Spelling Bee in Australia PICTURES

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:48pm

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=74544678

Looks gd! Marina Prior is in the cast!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:53pm

Yeah, she was in the first Aussie incarnation, too.

http://tinyurl.com/2n98go

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:17pm

They got a chick playing Barfee?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:30pm

Not just any "chick." She's very well-known in Australia. You probably know her as Farmer Hoggett's wife.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:38pm

Well that was different...

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:40pm

That's so insanely different. I can barely even tell which character is which.

[MyLife]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:43pm

Olive and Willa... a lesbian crush; at least it makes the show a little more Logainne-appropriate

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:06pm

"Not just any "chick." She's very well-known in Australia. You probably know her as Farmer Hoggett's wife."

It still doesn't make it any less creepy.

Now, what is the relationship about between Olive and Barfee? Is she playing it as a guy?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:17pm

She plays it as a guy.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:22pm

So then it's not Willhemina Barfee?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:23pm

Haw haw

[jochang621]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:42pm

who's the character portrayed by the girl in the pink jacket and black dress? olive??

this is so odd, but strangely, the woman playing barfee looks pretty good...

no boy scout uniform in sight! Updated On: 6/14/07 at 02:42 PM

[alliez92092]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:10pm

Wait, is this legal?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:17pm

Yes; this was actually the first production outside the US. They beat the SF company by a few months.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:14pm

Was a huge hit for the Melbourne Theatre Company

[gettinhep]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:21pm

I saw that Melbourne Theatre Company production. Actually, Magda made a very good Barfee, complete with speech impediment.

[The_Jackal2]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:21pm

I don't know, it might be good, but it looks really strange to me...

[The_Jackal2]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:21pm

I don't know, it might be good, but it looks really strange to me...

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 2:25pm

http://www.stateart.com.au/sota/reviews/default.asp?fid=3968

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117929464.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

http://davidcampbell.awardspace.com/davida118.htm