It was supposed to be the biggest Broadway show of the season. And then… it opened. The original Broadway production of The Addams Family defied the odds - and the reviews - to run a respectful 722 performances at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.Less than a decade later, The Addams Family is the most popular high school musical to produce in the United States. How did a Broadway pariah became America’s favorite musical?Mo Brady of The Ensemblist podcast speaks to the show's creators - as well as those mounting the show today - to learn how The Addams Family became so well loved.