Did they cut "Why We Like Spelling" from SPELLING BEE eventually?
Did they cut "Why We Like Spelling" from SPELLING BEE eventually?
#1Did they cut "Why We Like Spelling" from SPELLING BEE eventually?
Posted: 7/6/08 at 6:35pm
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#2re: Did they cut 'Why We Like Spelling' from SPELLING BEE eventually?
Posted: 7/6/08 at 6:44pmWasn't it never actually in the show?
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#3re: Did they cut 'Why We Like Spelling' from SPELLING BEE eventually?
Posted: 7/6/08 at 10:56pmyeah, im 95 percent sure they just recorded it for the CD
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#4re: Did they cut 'Why We Like Spelling' from SPELLING BEE eventually?
Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:01pmI don't think it was ever in the show...
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#5re: Did they cut 'Why We Like Spelling' from SPELLING BEE eventually?
Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:07pmIt was originally slated to be the Act Two opener, but when the intermission was scrapped, as was the song. It was never in the show, but the cast did perform it from time to time at promotional events and such.
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