25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee Announces May 2 Broadway Opening
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 28, 2005
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In the show, six young people on the edge of puberty strive to become adults in this funny, tender, sardonic musical by the composer of Falsettos. These outsiders use competition to define themselves, apart from their crazy families, while their struggle to escape childhood is overseen by grown-ups who never completely succeeded in escaping it themselves.
BroadwayWorld was one of the first NY press outlets to cover the show back in its earlier regional run in Barrington. For BroadwayWorld.com's first take on the show, click here. Read about what the critics had to say about the show's Off-Broadway run in the Broadway Pulse.
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