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Music By William Finn
Lyrics By William Finn
Book/Libretto by: Rachel Sheinkin
Produced by: David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre
Choreography by: Dan Knechtges
Directed by: James Lapine
Type of Musical: Broadway
Opened: May 2, 2005
Theatre: Circle in the Square Theatre

Synopsis

Any way you spell it, this new musical, which debuted at Second Stage Theatre, is such a phenomanon (er, phenomenon) that it's moving to Broadway. The hilarious and musical stories of six obsessed word lovers, their families, and the judges. By the composer-lyricist of Falsettos.

Song List

  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Company)
  • The Spelling Rules/My Favorite Moment of the Bee 1 (Panch, Rona & Spellers)
  • My Friend, the Dictionary (Panch, Rona, Olive & Company)
  • The First Goodbye (Company)
  • Pandemonium (Chip & Company)
  • I'm Not That Smart (Coneybear)
  • The Second Goodbye (Company)
  • Magic Foot (Barfee & Company)
  • Pandemonium Reprise/ My Favorite Moment of the Bee 2 (Chip, Mitch, Rona & Company)
  • Why We Like Spelling (Spellers)
  • Prayer of the Comfort Counselor (Mitch & Company)
  • My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Lament) (Chip)
  • Woe Is Me (Schwarzandgrubeniere, Dads & Company)
  • I'm Not That Smart (Reprise) (Coneybear)
  • I Speak Six Languages (Marcy & Girls)
  • The I Love You Song (Olive, Rona as Olive's Mom, Mitch as Olive's Dad)
  • Woe Is Me (Reprise) (Schwarzandgrubeniere & Company)
  • My Favorite Moment of the Bee 3/ Second (Rona, Olive, Barfee & Company)
  • Finale (Company)
  • The Last Goodbye (Company)

Cast List

Derrick Baskin, Deborah S. Craig, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Dan Fogler, Lisa Howard, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jose Llana, Jay Reiss, Sarah Saltzberg, Todd Buonopane, Kate Wetherhead, Willis White, Lisa Yuen

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