Spelling Bee love! — Page 31

That's great that they have the SF pictures up here now! I'd only seen about half of those so that's really great (I also have maybe three publicity stills of this cast that they didn't put up). Go check them out if you haven't everyone!

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https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8844

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Those pictures are great, it looks so different!

Greta is a fantastic Marcy, yeah. I love her singing style, it's so different than Deborah's.

I can't pick a favorite though. The whole cast is incredibly sweet and talented.

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Just wait in the lobby by the stairs after the show (by the ticket office for the theatre). They'll come out that way when they're all changed.

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Ok this cast looks great but I have to say it frustrates me to no end that Rona isnt a larger woman. She should be a very full figured woman, like most Elemetary School teachers are. I know that it is unrealistic to expect another Lisa Howard, but she just doesnt seem right to me.

On another note, can someone please tell me how the San Francisco show is set up? I am guessing that they dont that 3 sided set up like Circle in the square so how does it work? Is it all just up a stage like a normal show? Are there no longer the bleacher seats or the seats on the court? How do the differences in venues change the show and its interactivity (I.E. The opening of the Bee or the Jesus scene)? I am just very interested in how this all works.

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Updated On: 4/11/06 at 08:52 PM

Oh thanks.

In New York, the stage is on the bottom in the middle of the theater with seats all around it on 3 sides. There are also seats in the center dirrectly before the stage and the first 2 rows of these are made to look like low rise bleachers. Its hard to describe but I hope you understood what I meant.

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Updated On: 4/11/06 at 09:02 PM

Yeah, the Post Street Theatre is a fairly typical theatre (it's on the small side though).

"Ok this cast looks great but I have to say it frustrates me to no end that Rona isnt a larger woman. She should be a very full figured woman, like most Elemetary School teachers are. I know that it is unrealistic to expect another Lisa Howard, but she just doesnt seem right to me."

First of all, Betsy Wolfe hits all the notes powerfully and skillfully so I don't see why it's a problem that she's smaller than Lisa. Also, Rona isn't an Elementary School teacher, she's a realtor.

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Updated On: 4/11/06 at 09:18 PM

Double Post

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Updated On: 4/11/06 at 09:30 PM

And don't forget, the flag ends up trailing over the heads of everyone sitting on stage left, because Panch is that oblivious.

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Yeah, I figured everyone was familiar with her because the community seems rather small and she's a prominent member.

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The "bleacher" seats are the lottery seats.

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I'm excited...Spelling Bee recently opened an open ended run in Chicago (which is only about 1.5 hours from me). I'm hoping to get there to see it soon.