Shields to play Morticia on Broadway

Actress Brooke Shields is heading back to Broadway - as Morticia Addams.

The former child star has signed on to replace Bebe Neuwirth in The Addams Family musical from the end of June.

Shields says, "I?m delighted. I found it to be wonderfully entertaining, funny, clever, and even touching, and I knew immediately that I wanted to be the next Morticia."

The actress has previously wowed Broadway theatre critics in Chicago and Cabaret.