Bye, bye Bebe. Hello there, Brooke.
Based on the cartoons that appeared for years in The New Yorker, the musical is in its second year at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The role of Gomez has already been handed over by Nathan Lane to Roger Rees.
Shields has extensive Broadway credits, including playing Ruth in Wonderful Town, Roxie Hart in Chicago and Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
The previous year she starred with Raul Esparza in Alan Menken's Leap Of Faith in Los Angeles. She will star in The Addams Family on June 28.
