Show Synopsis:
Uncle Fester asks the ancestors of the Addams family to help break up Wednesday Addams and her boyfriend Lucas when he brings his family to dinner at the Addams family?s home. Lucas is normal, which is strange to the creepy Addams family, and his father is snobby and high-strung while his mother is an optimistic poet. His parents begin to argue about their disagreements, and Pugsley steals a potion that will turn Wednesday even darker than she already is, eradicating all her love for Lucas, but accidentally gives it to Lucas?s mother Alice. Wednesday and Lucas announce their engagement and Alice begins to give in to her newfound dark passions. Lucas and Wednesday fight over their parents but make up, while Uncle Fester confesses his love for the moon and Gomez and Morticia reaffirm their love for each other. Lucas?s parents reconcile and everyone celebrates as Fester flies off to be with the moon.

Character:
Wednesday Addams, a sarcastic teenage girl with a love of everything dark, sadistic, pessimistic, and evil; stubborn to a fault and shocked to find herself in love like a normal girl (something she has never been)

Song Context:
Wednesday is playing with Pugsley - which means putting Pugsley into a torture machine and pulling his limbs away from his body - while confessing her confusing feelings about Lucas and love. She is shocked with herself and concerned about telling her family about Lucas and their plans to marry.

Fun Facts:
1. This musical was based on the popular print cartoon series The Addams Family, which has also been adapted into cartoon and live-action movies and television episodes. 
2. In an interview with Time Out Chicago, Krysta Rodriguez, who originated the role of Wednesday on Broadway, described the musical as another part of the saga of the Addams Family history in American media. "The conflict of the whole piece is that Wednesday is now a woman and she?s fallen in love with a "normal" kid. His family is invited over to the mansion, and everything unfolds from there. But there?s actually three different love stories in this show. There?s her parents, my parents, and us. Although the parents have been married for years, it doesn?t mean they're not going through their own kind of drama. It's very much a show about love." 
3. This musical was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Musical and a  Tony Award for Best Original Score.