The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a long musical that can also be classified as a comedy musical, and is written by Rebecca Feldman. The music and lyrics of the musical are written by William Finn. It was originally a book by Rachel Sheinkin. The musical was competed in numerous award shows including The Grammys and Tony Awards. The musical was workshopped and developed in Massachusetts.
This musical has a strong interaction with its audience. Before every show, a sign up sheet is presented to the audience for audience members to participate in the show as spellers. The sign up sheet usually asks for name, occupation, hobbies, description of clothing, spelling ability, and age range.
The musical is about a spelling bee that takes place in Putnam Valley Middle School. The character that opens the show is called Rona Lisa Peretti, and the play starts with her flashback where she recalls her victory in the third annual spelling bee. The musical continues with other contestants’ spellings. While watching them participate in the spelling bee, we also learn more about their backgrounds, hobbies, and more information about them. The learning process of characters’ backgrounds happens with their flashbacks.
Major characters include a long list of people that are: Rona Lisa Peretti, Vice Principal Douglas Panch, Mitch Mahoney, Olive Ostrovsky, William Morris Barfée, Logainne "Schwarzy" SchwartzandGrubenniere, Marcy Park, Leaf Coneybear, Charlito "Chip" Tolentino, and Three or four spellers from the audience.
It is a comedy musical that has a high interaction with its audience which makes the play more fun, and unique.
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