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Bee or Drowsy
IsolatingAge
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#25re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/21/07 at 7:39pm
I've heard Bob Saget is terrible.
I've never seen Spelling Bee before, but I'm seeing it on the 30th, and from what I have seen and heard from it, it's probably the better choice. And there's always the tour of Drowsy, which might have better casting.
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#26re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/21/07 at 8:13pm
Saget isn't "terrible."
I've seen both with their current casts and Bee had me rather bored.
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mijofly19
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#27re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:11amI saw Spelling Bee for the first time in 11 months last night and I still say that it is the better choice.
#28re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:13am
I'd recommend BEE over DROWSY, though I do love them both.
BEE has me laughing every time, like a laugh a minute. Not so much with DROWSY, though it is still enjoyable.
And P.S. I have seen the entire new cast of BEE twice now, and they are equal in brilliance to the original cast.
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#29re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:18amDrowsy.
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#30re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:56amDrowsy....Beth and Danny are NOT to be missed!
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millie_dillmount
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#32re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 2:41pmSince the show isn't selling particularly well, it'll probaby be on TKTS. Keep in mind this is the holiday season, so TKTS will probably be packed!
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#33re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 2:46pmWhen you are older, you won't tell your kids "I saw "Spelling Bee" with the replacement cast. Who cares? Sorry, but I mean seriously. On the other hand, "I saw Beth Leavel in "The Drowsy Chaperone" I believe is something you can tell people for decades.
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#34re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 2:51pmI've seen both and I would go with Spelling Bee hands down.
#35re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 3:37pm
I saw this cast of Spelling Bee in Boston twice, and they were just wonderful. Jenni Barber is incredibly affecting as Olive.
I hope you get the chance to see both shows. In my opinion they are two of the best, funniest, biggest-hearted musicals on the Great White Way in recent memory.
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#37re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 3:59pmSee Spelling Bee. I saw Drowsy and it lost it's sparkle after Sutton left. I was bored with it, while I have seen Spelling Bee twice, once with most of the original cast and once with the current cast, and the current cast is funny and fresh.
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#38re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 5:44pmSee both if you can, but you have to go with one, pick Drowsy!
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#40re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 6:05pmNo idea, but I have a feeling it will be longer than usual since this is one of Broadway's busiest times of the year!
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#41re: Bee or Drowsy
Posted: 12/27/07 at 6:09pmIt looked pretty mobbed yesterday.
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