Shows · The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Opened 2005
Musical, Modern
Six quirky adolescent overachievers compete in a county spelling bee, each battling their own insecurities and family pressures as they spell their way through increasingly impossible words. Between rounds, we learn their poignant backstories — an absent father, helicopter parents, a crush on a fellow speller — revealing that growing up is the hardest word to spell.
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- William Finn
- Lyrics
- William Finn
- Book
- Rachel Sheinkin
Productions1 on Broadway
Recordings 2 recordings
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, created by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School, some students being from various elementary schools. These six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups. The 2005 Broadway production, directed by James Lapine and produced by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Company and Second Stage Theater, earned good reviews and box-office success and was n…
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