Laura Michelle Kelly, Paige Davis Join First Annual BROADWAY BEE Lineup at The Cutting Room

Paige Davis (Chicago) and Laura Michelle Kelly (Finding Neverland) join Tony winner Christian Borle (Something Rotten) and Jose Llana (The King and I) for the first annual Broadway Bee, featuring actors from current hit musicals, in an adults only spelling bee, on Monday, May 9 at 7pm at The Cutting Room (44 E. 32nd St). Proceeds benefit Broadway Bound Kids, a NYC performing arts education organization.

The original creators of the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rebecca Feldman and Jay Reiss, will host the hilarious evening. Ten teams, each representing a Broadway show, are encouraged to pull out all the stops to correctly spell the words. Cheating is encouraged and drinking is allowed -- the more funds each team raises, the more they will get to cheat!

Broadway cast members also participating include Drew Gehling (Waitress), Karl Kenzler (Fiddler on the Roof), Joseph Medeiros (Matilda), Jonah Platt (Wicked), Lauryn Ciardullo (Aladdin), and Jessica Keenan Wynn (Beautiful).

For information on the Broadway Bee, how to join a team, donate and purchase tickets (limited availability) go to bit.ly/BwayBee

If you join a team by April 26th and support the actor/show of your choosing, you will receive a Free Ticket to the Bee and prime audience seating with the rest of your Broadway team! As a team member you will create your own team member page and raise $300 so that your chosen Speller can buy cheats (like life-lines) to help win the Bee. All proceeds ultimately go to Broadway Bound Kids. (note: team members do not have to spell ) Go to bit.ly/BwayBee and click on "join a team."

A limited number of Broadway Bee tickets are on sale now. If you make a donation on the Broadway Bee website first, you will be able to help your favorite Broadway star win the BEE and you will get a code for $15 off tickets. Tickets are available at bit.ly/BwayBee, (note: $20 food/bev minimum at event).

Since 2004 Broadway Bound Kids has been providing performing arts education opportunities to kids throughout NYC. Broadway Bound Kids offers school based performing arts residencies, community based workshops and summer programs, master classes with Broadway professionals, full scale musical productions, and trips to see Broadway shows. The goal is to ensure that all kids have access to the performing arts regardless of their financial resources. Broadway Bound Kids programs are designed to inspire and empower young lives through the arts by creating a nurturing and stress-free environment where kids will gain confidence, make friends, express themselves, and find a place where they feel a sense of belonging and acceptance.

To learn more about the educational organization, or to donate to Broadway Bound Kids: www.broadwayboundkids.net/broadway-bee. To find out more about The Spelling Bee Company's fundraisers go to www.thespellingbeecompany.com.

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