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Jackie Hoffman Takes The Cabaret Stage

OFFBEAT: ‘Addams Family’ funny favorite Jackie Hoffman on mark with cabaret show

By Philip Potempa, nwitimes.com

Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

It’s rare to laugh so hard you have to hold your side.

But that’s exactly the case when the comic actress Jackie Hoffman takes the cabaret stage.

Hoffman, a member of Chicago’s own famed Second City, is front and center and in rare form in her one-woman show “Whining in the Windy City: Holiday Edition” playing a limited run on Mondays through Dec. 21 at The Royal George Theatre.

Even though New York City is her home, she’s at home with Chicago audiences, which she’s facing every day of the week this month, since she’s also starring as Grandmama in the new Broadway musical “The Addams Family.” It’s the world premiere of the production previewing at the Ford Center for Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre though January 2010.

At Monday’s opening night performance of Hoffman’s cabaret act, some of the cast members, including Bebe Neuwirth, who plays Morticia, attended and shared in the laughs.

Hoffman, who isn’t afraid to say she thinks her “Addams” role should be bigger (among other funny stage revelations), tackles every and any topic possible. She covers everything from her disdain for children and today’s young generation of young women in their 20s (and how they talk) to the countless pitches and pleas she receives from charities asking for donations.

Happy Birthday to Jackie Hoffman

The Addams Family Blog would like to wish Jackie Hoffman a very Happy Birthday (November 11).  Hoffman, who is a veteran of Chicago’s “The Second City” improv group, is certainly keeping herself  busy these days.  Besides rehearsing for her role as Grandma in the upcoming “Addams Family” musical, she is working on her one-woman show ”Whining in the Windy City,” opening at the Royal George Cabaret  on November 30.