25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
For those of you who haven't heard of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee musical (check their site) I strongly suggest you get it on your list of broadway theater to see next time you're in New York (they've actually launched a nationwide tour now...).
It's quite possibly the funniest play/musical I've ever seen. Think American Pie meets musical meets improv. They had everything from a magical foot to a lesbian high school girl to a Korean overachiever to an Pan-Asian Jesus.The theater was practically rolling with laughter. The best part is that they take four pre-selected (by random) contestants to come up as part of the musical - forcing them to be a part of the actual production and spelling ridiculous words.
With some adroit timing and luck I was able to get my friend up there - squirming with delight as she suffered/laughed through 45 minutes of on-stage spelling. Of course no photography of any kind is allowed in a Broadway production, but you know me - no Kodak moment goes uncaptured.
It's quite possibly the funniest play/musical I've ever seen. Think American Pie meets musical meets improv. They had everything from a magical foot to a lesbian high school girl to a Korean overachiever to an Pan-Asian Jesus.The theater was practically rolling with laughter. The best part is that they take four pre-selected (by random) contestants to come up as part of the musical - forcing them to be a part of the actual production and spelling ridiculous words.
With some adroit timing and luck I was able to get my friend up there - squirming with delight as she suffered/laughed through 45 minutes of on-stage spelling. Of course no photography of any kind is allowed in a Broadway production, but you know me - no Kodak moment goes uncaptured.
