Spelling Bee love!- Page 68

[liotte]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 9:23am

Joann, take that down please! Don't get our thread deleted!!!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 11:22pm

LOL...

Each night, someone is plucked from the audience at "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and made to squirm in the spotlight. This week, Lauren Gaul of the Radio City Rockettes was one of the unlucky ones. Introducing the leggy lass, the "Spelling Bee" moderator, played by Betsy Wolfe, said: "When Ms. Gaul grows up, she hopes to become a dancer, a toy soldier, a reindeer, or all of the above?" The Rockettes' "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" opened last night at the Wang Theatre.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/12/08/brady_suing_yahoo_over_image_in_ad/?page=2

[liotte]

Posted: 12/9/06 at 6:55pm

"unlucky ones"?

I disagree, I'd love to be able to be on the stage in this show. It will never happen, but it would be fun.

[Anakela]

Posted: 12/10/06 at 12:16am

So I just got my Carols for a Cure cd this week, and how much do I love "December's Other, Less Famous Holidays"- so brilliant!


Where's the holiday for the gay Filipino? -love it.

[liotte]

Posted: 12/10/06 at 12:16pm

I love that song! And I really like last year's too!

[Anakela]

Posted: 12/10/06 at 12:41pm

Hey, did Sarah write last year's song too?

[liotte]

Posted: 12/10/06 at 3:03pm

Yup. She is incredibly talented!

[liotte]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:33pm

Speaking of Sarah, she has one of the funniest speeches I have heard in awhile tonight. Trying to think of the exact wording... with Britney Spears and Bush. Will update!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/13/06 at 6:12pm

The Boston cast is holding a benefit on Tuesday! :)

[liotte]

Posted: 12/13/06 at 6:36pm

Ooh, I want to go to that!

[liotte]

Posted: 12/14/06 at 11:00pm

Rory was on tonight as Barfee (in NYC), he was excellent! It was (to my knowledge) his first time going on. At first it was strange to see a tall red head kid going on, but he won me over and was a great presence in the cast tonight. He will be on tomorrow night too!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 2:33am

Bumping to plug the Boston benefit! :)

GO: Singing Like Grownups
Put down the knitting, the book and the broom: Test your open-mike skills and help raise money for the Greater Boston Food Bank. Amatueurs and pros (the Boston cast from “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”) will share the stage Tuesday at “Singing Like Grownups” cabaret at Club Cafe in Boston’s South End. Doors open at 10:30 p.m. and suggested minimum donation is $10. For more information, call 617-536-0966. Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave.
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/lifeNews/view.bg?articleid=172075

[Anakela]

Posted: 12/17/06 at 10:25am

So I'm reading this playbill.com interview with James Lapine, and he says that they've had audience members at the Bee spell 'cow' wrong more than once. I remember a thread about this a while back, about an audience member who (I think?) spelled it c-a-w or something, and so what do they do after that, do they do "Goodbye" and then launch into "Pandemonium"? How does it work after the audience member spells 'cow' wrong?
Playbill article

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 12/17/06 at 12:31pm

^I've been wondering that as well.

[liotte]

Posted: 12/17/06 at 12:33pm

Yup, they have to sing the Goodbye Song to that person, then they go into Pandemonium. I've seen it a couple times when someone has misspelled Cow.

BTW- Greg used cat on Tuesday night.

[AnaGFan]

Posted: 12/17/06 at 2:48pm

So how do you get picked to go on stage? My friend, a middle school teacher, volunteered several times and never picked.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 12/17/06 at 3:31pm

^By being in a large group of people, having never seen the show before, wearing a kooky outfit, dressing in all black, having a funny name, not being an actor, being a good speller, wearing jeans, over accesorising, having an distinct appearance, etc.

[liotte]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 1:22am

There are many more reasons than that to get picked to go on stage.

[banana]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 5:57pm

wait im confused did todd leave the show? and who replaced kate weatherhead?

[liotte]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 5:59pm

Todd is doing Henry and Mudge right now.

Kate left to go do Legally Blonde. Jacqui Polk, Mo Murphy, Lisa Yuen, Law Tarello, and Rory OMalley are the current understudies. (as far as I know)

[banana]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 6:05pm

thanks!! a friend of mine saw it on sunday night and said every understudy was on

[liotte]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 6:26pm

If your friend has the inserts from the playbill still or remembers, I'd love to hear more details on that!

[crzyrocket]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 1:02pm

Bump

Did anyone in Boston go to "Singing Like Grownups" last night? Would love to hear details.

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:14pm

Going to see the tour in Cost Mesa tonight!
Boy they are performing in the barn yard... I got a tix for rear orchestra (only $30). I hope I can move up!
Updated On: 12/20/06 at 03:14 PM

[thats*like*shotastic]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:37pm

I saw it the other night and have come to the conclusion that Jacqui Polk should definitely be Olive. She was so amazing, and her hair is perfect. Rory O'Malley is the best Barfee I've ever seen, and Barrett Foa is just adorable. Everyone else was wonderful.