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In The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. A sold-out smash at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre Spelling Bee has been called "irresistible and entirely lovable" by the New York Times.
Aaron J. Albano, Stanley Bahorek, Jenni Barber, Jared Gertner, James Monroe Iglehart, Sara Inbar, Greta Lee, Daniel Pearce, Jennifer Simard
Music and Lyrics: William Finn
Book: Rachel Sheinkin
Conceived by: Rebecca Feldman
Director: James Lapine
Choreographer: Dan Knechtges
Producer: David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Co. and Second Stage Theatre
Press Agent: The Publicity Office
Nominated for 6 2004-2005 Tony Awards:
- Best Musical
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical - Dan Fogler - Winner
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Celia Keenan-Bolger
- Best Direction of a Musical - James Lapine
- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre - Music & Lyrics: William Finn
- Best Book of a Musical - Rachel Sheinkin - Winner
Nominated for 4 2005 Lucille Lortel Awards:
- Outstanding Musical - Winner
- Outstanding Director - James Lapine
- Outstanding Choreographer - Dan Knechtges
- Outstanding Featured Actor - Dan Fogler - Winner
Winner 2004 - 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award:
- Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Dan Fogler
Winner 2004 - 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Nominated for 6 2004 - 2005 Drama Desk Awards:
- Outstanding Musical
- Outstanding Director of a Musical - James Lapine - Winner
- Outstanding Music - William Finn
- Outstanding Lyrics - William Finn
- Outstanding Book of a Musical - Rachel Sheinkin - Winner
- Outstanding Ensemble Performance - Winner
Nominated for 1 2004 - 2005 Drama League Award:
- Distinguished Production of a Musical