The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
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CD Details
Edition: Music CDAudio: English (Unknown)
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Music Label: Ghostlight Records
Soundtracks:
- 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Spelling Rules/My Favorite Moment of the Bee 1 - Howard, Lisa, ,
- My Friend, The Dictionary - Howard, Lisa, Celia Keenan-Bolger,
- First Goodbye
- Pandemonium - Jose Llana, Company
- I'm Not That Smart - Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- Second Goodbye
- Magic Feet
- Pandemonium (Reprise)/My Favorite Moment of the Bee 2 - Derrick Baskin, Howard, Lisa, Jose Llana
- Why We Like Spelling
- Prayer of the Comfort Counselor - Derrick Baskin
- My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Lament) - Jose Llana
- Woe Is Me
- I'm Not That Smart (Reprise) - Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- I Speak Six Languages - Craig, Deborah S.
- I Love You Song - Derrick Baskin, Howard, Lisa, Celia Keenan-Bolger
- Woe Is Me (Reprise)
- My Favorite Moment of the Bee 3/Second - Howard, Lisa, Celia Keenan-Bolger
- Finale
- Last Goodbye
Music reviews of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: For anyone who's ever felt like a dorky kid growing up
Rating: 4 Stars
I bought this CD for rehearsals because I will be in a local production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". I listen to it in the car as I take my kids to their various activities, and now they love the songs, too! (In fact, they'll have the lyrics memorized before I will!) The CD is about various kids competing in a spelling bee, and it tells their individual quirky and poignant stories. Some of the songs make me laugh out loud, some make me well up with tears. The tunes are catchy, the lyrics are clever, and the vocals are first-rate. I think anyone who has ever felt awkward or out-of-place growing up will identify with something on this CD.
Description of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
When was the last time you heard a musical with a truly hilarious book? Rachel Sheinkin has concocted such a thing for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, one of the most unexpected hits of 2005. Unfortunately, Sheinkin's wit is mostly lost on a cast album; fortunately, the show's songs are by the great William Finn. Set at the titular event, the musical never looks down on the competiting kids (played by adult actors), instead portraying them as endearingly nerdy but also smart, and endowing them with real personalities rather than predictably spelling-bee tics. The cast is uniformly superb, although personal faves include Sarah Saltzberg, playing Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre with a delicious lisp ("Woe Is Me"); Jesse Tyler Ferguson, bringing sweet innocence to Leaf Coneybear ("I'm Not That Smart"); and Dan Fogler, in a breakout comic performance as William Barfee ("Magic Foot," sounding like a sly tribute to Kander & Ebb). This show may be small in scale, but it's a huge winner. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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