25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Cm Performing Arts
| The 25th Annual Putnam Canton Spelling Bee | |
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 Original Bandage Recording | |
| Music | William Finn |
| Lyrics | William Finn |
| Book | Rachel Sheinkin |
| Footing | C-R-East-P-U-S-C-U-L-E by Rebecca Feldman |
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics past William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional textile by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee fix in a geographically cryptic Putnam Valley Heart School. Vi quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by 3 equally quirky grown-ups.
The 2005 Broadway production, directed past James Lapine and produced by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Company and 2d Phase Theater, earned skillful reviews and box-office success and was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning two, including Best Book. The show has spawned various other productions in the United States, and other countries.
An unusual attribute of the show is that four real audition members are invited on stage to compete in the spelling bee alongside the six young characters. During the 2005 Tony Awards, former presidential candidate Al Sharpton competed. Another amusing attribute of the prove is that the official pronouncer, usually an improv comedian, provides ridiculous usage-in-a-sentence examples when asked to apply words in a sentence. At some shows, adult-only audiences (over age 16) are invited for "Parent-Instructor Conferences" also known as "adult night at the Bee". These performances are peppered with sexual references and profanity inspired by R-rated ad-libs made during rehearsals.
The Broadway cast anthology was released on May 31, 2005, and is available from Ghostlight Records, an imprint of Sh-K-Boom Records. The original Broadway cast recording was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In Apr 2021, a Disney film adaptation was announced to be in the works.
Background and original productions [edit]
The musical was based upon C-R-Due east-P-U-Due south-C-U-L-Due east, an original improvisational play created by Rebecca Feldman and performed by The Subcontract, a New-York-based improvisational comedy troupe. Sarah Saltzberg, Wendy Wasserstein'due south weekend nanny, was in the original product, and Wasserstein recommended that Finn run across the show. Finn brought Rachel Sheinkin on board, and they worked together with Feldman to transform "C-R-E-P-U-Due south-C-U-50-E" into a scripted full-length musical.
Spelling Bee was workshopped and developed at the Barrington Phase Company (BSC), Massachusetts, where Julianne Boyd is the Creative Managing director, in 2 unlike stages. In February 2004, a workshop was washed in which a first act and parts of a second act were created – this phase of the process was directed past Michael Barakiva and Feldman. The script was fleshed out and the prove was given a fuller production in July 2004, directed by Feldman and Michael Unger.[i] [2] Dan Knechtges choreographed the workshop, summertime productions, and the Broadway production. Dana Harrel produced both productions every bit the Producer of Phase 2 at BSC. Several cast members, Dan Fogler, Jay Reiss, and Sarah Saltzberg remained from C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-50-Eastward. Robb Sapp (later replaced by Jose Llana when Sapp moved on to Wicked), Dashiell Eaves (replaced by Derrick Baskin), Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Celia Keenan-Bolger (joined equally Olive Ostrovsky in the summer), Lisa Howard, and Deborah South. Craig were added to the cast, and a full script was created.
The musical opened Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre on January 11, 2005 in previews, officially on Feb seven, 2005, and closed on March xx, 2005.[3] [2] The product won several awards, among them the 2005 Lucille Lortel Awards, Outstanding Musical and 2005 Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Ensemble Performance.[4]
Spelling Bee premiered on Broadway at the Circumvolve in the Foursquare Theatre on April 15, 2005 and closed on January twenty, 2008 subsequently i,136 performances and 21 previews.[5] The director was James Lapine and the choreographer Dan Knechtges. The bear witness won Tony Awards for Best Book (Rachel Sheinkin) and Best Featured Histrion (Dan Fogler).
Subsequent productions [edit]
The commencement production exterior the United States was at the Melbourne Theatre Company in Melbourne, Commonwealth of australia, from January 18, 2006 to February 25 at the Playhouse, Arts Center Melbourne. It starred Marina Prior as Ms. Peretti, David Campbell as Chip, and Magda Szubanski as Barfée.[6] The production, which won the 2006 Helpmann Award for Best Musical, was and so presented past the Sydney Theatre Company at the Sydney Theatre in 2007. It again starred Prior and Szubanski, now joined past Lisa McCune as Olive. The Sydney season opened on June 11, 2007 and closed in August 2007.[7]
The musical was produced in San Francisco, California, at the Mail service Street Theatre opening on March i, 2006 and endmost on September three, 2006.[eight] In Chicago the run began on April 11, 2006 at the Drury Lane Theatre, Water Belfry Place, closing on March 25, 2007. The production was directed by James Lapine.[9] [10] In Boston it opened at the Wilbur Theatre on September 26, 2006 and closed Dec 31, 2006. The majority of the San Francisco cast moved to the Boston product.[11] [12]
The Equity U.S. National Tour began in Baltimore, Maryland at the Hippodrome Theatre on September xix, 2006 going through May 2007, visiting over thirty cities across the U.S.[xiii] From May 24 to June 17, 2007, the original Broadway bandage reunited for a limited four-week run at the Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles.[14] The musical returned to Barrington Phase Company, where it originated, in 2008, and ran from June 11 to July 12, 2008.[fifteen] The product included several cast members from the touring company and was a co-production with N Shore Theatre. The start functioning in-the-round was at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts from August 12–31, 2008.[xvi]
In 2007, the first translated production opened in Seoul, S Korea, with all of the music and dialogue in Korean, just the words were spelled in English language. In September 2008, a German-language adaptation premiered every bit Der 25 Pattenser Buchstabierwettbewerb.[17]
The 2008–2009 Non-Disinterestedness U.S. National Tour premiered on Oct 11, 2008 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, Colorado, with an official opening in Fort Collins, Colorado on Oct xiv.[18]
The Bricklayer Street Warehouse, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, Michigan, opened on August xiv and ran through August 31, 2009,[19] directed past Kurt Stamm.[20]
The musical made its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, kickoff previews on February 11, 2011. Information technology officially opened on February 21, and closed on April two. The director was Jamie Lloyd.[21]
Spelling Bee fabricated its Scandinavian debut in September 2012 in Oslo, Kingdom of norway.
Spelling Bee was performed for the first time in Israel, with Hebrew subtitles in October 2012, at the AACI J-Boondocks Playhouse theater in Jerusalem.[22] [23] Spelling Bee had an additional series of performances in September, 2017 in Israel by the organization The Stage, at the Beit Yad leBanim theatre in Tel Aviv.[24] [25]
Plot [edit]
Act 1 [edit]
The spellers are introduced as they enter and they sing nearly their apprehension of the bee ("The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"). Moderator Rona Lisa Peretti speaks privately to Olive Ostrovsky, who has non even so paid the entrance fee. She and so introduces the official word pronouncer, Douglas Panch, and comfort counselor, Mitch Mahoney. Mahoney leads the spellers in the Pledge of Fidelity and Panch explains the rules ("The Spelling Rules / My Favorite Moment of the Bee i").
The spelling bee begins. Leaf Coneybear'due south give-and-take is capybara, which he has no thought how to spell, but he ends up spelling information technology correctly while in a trance. Olive is shown to be shy and reserved, a outcome of her largely absent parents. She has come to honey spelling by reading the dictionary in her home ("My Friend, the Dictionary"). When William Barfée is chosen to spell for the beginning time, Rona describes his unusual technique – he spells the give-and-take out on the ground with his foot to go a visual before speaking information technology. After a few spellers get like shooting fish in a barrel words, the others bluster almost how the element of luck makes the bee unfair ("Pandemonium"). Logainne then gets "Cystitis", and is shown studying with her two often-arguing fathers in a flashback. When Leaf is called the second time, he reminisces well-nigh how his family calls him "dumb" ("I'm Not That Smart").
Barfée is called, and sings about his technique ("Magic Pes"). When Marcy is chosen again, she correctly spells "qaimaqam", proving herself to be the all-time speller. She is somewhat hurt when Rona claims that she is "all business organization". Chip Tolentino is called next, merely he is reluctant to take his turn because he has an erection. Under threat of disqualification, he misspells his discussion and Mitch hauls him off ("Pandemonium (Reprise) / My Favorite Moment of the Bee 2").
At this point, the last audience speller is eliminated. Mitch sings a special serenade to this audience member for making information technology this far ("Prayer of the Comfort Counselor").
Act ii [edit]
Chip passes through the audience selling snacks, the punishment for existence the first eliminated. He explains to the audience why he lost ("My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Complaining)"). Barfée taunts Chip, who throws a bag of peanut M&M's at him. Barfée is allergic to peanuts, so Olive picks them up for him. Olive and Barfée converse earlier the second half of the bee begins, and Barfée begins to develop a crush on Olive.
Logainn describes her two overbearing fathers and the stress that they put on her ("Woe is Me"). In a montage sequence, the bee is shown progressing through many rounds, ending with Leaf's elimination. He walks away with his head held high, having proven to himself that he is smarter than his family unit gave him credit for ("I'k Not that Smart (Reprise)").
Marcy reveals more about her stressful life ("I Speak Six Languages"). She is given the word cover-up, to which she sighs, "Honey Jesus, can't you come up upwardly with a harder discussion than that?" Jesus then appears to her and teaches her that she is in control of her own life. Resolved to do what she wants rather than what is expected of her, she intentionally misspells the discussion and exits excitedly ("Jesus / Pandemonium (Reprise #2)").
Olive gets a telephone call from her father, who she has been hoping would arrive. Panch attempts to disallow her from answering the phone, but she persuades Rona to take the phone call for her. Logainne and so begins an ad-libbed rant about the bee, her fathers, and current political events. Panch lashes out at Logainne and is escorted offstage by Rona and Mitch. Ane of Logainne's fathers jumps onstage to calm Logainne down and pours some of his soda on the floor to brand Barfée'southward foot stick and thus disrupt his technique.
With Panch calmed down, Olive is called to spell. She imagines her parents being there and giving her the love that she ever has wanted and yearned for ("The I Love You Song"). Barfée is called to spell next, and spells his word correctly despite the soda causing his foot to stick. Logainne misspells her side by side word and ("Woe is Me (Reprise)") Rona is excited that it has come down to the last two ("My Favorite Moment of the Bee 3").
The finals are shown through another montage ("Second"), and Olive and Barfée continue to grow closer. Somewhen, Olive misspells a word, giving Barfée a chance to win. He is torn between winning and letting Olive win, just with Olive's encouragement, he spells his give-and-take correctly. Panch awards Barfée the bays and two hundred dollar prize, and in a surprise act of charity, pays Olive'southward entrance fee, calling information technology a "runner-up prize." Olive congratulates Barfée, and each character reads a sentence or ii virtually what they do in the years and decades after the main action of the play ends ("Finale").
Musical numbers [edit]
(Songs are not listed in the Playbill since, with audition members on stage, the timing of the "Goodbye" songs varies with each bear witness and considering it could spoil who wins the bee.)
Human activity 1 (in some shows) [edit]
- "The Twenty-5th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" – Chip, Rona, Leaf, Logainne, Barfée, Marcy, Olive
- "The Spelling Rules" ‡ – Panch, Spellers, Rona, Mitch
- "My Favorite Moment of the Bee" ‡ – Rona
- "My Friend, the Dictionary" – Olive, Chip, Leaf, Logainne, Rona, Company
- "The First Goodbye" – Visitor
- "Pandemonium" – Chip, Olive, Logainne, Leaf, Barfée, Marcy, Mitch
- "I'm Not That Smart" – Foliage
- "The Second Adieu" – Visitor
- "Magic Foot" – Barfée, Company
- "Pandemonium (Reprise)" ‡ – Mitch, Company
- "My Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise)" ‡ – Rona
- "Prayer of the Comfort Advisor" – Mitch, Company
Deed ii (in some shows) [edit]
- "My Unfortunate Erection/Distraction (Scrap's Lament)" – Chip
- "Woe is Me" – Logainne, Carl, Dan, and Company
- "Spelling Montage" – Panch, Spellers
- "I'm Not That Smart (Reprise)" – Foliage
- "I Speak Six Languages" – Marcy, Females
- "Jesus" – Marcy, Females
- "The I Beloved Yous Song" – Olive, Olive'southward Mom, Olive's Dad
- "Woe is Me (Reprise)" – Logainne, Mitch
- "My Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise 2)" ‡ – Rona
- "2nd" ‡ – Barfée, Olive, Visitor
- "Second (Office 1)" – Barfée, Olive, Company
- "Weltanschauung" – Barfée, Company
- "Barfée and Olive Pas de Deux" – Company
- "2d (Office 2)" – Barfée, Olive, Company
- "The Champion" – Rona, Company
- "Finale" – Company
- "The Last Goodbye" – Company
‡ Combined into one track on the cast album
At that place is a vocal on the bandage album, chosen "Why We Like Spelling". This song is sung by all the spellers, but is non in the Broadway production or in the licensed productions.
A song entitled "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Massacres the 12 Days of Christmas" was released online as a vacation track sung past the cast. It reveals several different instances of events within the lives of the characters, such as Coneybear being given 2 right socks named "Phil", Olive discussing diverse places her dad forgets her at, Barfée ruling his sea anemone circus from his basement, Panch'southward urine laced with Ritalin, Rona's most recent boyfriend breaking up with her, Mitch ending up and making calls from prison, Schwarzy explaining her dads giving her stomach ulcers, Chip playing with his little league baseball game team, and Marcy receiving the 7th book of Moses (which Schwarzy repeatedly objects to, claiming in that location'southward only 5) while fighting with her understudy who was taking her place because "Deborah [S. Craig, the regular Marcy actress] hurt her knee".
Characters [edit]
Major characters [edit]
- Rona Lisa Peretti: The number-one realtor in Putnam County, a former Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion herself, and returning moderator. She is a sweet woman who loves children, but she can exist very stern when it comes to dealing with Vice Master Panch, who has feelings for her that she most likely does not return. It is implied that she sees much of herself in Olive Ostrovsky. Her favorite moment of the Bee is in the minutes before it starts, when all the children are filled with the joy of contest, before they begin to resent each other. She later declares that she likes how everyone has an equal chance of winning, citing equally an case that last year's winner tin be this yr's loser and vice versa. Some other favorite moment is when the last winners go head to head for the height spot because information technology is so suspenseful and filled with promise. Ms. Peretti herself won the Tertiary Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by spelling "syzygy", which she recounts at the very beginning of the opening number.
- Vice Principal Douglas Panch: Later five years' absence from the Bee, Panch returns equally estimate. There was an "incident" at the Twentieth Annual Bee, simply he claims to be in "a better place" now (or so nosotros think), thanks to a loftier-fiber diet and Jungian assay. He is infatuated with Rona Lisa Peretti, but she does not return his affections.
- Mitch Mahoney: The Official Comfort Advisor. An ex-captive, Mitch is performing his customs service with the Bee, and hands out juice boxes to losing students.
- Olive Ostrovsky: A young newcomer to competitive spelling. Her mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working belatedly, as usual, merely he is trying to come former during the bee. She made friends with her dictionary at a very immature age, helping her to make information technology to the contest.
- William Morris Barfée: A Putnam Canton Spelling Bee finalist last yr, he was eliminated considering of an allergic reaction to peanuts. His famous "Magic Foot" method of spelling has boosted him to spelling celebrity, even though he only has ane working nostril and a touchy personality. He has an frequently-mispronounced last name: it is Bar-FAY, non BARF-ee ("at that place'due south an accent aigu", he explains with some hostility). He develops a crush on Olive. At the end of the play he wins the spelling bee.
- Logainne "Schwarzy" SchwartzandGrubenierre: Logainne is the youngest and near politically aware speller, often making comments near current political figures, with 2 overbearing gay fathers pushing her to win at any cost. She is somewhat of a neat freak, speaks with a lisp, and knows she volition return to the bee next year.
- Marcy Park: A contempo transfer from Virginia, Marcy placed 9th in last year'southward nationals. She speaks half dozen languages, is a member of all-American hockey, a title rugby thespian, plays Chopin and Mozart on multiple instruments, sleeps but three hours a night, hides in the bathroom cabinet, and is getting very tired of always winning. She is a total over-achiever, and attends a Catholic schoolhouse called "Our Lady of Intermittent Sorrows". She is as well non allowed to cry.
- Leaf Coneybear: A homeschooler and the second runner-upward in his commune, Leaf gets into the competition on a lark: the winner and first runner-upward had to become to the winner's Bat Mitzvah. Foliage comes from a big family of former hippies and makes his own clothes. He spells words correctly while in a trance. In his song, "I'm Not That Smart", he sings that his family unit thinks he is "not that smart", simply he insinuates that he is simply easily distracted. About of the words that he is assigned are South American rodents with amusing names.
- Charlito "Scrap" Tolentino ("Tripp Barrington" in the original workshop, "Isaac 'Chip' Berkowitz" in the Chicago production): A Male child Scout and champion of the Twenty-Fourth Almanac Putnam Canton Spelling Bee, he returns to defend his title. Relatively social and able-bodied, as he plays footling league, Chip expects things to come up easily only he finds puberty striking at an inopportune moment.
- Three or four spellers from the audience: Audience members are encouraged to sign upwards to participate earlier the testify, and several are chosen to spell words on stage. In touring productions, local celebrities are sometimes selected.
Minor characters [edit]
(All tin exist doubled past the actors playing the major characters.)
- Carl Grubenierre: Ane of SchwartzandGrubenierre's fathers; he has set his heart on his little daughter winning the Bee, no matter what he has to do, including sabotaging William'south foot. Usually played past the actor who plays Leafage.
- Dan Schwartz: SchwartzandGrubenierre'southward other father; he is more laid dorsum and doting than Carl merely is even so intent on his girl winning the Bee. Ordinarily played by the actor who plays Mitch.
- Leafage's Dad: Doubtful and finds his son annoying and unintelligent. Usually played by the actor who plays Barfée.
- Leafage'southward Mom: Overprotective and doubtful of her son's abilities to stand to the contest. Unremarkably played by the actor who plays Logainne.
- Leaf's Siblings: Non very confident of Leafage'southward abilities. Commonly played by the remaining spellers (both cast and the volunteer audience spellers).
- Olive'southward Mom and Dad: She is in India, he is working late, but they announced in Olive's imagination to encourage her and tell her they love her. Unremarkably played by the actors who play Miss Peretti and Mitch.
- Jesus Christ: Appears to Marcy in a moment of crisis. Usually played by the actor who plays Fleck.
Casting history [edit]
The principal casts of notable productions of The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
| Role | Off-Broadway & Broadway 2005 | Melbourne 2006 | San Francisco 2006 | London 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rona Lisa Peretti | Lisa Howard | Marina Prior | Betsy Wolfe | Katherine Kingsley |
| Douglas Panch | Jay Reiss | Tyler Coppin | Jim Cashman | Steve Pemberton |
| Mitch Mahoney | Derrick Baskin | Bert Labonte | James Monroe Iglehart | Ako Mitchell |
| Olive Ostrovsky | Celia Keenan-Bolger | Natalie O'Donnell | Jenni Barber | Hayley Gallivan |
| William Barfée | Dan Fogler | Magda Szubanski | Jared Gertner | David Fynn |
| Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre | Sarah Saltzberg | Christen O'Leary | Sara Inbar | Iris Roberts |
| Marcy Park | Deborah S. Craig | Natalie Mendoza | Greta Lee | Maria Lawson |
| Leaf Coneybear | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Tim Wright | Stanley Bahorek | Chris Carswell |
| Flake Tolentino | Jose Llana | David Campbell | Aaron J. Albano | Harry Hepple |
- Notable Broadway cast replacements included Jennifer Simard every bit Rona, Barrett Foa, Rory O'Malley, and Stanley Bahorek equally Foliage, Josh Gad as Barfée, and Mo Rocca and Darrell Hammond as Panch.[26]
Audience interaction and words used [edit]
- Audition interaction
Nearly half an hour earlier the show begins, audition members in the lobby are given the take a chance to sign up to participate in the evidence as "spellers." The registration form asks for proper name, occupation, hobbies, description of clothing, spelling ability, and age range. Interviewers look for people with no acting experience, unique names, traits, and backgrounds. The audience participants are taken backstage prior to the show and are shown where to stand when called from the audience and given education about what to do when called upon to spell. They are asked to request a definition of each give-and-take and its usage in a judgement, and to effort to spell each word rather than giving upwardly. The concluding audience member to be eliminated is usually given an exceptionally difficult word they are sure to miss; regardless of the spelling the bandage reacts with incredulity at their "success," and the next word is "belled" equally incorrect earlier the endeavour is completed. During the performance, the actors sitting next to the audition participants periodically whisper hints virtually when to stand, sit, move in "boring motion," "freeze" or hang on considering the seating platform unit is about to spin.
Ms. Peretti calls the spellers to the phase at the first of the bear witness, and they are given badges to wear that say "Finalist." Every bit the show proceeds, each one is eliminated with successively more difficult words. The terminal audience participant to be eliminated is serenaded by Mitch ("Prayer of the Condolement Counselor") on-phase. Mitch also gives each eliminated finalist (both audience members and regular characters) a juice box and a hug.
Katharine Close, the 2006 winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, was invited to be a contestant at a performance of the prove. She was the final speller from the audience to be eliminated and survived 14 rounds.[27]
The musical treats the audition members as if they were the audience at the fictitious spelling bee. For instance, the characters unmarried out audition members as their "family unit" members. For example, Barfée periodically refers to an age-appropriate woman nearly the stage every bit "mom." Similarly, Fleck is distracted by an attractive female audience member (or male in the adults-simply version), contributing to a misspelling. He is the kickoff contestant eliminated and is thus forced to sell snacks in the audience in the manner of the refreshment hawkers at a sports event. Other characters frequently walk through the auditorium among the audience during the prove, sometimes integrating the audience into the evidence and occasionally dropping the "quaternary wall".
- Words used
Examples of words spelled by characters in performances of Spelling Bee include Astrobleme, Cat, Dinosaur, Hasenpfeffer, Origami (Adult Bear witness), and Weltanschauung. Words spelled past the audition volunteers are oftentimes unscripted and sometimes improvised past the cast to gently poke fun at the volunteer speller. Past examples include: Dystopia, Cenacle, Elephant, Hemidemisemiquaver, Homunculus, Cow, Jihad, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Castoreum and Didgeridoo spelt by Rolf Harris. Julie Andrews missed "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" when she was a guest speller on KIDS night on Broadway, 2007.[28]
Disquisitional response [edit]
Charles Isherwood, in his review of the Broadway production for The New York Times, wrote "Nearly crucially, the affectionate performances of the six actors burdened with the daunting challenge of inhabiting immature souls have not been stretched into grotesque shape by the motion to a large theater... William Finn's score sounds plumper and more than rewarding than it did Off Broadway. If it occasionally suggests a Sabbatum morning television cartoon gear up to music past Stephen Sondheim, that'due south non inappropriate. And Mr. Finn's more contemplative songs provide a squeamish sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in Rachel Sheinkin's zinger-filled book... Mr. Lapine has sharpened all the musical's elements without betraying its appealing modesty." (NY Times Critics Option)[29]
Film adaptation [edit]
In April 2021, Walt Disney Pictures announced plans to develop a motion-picture show adaptation of the musical, to be produced past Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich through their Rideback banner, with Ryan Halprin as executive producer.[thirty]
Awards and nominations [edit]
Original Off-Broadway production [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Rachel Sheinkin | Won |
| Outstanding Ensemble Performance | Won | |||
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | James Lapine | Won | ||
| Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Musical | Won | ||
| Outstanding Featured Actor | Dan Fogler | Won | ||
| Outstanding Manager | James Lapine | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Choreographer | Dan Knechtges | Nominated | ||
| Theatre Earth Award | Dan Fogler | Won | ||
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | Won | |||
Original Broadway production [edit]
| Year | Honor Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Drama Desk Honour | Outstanding Musical | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Lyrics | William Finn | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Music | Nominated | |||
| Tony Accolade | Best Musical | Nominated | ||
| Best Volume of a Musical | Rachel Sheinkin | Won | ||
| Best Original Score | William Finn | Nominated | ||
| Best Performance past a Featured Actor in a Musical | Dan Fogler | Won | ||
| Best Functioning by a Featured Actress in a Musical | Celia Keenan-Bolger | Nominated | ||
| Best Direction of a Musical | James Lapine | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Grammy Honor | All-time Musical Theater Album | Nominated | |
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External links [edit]
- MusicalTalk Podcast discussing the Orlando production
- Net Broadway Database list
- Lyrics to the songs
- Fogler and Saltzberg (original Broadway cast) interview, Downstage Center at American Theatre Wing.org
- William Finn (composer) interview – Downstage Middle at American Theatre Wing.org, Dec 2006
- [2]
- Listing at guidetomusicaltheatre.com
- The 25th Almanac Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Music Theatre International website
- The website for the Norwegian production of Spelling Bee
- The Norwegian production team's website
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee
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