The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Review
Spelling Bee is a musical play revolving around the Putnam County Spelling Bee Eliminations before the winner goes into the National Spelling Bee Finals. The entire 1 hour 45 minute show (with no-intermission) tells the behind-the-scene stories around the intense spelling bee competition. It also shares the tele-nobela family story of the six young competitors via flash backs.
The star studded hilarious cast is composed mostly of Avenue Q veterans which includes:
- Carla Guevara-Laforteza as Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in Avenue, now playing as Olive Ostrovsky,
- Felix Rivera as Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q, now playing as Chip Tolentino,
- Joel Trinidad as Nicky / Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q, now playing as Vice Principal Douglas Panch,
- Thea Tadiar-Everley as Bad Idea Bears in Avenue Q, now playing as Marcy Park and
- Rycharde Everley as Brian in Avenue Q, now playing as William Barfee.
What makes it a must watch, never to be missed show?
1. The entire show is funny because of the witty lines and facial reactions instead of slapstick comedy. Most people laugh at "the use in the sentence" replies of Joel Trinidad.
2. The two surprise celebrity guests and two spelling bee contestants make every show hilariously different.
3. You'll probably build your vocabulary by just listening to the difficult words and their meaning. You'll also probably learn different spelling strategies from the contestants.
It is the type of musical show that you only watch once, because:
1. There are no popular songs or no memorable taglines from the show. You'll remember the laughs but not the stories or lessons.
2. There is a scene where it came across as blasphemy of Jesus Christ and it was done in bad taste.
Overall, all musical play lovers need to see this unique hilarious show.
8 PM, RCBC Plaza , Makati
P 700 (Loge Sides)
P 900 (Loge Center)
P 1,100 (Orchestra Sides)
Live an Awesome Life, 
Did you volunteer to be a guest speller, Anton? ;-) Wish I had the guts to but I didn't. Hehe. Reviewed it on my site as well. A friend of mine is asking if there would be shows from July 12 onwards since she would only be back in Manila by then. Would you know the dates of the July re-run?
Posted by: Fred | Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 05:01 AM
sayang, i wasnt able to watch the first run, and september seems so far from now...
Posted by: mrs lavendula | Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 10:56 AM
i saw two National Spelling Bee movies: Akelah and the Bee and another one.
Posted by: I Wei | Monday, April 06, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Akeelah pala. The other one might have been Spellbound, although I don't remember watching a documentary.
Posted by: I Wei | Monday, April 06, 2009 at 01:20 PM
i think we watched on the same night. i liked it! i think too that the portrayal of jesus was improper, but i really liked his message there. a voice-over, according to my husband, would have sufficed!
all in all, an entertaining play :)
Posted by: shalum | Monday, April 06, 2009 at 04:07 PM
Well the next run of Spelling Bee start on July 3.... You might still be
able to catch it.
anton
Posted by: Anton | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at 04:36 PM
Haha, wala rin akong guts to volunteer. It would have been fun though next
time.
Posted by: Anton | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at 04:36 PM
oh! so this is the spelling bee i've been hearing about. duh... haha
hi anton, we took the same flight to Batanes a few weeks ago... i was too shy to approach you. :D
Posted by: freeze | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at 08:16 PM
pa add naman po ng link
http://toyotadagupan.blogspot.com
welcome po lahat, thanks
Posted by: Josh | Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 09:18 PM
ah shucks, waiting 'til july, then!! :(
Posted by: sabs | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 07:48 PM
I missed this play, I've been busy lately. Good thing it will have a re-run on July.
Posted by: custom web design | Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 11:26 PM