Neuwirth. How perfect is that? From Lilith Crane to Velma Kelly to Morticia Addams. Seems logical to me.The book is by the Jersey Boys boys Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, and direction and design comes from Improbable Theatre founders Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter, which Bay Area audiences saw at American Conservatory Theater).Variety says the show is aiming for the 2009-10 season.Here's that catchy "Addams Family" TV theme: