Spelling Bee love!- Page 79

[LizzieCurry]

What took me so long?#1950

Posted: 5/10/07 at 4:10pm

OK, this is adorable. :) (And I THOUGHT Stanley was part Asian!)

My dressing room-mate, the stentorian James Monroe Iglehart (Mitch), a commanding presence with a booming baritone (think Laurence Fishburne or young James Earl Jones), brought me a bouquet of daisies and insisted on giving me the foot massage prescribed by Jared.

Finally, the angelic and sweet-as-honey-voiced Jenni Barber (Olive), took a more traditionalist stand: "Drink some tea and get your ass out on stage. You don't have a singing part. What the F*#k? Have some sack."
Mr. Rocca Regrets ... Broadway's Best Remedies

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[yellibean2]

What took me so long?#1951

Posted: 5/10/07 at 6:25pm

Oh my godness, that was great.

And on the inside, I'm positive Stanley's competely Asian =D

[LizzieCurry]

What took me so long?#1952

Posted: 5/11/07 at 12:56am

I saw a pic of him once with an "Everybody loves an Asian boy" t-shirt. LOL...

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[MimiJudith]

First time#1953

Posted: 5/14/07 at 12:36pm

I saw Spelling Bee for the first time on Mother's Day. I loved it. I was actually one of the four audience members they used as volunteers. Boy, that was fun!

[yellibean2]

Aaron Albano#1954

Posted: 5/19/07 at 4:13pm

just wanted to point out that Aaron posted some new videos on his website:
http://www.aaronjalbano.com/media.html

He sounds amazing!

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Aaron Albano#1955

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:16pm

Has anyone seen the new SB ads on the taxis in NYC? They say funny things like "verb your enthusiasm" and have pictures of the Original Cast. So far, all I have seen is Logainne, Leaf, and Marcy. Are there others?

"I'm thinking about how if you took the W in answer, and the H in ghost, and the extra A in aardvark, and the T in listen, you could keep saying WHAT but no one would ever hear you because the whole word would be silent." Please support BC/EFA at goodsearch.com! Search for anything, and your charity will get a cent!

Updated On: 5/22/07 at 09:16 PM

[Anakela]

Aaron Albano#1956

Posted: 5/25/07 at 4:28pm

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so CNN.com has a story up on their site right now about Mo Rocca in Spelling Bee, and it just cracked me up because of this part:

For all the open-ended banter with contestants, Rocca also carries the heavy responsibility of making sure none of the audience participants throw off the plot by outspelling the cast members.

The woman compared to Mrs. Doubtfire astonished Rocca by correctly spelling a whaling term of unknown origin, forcing him to call her back immediately. She came close to spelling his next word, an ophthalmological term.

"Believe me," he says. "I'm prepared. I don't anticipate a situation where we're going to be kept there for eight hours."

OMG y'all, can you believe that the audience member spelled caterjunes/ catterjunes/ caterjoones correctly?!? I just love the way that the CNN.com story worked that in there, both as something unusual, and as some type of example of how *Rocca,* and not the book of the show, is the one controlling that and making it happen.

Ex-'Daily Show' correspondent gets buzz in 'Bee'

[yellibean2]

Aaron Albano#1957

Posted: 5/28/07 at 10:06pm

Just reminding everyone that the Scripps National Spelling Bee is May 31 (Semifinals 10 AM - 1 PM on ESPN, Finals 8 PM - 10 on ABC).

http://www.spellingbee.com/

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Aaron Albano#1958

Posted: 5/31/07 at 9:39pm

So who's watching the national spelling bee? I love watching the real thing and see how similar it is to the musical.

[jerseyboyschick2]

Aaron Albano#1959

Posted: 5/31/07 at 10:15pm

I saw Spelling Bee last year( original cast I might add) and I immediatly fell in love with it. I also saw Wicked while in the city and I must say, Spelling Bee was my fav!!

"You will understand that Bww is a forum that allows Theatre people, Fussy old Queens, and chorus boys of Mama Mia to release their everyday life's frustration by being Snarky, B**chy, and sarcastic." -BwayBoundJoe

[jochang621]

Aaron Albano#1960

Posted: 5/31/07 at 11:20pm

"So who's watching the national spelling bee?"

i am! ah, reminds me of my spelling bee days...

who knew that by watching this, that this could be a good musical?

[brdlwyr]

Aaron Albano#1961

Posted: 5/31/07 at 11:22pm

I miss Liotte!!!!!!

[Maggie_May]

Aaron Albano#1962

Posted: 6/1/07 at 1:59am

I saw it for the first time tonight and I didnt know what to expect and I didnt know if I'd like it but I havent laughed that hard in a LONG time. One of the audience members was this kid with a big blonde afro and he was SOO into it. he kept blowing kisses and make gestures for the male cast members to call him when they would stare at him. It was so great. i cant wait to see it again.

[BroadwayPenguin2]

Aaron Albano#1963

Posted: 6/1/07 at 12:28pm

Did anyone else see the comment at the bottom of Mo Rocca's article?

2. Stanley's not Korean...I've been with him (intimately) and trust me, he's not.

Bruce at 12:19PM on May 11th 2007

[yellibean2]

Aaron Albano#1964

Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:06pm

Haha, I saw that. Haven't we all, Bruce, haven't we all?

Anyway, Evan O'Dorney is the 2007 National Spelling Champion. I was rooting for Nate (and he got out on coryza! if only he'd seen Spelling Bee, he might have had a chance...), but ah well.

[Crapgame13]

Aaron Albano#1965

Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:21pm

saw the OBC in LA last night

Logainne's rant was on the flyer with TB and Lindsay Lohan

crowd seemed to enjoy the bee, I don't view LA as much of a theater crowd. Some old people were leaving around 3/4 of it...maybe too long for them?

[WaltSummersPI]

Aaron Albano#1966

Posted: 6/1/07 at 2:25pm

The kid who won last night actually saw the show last summer, which I thought was sweet.

[LizzieCurry]

Aaron Albano#1967

Posted: 6/2/07 at 10:12pm

Cute!
Students Learn Spelling, Acting With Help From Broadway Cast

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[LizzieCurry]

"The Biggest Buzz on Broadway"#1968

Posted: 6/5/07 at 5:40pm

Behind-the-scenes with Jennifer Simard. And hey, this site's structure looks awfully familiar...

http://cityguideny.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8747

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[LizzieCurry]

'The Biggest Buzz on Broadway'#1969

Posted: 6/28/07 at 2:58am

Bumping after a long time (and wow, that looks lame to have me be the past three replies), but I haven't read a thing on this board about Darrell Hammond -- any of you seen him yet? How is he?

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[yellibean2]

'The Biggest Buzz on Broadway'#1970

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:09am

I'm also curious about Hammond. I'm trying to get to see it sometime in the next month because I am in serious Bee withdrawal mode...

[waddledee524]

'The Biggest Buzz on Broadway'#1971

Posted: 7/25/07 at 1:04am

Bump!

I wanted to know, how is Spelling Bee these days? I might be taking a group to see it, but I'd like to know if it's still as good as it was with the original cast (which I saw once). Do they still have that energy? I haven't heard much about them lately!

Hear the words I sing: war's a horrid thing. So, I sing sing sing... Ding a ling a ling.

[LizzieCurry]

'The Biggest Buzz on Broadway'#1972

Posted: 7/25/07 at 1:07am

I love the current cast (who was pretty much my first Spelling Bee cast in SF) and saw the show on B'way in May, but there are plenty of people who think I'm an uneducated, tasteless West Coast plebe for saying that, so FWIW...

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[Anakela]

'The Biggest Buzz on Broadway'#1973

Posted: 8/27/07 at 10:51am

Ok, so I don't automatically think '...Spelling Bee' when I think romantic Broadway production, but this is still pretty sweet-


'Bee' abuzz as he pops question on Broadway stage

[lite2shine]

Spelling Bee in Korea#1974

Posted: 11/29/07 at 10:53am

They opened Spelling Bee in Korea and I think it will run until next April? Anyway you can see the stage pic in the following link and William is so skinny!! Yes they do have four volunteer spellers and apparently they get words like apple and banana ;p
Korean Spelling Bee