A spoof of the contests that pit children against children to determine who has the best command of their voluminous vocabulary. Among the competitors are the incumbent, Wentworth Miller III, and Grammarcy Park, who placed first in the Math Bee. Presiding over the test are four-time champion Rhona Janet and vice principal Douglas Panch.
I'm usually not one to sit in judgment of my journalistic colleagues but when one of them is up on stage performing, what's a theatre critic to do? Fortunately, I can honestly report that Matt Windman, known for his snappy reviews in amNew York and on Theatremania.com, did a fine job in the small role of 'Matt Windman,' on opening night of Paper Mill's funny and heart-tugging production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. (Actually, the role would have been a little larger if he knew how to spell 'palestra' correctly.)
After running for three years in New York City, the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee plays its final Broadway performance today, Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Circle in the Square Theatre
Broadway¹s Tony Award®-Winning Musical Comedy
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
To Compete at Toronto¹s Elgin Theatre
January 29 to February 10, 2008
Barrington Stage Company is proud to announce that The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will return to the Berkshires to open BSC's 14th season from June 11 through July 12, with a press opening on Sunday, June 15 at 5PM at Barrington Stage
After running for three years in New York City, the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Circle in the Square Theatre (West 50th St., between Broadway and 8th). Upon closing, the award-winning musical will have played 1,136 performances and 21 previews on Broadway.
The Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will celebrate its 1,000th Broadway performance and will welcome its 4,000th volunteer speller on Broadway on Sunday, September 23 at 7:30PM at Circle in the Square Theatre. Over the past 1,000 performances the company has welcomed 4,000 volunteer spellers.
'Spelling Bee' reminds local theatre-goers the force behind sit-down shows in Chicago.
'Saturday Night Live's Darrell Hammond is making his Broadway debut this summer in the acclaimed Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as Vice Principal Douglas Panch, whom he plays for a limited engagement, June 12 - July 19
'Saturday Night Live's' Darrell Hammond will make his Broadway debut this summer when he joins the cast of the acclaimed Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for a limited engagement, June 12 - July 19.
Producer David Stone sought to capture magic in a bottle twice with his Tony Award winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, reuniting the entire original cast for the show's Los Angeles premiere, and judging Sunday's opening performance, his plan was a S-U-C-C-E-S-S...
Two special guests from Scores will join Spelling Bee on May 6th
Los Angeles is about to get a taste of Broadway as the original cast of 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' reunites for the upcoming month-long production at the Wadsworth Theatre...
The Buddy Group today announced the launching of an interactive game and website for the hit Broadway musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee
Chicago's company of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE has formally announced it will continue performances at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place through the summer.
On April 17th, the Broadway hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will welcome new cast members into its tension-fraught middle school gymnasium.
Tony Award-winners Lea Salonga and Brian Stokes Mitchell, as well as Tony Award-nominee Raul Esparza, joined the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for one night only as guest spellers at the Bee's first ever 'Broadway Night at the Bee' on Sunday, March 18!
This Sunday, March 18 at 7:30 pm, one lucky audience volunteer will share the stage and match spelling acumen (that's right - A-C-U-M-E-N) with three Broadway stars -- Tony Award nominee RAUL ESPARZA (Company) and Tony Award-winners LEA SALONGA (Les Miserables) and BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL (Man of LaMancha) -- at the first ever 'Broadway Night at the Bee' at the hitmusical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.
Tony Award-winners Christine Ebersole and Brian Stokes Mitchell, as well as Tony Award-nominee Raul Esparza, will join the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for one night only as guest spellers at the Bee's first ever 'Broadway Night at the Bee' on Sunday, March 18 at 7:30pm
On Wednesday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m., there will be another special 'for-mature-audiences-only' performance of Chicago's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed new musical comedy.
The cast of Broadway's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will present a gay themed performance on Sunday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Broadway legend Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton - both National Ambassadors for Kid's Night on Broadway - joined the gang at The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on stage as guest spellers on Tuesday, January 30th
Chicago's company of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will host the final competition at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place on Sunday, March 25
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