The first international production of "Spelling Bee"
The first international production of "Spelling Bee"
circusfreak
Swing Joined: 8/23/05
#0The first international production of "Spelling Bee"
Posted: 9/28/05 at 4:48am
To premiere in Australia next January.
http://www.mtc.com.au/whatson.aspx?eventID=73
#1re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 5:07amPut Kane McErvale in this!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#2re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 5:19am
"last year’s finalist - eliminated for health reasons - William Barfee (Magda Szubanski in her MTC debut)"
They're having a WOMAN play Barfee?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
circusfreak
Swing Joined: 8/23/05
#3re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 5:33amMagda Szubanski is a comedic idol down here in Australia (alot of you might know of her from the movie Babe). She will be perfect for it.
stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#4re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:48am
i'm quite excited. although i don't know about marina. i'm sure she'll be funny and vocally flawless...but something strikes me as odd about her casting.
christen o'leary terrifies me (you know i kove you darling!)
it'll be a hit. i'm so gonna go and see it!
tell your friends!
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
Creative Lunatic
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/05
#5re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 9:22amJust thinking about a female playing Barfee.....It should bring all sorts of interesting subtext to the budding romance between Olive and William.
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#6re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 11:03amMarina? Hmm....that's cool. I hear she was great as Christine.
lfae
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#7re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 11:29am
"They're having a WOMAN play Barfee?"
I don't know a thing about Spelling Bee (which one is Barfee? I saw them at Bway on Bway and the Katrina Benefit) but trust me, if anyone can pull off a male role, it'd be Magda 
She's a fantastic comedienne.
I heard about this at the stage door of Wicked last night, oddly enough. I'm from Melbourne and someone commented to me (upon hearing the accent) how they'd like to go to Aus next year to see Spelling Bee...and I was all "huh"?
Marina and Christen will make it extra fantastic :) Christen especially. Can't wait!
bongoboy
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#8re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 11:47ami loved, loved LOVED Magda in Kath & Kim which was on Trio (still may be). Direct TV axed Trio, though, the bastards.
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#9re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 1:08pmI wonder if all us Melbournians on the board here (yeah, like all 3 of us) should go to Spelling Bee together?
stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#10re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/28/05 at 9:50pm
oh, you're a melbourne local are you? all my family and stacks of friends still live down there!
PM me if you want and let me know where you're from!
oh, how exciting!
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
Updated On: 9/28/05 at 09:50 PM
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#11re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/30/05 at 1:15amSweet. You in Sydney or Brisbane?
stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#12re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/30/05 at 4:00amlol. not quite urban. i'm in NYC these days!
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
gettinhep
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#14re: The first international production of 'Spelling Bee'
Posted: 9/30/05 at 4:06pmI'm an MTC subscriber. I can't miss this one.
'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
