document: Brooke Shields to return to Broadway in '' `` The Addams Family '' '' - Celebrity Circuit -LRB- CBS/AP -RRB- Brooke Shields is going to take Bebe Neuwirth 's place as Morticia in Broadway 's '' `` The Addams Family , '' '' producers say . June 26 will be Neuwirth 's final performance , with Shields taking over two days after . Pictures : Stars on stage The musical is based on the cartoons that appeared in The New Yorker for years , and is currently in its second year at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre . The role exchange is following Nathan Lane 's turning over of his role as Gomez to Roger Rees . Shields is no stranger to Broadway . She previously played Ruth in '' `` Wonderful Town , '' '' Roxie Hart in '' `` Chicago '' '' and Sally Bowles in '' `` Cabaret . '' '' Last year she starred with Raul Esparza in Alan Menken 's '' `` Leap of Faith '' '' in Los Angeles . Stars on Broadway
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