Question about "SPELLING BEE"

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Question about "SPELLING BEE"

Posted: 3/29/07 at 1:54pm

Who's the person who did (and/or does) the disembodied voice in the beginning that goes "Miss Peretti...please spell 'syzygy'" and "We have a winner!"

Because the voice sounded different from the CD and when I saw it on Broadway.

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re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/29/07 at 1:58pm

They always get whoever is playing William Barfee to do the voice. If you listen to the CD you can hear that it is Dan Fogler. And when I saw the show with Josh Gad, you could tell really easily it was him.

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re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/29/07 at 2:21pm

Was that true in SF, too? To me, it sounded like Matt Wilson or Jim Cashman.

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re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/29/07 at 3:04pm

I'm not sure about the SF cast. I just know that about the Broadway cast.

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/29/07 at 11:03pm

It was Josh Gad when I saw the show a while ago as well. Maybe they decide on who's voice is best and it's usually William Barfee's.

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re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/29/07 at 11:36pm

Really? because in the the Chicago show, it sounded a lot like the recording, like a recording for that matter...

What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!

re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/29/07 at 11:44pm

It doesn't mean it's not a recording of whoever is playing Barfee.

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re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/30/07 at 7:10am

For the longest time in New York, it has always resembled Todd Buonopane's voice to me. I don't know though. I've always pictured him doing it in a mic offstage.

re: Question about 'SPELLING BEE'

Posted: 3/31/07 at 1:45am

Useless fact: in the Australian production, it was the guy who played Doug Panch. Probably because we had a female Barfee with a very disctinctive voice

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