Spelling Bee love!- Page 38

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:44am

How hilarious! That sounds like a fun night!

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:33pm

Hunter/prey was good, but I *loved* Lisa's delivery of "I didn't even know they made silver clogs." The line's not particularly funny, but she just does that deadpan thing so brilliantly!

The ringing cell phone was so annoying though- Deborah was great with how she handled it, especially with how she tried, she totally did try, to push on- I might have to bump up that rude audience stories thread and add it there...

[mrcacou]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:52pm

Hi there,

I am back from San Francisco and could not thank you more for leading me to that show thanks to your thread. Being French I would never have seen it but we went there a week ago on Saturday and my friend got to do the Bee, she was so anxious but couldn't stop laughing afterwards thanks to the words she had to spell, for example, Mexican.
What a great cast San Francisco has !

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:58pm

"What a great cast San Francisco has !"

Here here! They do have a great cast and the show in general is just so fun. I'm glad you and your friend had a good time!

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 8:11pm

OMG WHERE'S CELIA in the PICS of the CAKE?
I capitalized the mroe important words...hence, "cake", "celia"

[liotte]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 8:57pm

Celia is on vacation this week, she's been out and Kate is covering her. The night of the cake, I believe Lisa Howard was also out.

AND I JUST GOT THE COOLEST BEE PLAYBILL FROM SF, SIGNED BY THE WHOLE CAST!! THANK YOU MER, YOU ROCK MY WORLD!!!

[treyisthekiller]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 9:35pm

straight up, spelling bee is one of the funniest shows ive seen. i loved it.

[LilDiva05]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 12:14am

Anybody know if Celia will be in on Saturday? I'll be in the city for my birthday, and would love to stop and say hello to the cast.

[LilDiva05]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 12:14am

oops, double post

Updated On: 5/9/06 at 12:14 AM

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 2:22am

You rock my world too Liotte! I got my playbill as well! How fun!

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 2:11am

Just saw Michelle Noh go on as Logainne here in SF. Very cute and different than Sara. :)

Sort of off-topic and random, but gummy bears can hurt, hehe..

[liotte]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 2:12am

So can popcorn when you are sitting in the front and know it's coming!

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 2:28am

Haha, yeah. I've been hit with the popcorn once before.
The gummy bears tonight were a very close pelt to my arm. I was like "Ouch...but..yum.." Hehe.

[liotte]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 11:14pm

New choreography this week! Apparently there was a run through and a few things are added to the show.

When Olive and cast sing the Doo doo doo da da das in Dictionary, the cast link arms with each other and the audience participants, and sway back and forth.

Marcy Park has a few new things added to her Six Languages dance.

It was fun to see the changes!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 1:34am

When Olive and cast sing the Doo doo doo da da das in Dictionary, the cast link arms with each other and the audience participants, and sway back and forth.

Wait, that's new? They've done that every time I've seen it in SF. Maybe it was just new to NY.

[liotte]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 1:49am

Gosh I need to see these other productions!!!

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 3:29am

Yeah! How funny! I was about to say the same thing Lizzie. They've always done that here in SF.

[liotte]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 10:43am

I think it's good that the cast here is taking some of the stuff done at other shows and incorporating it here. I mean, I'm the only one who will really notice, but it keeps it fresh and fun!

[TheMecca]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 11:59am

Hey... Long time lurker first time poster...
I first saw this show when it was Off-Broadway. I went to yesterday's 2:00 matinee and WOAH.
Just... WOAH. Incredible timing and audience participation on everyone's part. Derrick's understudy was fantastic and JUST like the original.
My memories:
Here are some of the introductions the audience got:
"Mr. ----- just finished up his high school's performance of 'Everybody Loves Raymond'". (Jose said "Didn't Ray Romano just get 'mexican'?")
"Mr. ----- is waiting for his favorite styles to come in color."
"Mr. ----- misread the weather today, hence the long-sleeve flannel and shorts."
"Mr. ----- has nicknamed himself Frodo."
"Mr. ----- won his district bee by coming in last and enacting Opposite Day."
"Ms. ----- intimidates her opponents with her hair."
"Ms. ----- is a big comic book fan and likes to come in uniform- she's wearing pants owned by the Incredible Hulk."
There was this little girl who acted along with Greg, and was hilarious when she got cow.
"Can you use it in a sentence?"
"...please, spell cow."
(She stares at him)
"Hey look, there's a cow...?"
She ended up getting dengue.
"Ray Romano" got cenacle [and out], and Frodo got Xeno... [and "Prayer of the Comfort Counselor"]
At one point, while Barfee was spelling, some guy let out one big, loud chuckle (just one). Josh just stared at him.
Sarah's rant about the leader of the CIA and the NSA was great
Since this has been discussed in the topic:
Marcy's conversation with Jesus was MUCH different at SS. In SS, the curtain opens and he's up on the cross behind the Cloud background. The new version, in my opinion, works much better.

One last thing: I was relatively close (3rd row!) and I have to say this: Jesse spits ALOT.


Updated On: 5/14/06 at 11:59 AM

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 2:14pm

Ok, after meeting the cast, and talking to them, and crying at the i love you song, and seeing it twice (this was posted earlier) i just listened to Celia on Jeff Blumenkrantz's podcast. I can't believe they dropped her from "Piazza" because she was too like, childish or whatever. She is so cute, and funny, and special. She should get more love.
AND AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS JESSE-TYLER FERGUSON AND CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER TO GET TOGETHER?
OLIVE LEAF FOREVER!

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 4:26pm

Here you go JustABroadwayBaby2:

[liotte]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 5:49pm

Wow, where is that pic from???

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 7:43pm

OLIVE LEAF! OLIVE LEAF! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That is going to be my icon, once I'm done being hyped over pajama game!

Oh, and in a performance of spelling bee, they were sitting there, whispering, talking, and laughing while Barfee was spelling. I wanted to take a picture, but i couldn't, respecting the rights of CITS.
Anyone know when Celia's doing a concert?

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 1:44am

This pic is from this website
Celia Online

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 5/15/06 at 3:48pm

Where's the ACTUAL picture on Broadway.com? I mean, I know where it is, but I want to see the full slideshow, (them on the bus, etc)I tried searching celia keenan-bolger tonys or tonys 2005 and all thsoe sorts of combos of keywords. Can someone help? I saw a heck of a lot of musicals last season, so I've been at broadway.com for tonys 2005 pictures and stuff... but I just don't see that there!