Spelling Bee Goes Blue

[esparza 333]

Posted: 1/22/10 at 2:39pm

I have read about the special performances where Spelling Bee was more R rated and dirty. I think it was performed twice with the original cast. I was wondering if anybody saw those performance and could tell how they were.

[walkedthroughmany]

Posted: 1/22/10 at 3:02pm

"Olive placed second in her school's Halloween costume contest."
"I was Hilary Duff's busted hymen."

It was this sort of thing. They spelled words like "c*cksucker." I want to say Barfee and Panch kissed? Two of the men, at least. The actors played the whole "we're breaking character to laugh because this is so funny!" bit after the kiss. And at the end of Pandemonium, there remained a giant pink dildo bouncing center stage that Rona slowly got up to put away.

The I Love You Song had Olive's mom discovering Scientology. She was wearing an alien headband and singing "Tommmm Cruuu-uuu-uuu-uuu-uuuise" at the beginning instead of her usual "Oooh"s. And Olive says: "...and my black dad says..." as her father enters.

Many other changes, those are just off the top of my head.

I ate it up.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/22/10 at 3:12pm

Go to the enormous Spelling Bee Love thread and start from here:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?page=41&thread=878896&boardid=1

[Kad]

Posted: 1/22/10 at 4:46pm

"Olive placed second in her school's Halloween costume contest."
"I was Hilary Duff's busted hymen."

I also heard "I was Bette Midler's cervix." at one of the blue nights.

And one of Logainne's facts was that she was arrested for masturbating during Fahrenheit 9/11.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 1/22/10 at 5:32pm

I believe there were a total of three adult nights, two of which were with the original cast. There might have been a fourth, but I don't recall.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/22/10 at 5:35pm

I think San Francisco had 4 or 5 (I know I went to all of them except one). Did Boston or Chicago?

[Dangerous Divine]

Posted: 1/23/10 at 12:57am

Boston did at least one. (I think they did more, but I'm not sure since I didn't attend.)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/23/10 at 1:04am

I seem to remember there being at least one in Chicago, but I'm not 100% sure. I bet mauriposa would know.

[JeaniusIsMe]

Posted: 1/23/10 at 1:30am

There wear a couple in Chicago. I went to one of them and enjoyed it. They handed out condoms and dental dams instead of candy and snacks during My Unfortunate Erection.

[catalana2]

Posted: 1/24/10 at 12:33pm

I saw the regular Spelling Bee show a few times and the adult night in Chicago on one of the nights. I believe they did it several times. I thought it was great and the re-written stuff was very funny. Logan did a rant about Britney Spears' "shaved cooter" and how when she grows up she plans to follow her in political protest and be "Anti-Bush" There was some really good stuff. Somewhere online there is a list of many of the quotes from the show

[ashley0139]

Posted: 1/24/10 at 12:42pm

Boston only did one (I was a contestant in it).

[singtopher]

Posted: 1/24/10 at 6:40pm

The cast at Mason Street Warehouse in MI did one after one of their regular performances as a benefit for the theatre. Chip was masturbating during the 'marigold' sequence before tittup. Also, and I'm not 100% sure on this, it was changed to "I Screwed 6 Mexicans"