25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Opening Night: May 2, 2005
Closing: January 20, 2008
Theater: Circle in the Square
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the offbeat musical creation of Tony award-winning composer and lyricist William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Rebecca Feldman is directed by Tony Award-winner James Lapine. This hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst — tender and sardonic — chronicles the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime.
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May 3, 2005
In the long, exhausting reality show formerly known as life, which cannot be traversed with the aid of TiVo, there are peaks and there are valleys. Qualifying as traditional high points are weddings and children’s birthdays, career triumphs, the day you bought those jeans that actually flatter. Adolescence, in its entirety, is generally considered prime valley material.
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