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Posted: 8/28/05 at 8:23am
On Saturday August 27th I saw Spelling Bee with my dad. The cast was amazing. I could hardly stop laughing. I was also a speller in that show which was so much fun. Dan Fogler was brilliantly m hilarious and a very believable character as William Barfee. Celia Keenan-Bolger who was Olive Ostrovsky sounded great, especially during 'The I Love You Song' during which I got a little teary, though it seemed she had a problem hitting one or two of the notes. Deborah S. Craig was great as Marcy Park. I sat next to her on the bleachers as a speller. She sounded great and acted hilariously during 'I Speak Six Languages'. Sarah Saltzberg was Logainne Schartzandgrubenierre and was great. I loved her performance during 'Woe Is Me' and the audience felt so sad for her during 'Woe Is Me (Reprise)'. Jose Llana was Chip Tolentino and kept the audience very satisfied satisfied with his performance especially with 'Pandemonium (Reprise)' and 'M.U.E (Chip's Lamont)' I even got some of the candy that he was throwing. Jesse Tyler Fergussen played Leaf Coneybear and was the funniest character. His dialouge is brilliant and he'a a very funny singer furing 'I'm Not That Smart' Derrick Baskin played Mitch Mahoney and was funny throughout the show and proficent during 'Prayer of The Comfort Counseler' which was my goodbye song. Lisa Howard was Rona Peretti and her dialougue got better with each line. She's a fantastic singer throughout the whole show. Jay Reiss wasn't there to play Douglas Panch, so he was played by Todd Buonopane. He had great dialouge and was very amusing right through the show. So basically, everyone was great and I had a great time as a speller and an audience member.
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