Nathan Lane Will Return to “Modern Family”

Nathan Lane was truly hilarious as Cameron and Mitchell’s party throwing pal Pepper during the earthquake episode on ABC’s Modern Family last fall.

So it is such great news that he will returning for an encore guest spot this spring, according to TV Guide’s William Keck.

This time, “Mitch [Jesse Tyler Ferguson] and Cam [Eric Stonestreet] go out for a boys night with Pepper and a bunch of their other gay friends,” Modern Family executive producer Steve Levitan told Keck at Saturday’s Producers Guild Awards, just before going on stage to accept the award for Best Comedy Series.

The plot twist: “Jay [Ed O'Neil] stumbles in to the party,” teased Levitan. “We’re having a lot of fun playing with Nathan and this will be a very funny use of him.”

Nathan Lane to Guest Star on “Modern Family”

Eric Stonestreet shared with reporters at TV Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills that Tony winner Nathan Lane is set to guest star on Modern Family.

Nathan will play the role of Pepper who is a flamboyant friend of the show’s gay couple Mitch and Cam [Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson].

Apparently it was Lane who approached producers about wanting to guest and the episode will air early in the new season.

He is currently starring on Broadway with Bebe Neuwirth in The Addams Family. He is a Tony winner for The Producers and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Paparazzi!: A Monster Mash!

Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth stage a monster mash Thursday during the opening-night performance of The Addams Family on Broadway.

Addams Family Musical Sets Date

The tuner version of "The Addams Family" has targeted a March 2010 start date for Broadway, with an opening in April.

The website for the developing musical lists March 5, 2010 for the first Gotham preview and April 8, 2010 for the opening, but a representative for the show said those dates are subject to theater and talent availability.

Based on the comically macabre cartoons by Charles Addams, "Addams Family" has a book by "Jersey Boys" duo Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and songs by Andrew Lippa ("The Wild Party"). No cast has been attached, although thespians including Nathan Lane, Bebe Nauwirth and Jan Maxwell have appeared in a reading of the show.

"Addams" is set to kick off an eight-week out-of-town tryout at Chicago's Oriental Theater November 13th.