"The Addams Family" (New Orleans)

Sept. 15-24, at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 501 Basin St. (504) 287-0351. Tickets are $30 to $76. It’s every parent’s nightmare. Your little girl has suddenly become a young woman, and what’s worse, has fallen deliriously in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. Yes, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has a “normal” boyfriend, and for parents Gomez and Morticia, this shocking development will turn the Addams house downside up.