NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 02: Actress Brooke Shields visits FOX & Friends at FOX Studios on February 2, 2011 in New York City.
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Brooke Shields will replace Bebe Neuwirth in Broadway’s The Addams Family this summer.
Neuwirth is leaving the show after 15 months.
Shields’ performances will begin June 28; Neuwirth’s last performance is June 26.
Roger Rees took over the leading man role of Gomez from Nathan Lane in mid-March.
Shields has previously taken over four Broadway roles in productions that began with other actresses, notes the New York Times: Roxie Hart in Chicago, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Rizzo in Grease and Ruth in Wonderful Town.
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