Spelling Bee love!- Page 32

[defying_gravity2]

Posted: 4/12/06 at 1:51am

The entire SF cast is just amazing, and incredibly nice. I've never heard Betsy miss a note. Her voice is impeccable.
<-------Me and Stanley after the show.

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/12/06 at 2:39am

Hey Stac! I just realized I'm going to freak them out again this week! I totally forgot that I'm going again with my friend Sandi on Thursday!

<-------- Me with Jared Gertner after the show - btw :P

[Creative Lunatic]

Posted: 4/12/06 at 10:27am

Here's a little bit of Bee trivia concerning Miss Rhona's other professions. When, Spelling Bee was at Second Stage in previews, Miss Rhona was actually a Mary Kay makeup rep. When, Olive does not speak up during f-l-a-g-e-l-l-a-t-e sequence, Miss Rhona walked up to her, but in addition to telling her to "stand like a champion, and pulling her hair off her face, she took out a blush compact and applied blush to Olive's cheeks. That turned out to be a very brief career.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/12/06 at 10:44am

Ooh, thanks for the fun trivia!

[liotte]

Posted: 4/12/06 at 2:22pm

Article about Bee in Chicago paper:

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/reviews/critics/mmx-g5o282g6a.14apr11,0,1423419.story?coll=mmx-critics_heds

[defying_gravity2]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 12:53am

Haha,Mer. The look on Aaron's face when he saw us in the audience on Sunday was priceless. He'll think you're trying to play mind games with him.

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:26am

Dude seriously Stac! I'll probably get the same look tomorrow. Hehe. :P

[defying_gravity2]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:33am

Btw, I love our pictures :)

[liotte]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:34am

Wow, I think you guys see it more than me!

[defying_gravity2]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:44am

Hahahaha. That might actually be true.

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 3:25am

Lately, we probably have. Hehe, I saw it Saturday, Sunday & now I'm seeing it tomorrow and then on Easter. Tomorrow is number 11.

[MUNKY]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 6:48am

I'm back........... this should be interesting

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 7:09am

I can't remember ever hating being on stage in any role. I may have disliked one or two of the revues I've been in (just bad song choices and overall cheesy-ness) but still had lots of fun doing them (Cruise ships are such a wonderfully cheesey way to make a living)

[rentlover123]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 9:10am

Can you Spell I-T- W-A-S- T-H-E- B-E-S-T- P-L-A-Y-!!! LOVED IT

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:44pm

Wow, this is a little strange but I was browsing back through this topic was read lite2shine's short review on the SF show from their preview week. I found it pretty interesting so I thought I'd comment on it. The review was this:

"The tallest person in the contestants is Leaf(Stanley Bahorek ), and Chip (Aaron J. Albano) and William (Jared Gertner) are short. So Leaf doesn't look as vulnerable, and Chip doesn't seem to be "alpha male." I thought Logainne (Sara Inbar) was just as good as Sarah Saltzberg (but Inbar didn't say about "speech therapy" at the ending, is it omitted or she forgot?) but the actress who played Marcy was flat (off key) often during "six Languages" and I was wondering if she was having a cold."

For me, their heights (if anything) make some jokes work better. Such as when Chip's pulled around by Mitch and when Logainne has scenes with her fathers. I had noticed the "speech therapy" line was missing the first couple times I saw the show, but after that it was in. I guess they had cut it and then added it back later. As for Greta (Marcy) being off-key, honestly that's just kind of how she sings. It was strange the first time I saw the show, but now I really like it. She's a talented performer and I think her singing is cute. Anyway, there's my input on that stuff. :)

Updated On: 4/13/06 at 01:44 PM

[liotte]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:47pm

Gah, I want to go to SF!!! Anyone (who doesn't live with their parents please) want to do an apartment swap for a weekend?

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:49pm

Hehe, Liotte. I'd help you out, but my situation is just as bad (I'm in the dorms! Eeee..).

[liotte]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:50pm

Dorms are even worse!

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 1:51pm

Tell me about it! I've lived in them for three years! I'm getting out next month though. :)

[liotte]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 2:06pm

http://www.suntimes.com/output/weiss/cst-ftr-spelling13.html

Another nice article in the Chicago Sun Times about the show.

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 2:08pm

Interesting article. I'm really curious to see more photos from the show. I'm still kind of bothered by the visual changes but I probably just need to see more of it to get used to it.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 2:12pm

That's how I feel about your SF production!

[lite2shine]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 6:35pm

Gee, the Chicago paper article contains some spoilers

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 6:51pm

How popular is the rush for the SF Bee? If I arrived 2 hours before the curtain, would I be sure of tickets? And where are the seats?

I REALLY want to go again. :)

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/13/06 at 8:01pm

Go when it's raining. Last time I went, it was raining and until the two drunks showed up (see the audience behavior thread), my friend and I were the only ones who rushed.

They're not publicizing the rush at all on the Post St. Theatre site, and I've never actually heard the box office mention it except when I was hanging around waiting for some friends.