The Chicago Company of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will continue performances at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place through the summer. The Tony award-winning Broadway musical comedy has now extended in a limited engagement from April 18 - September 2.
The press release states, "The wildly popular and especially themed 'game night and 'parent/teacher' performances will also keep going into the summer months on a regularly scheduled basis. Pre-show 'game night' competitions, pitting audience members against one another in classic and not-so-classic word-inspired board games (including the first-of-its-kind and one-and-only Hungry, Hungry Hippos Spelling Bee Championship!) will be offered before each Wednesday evening performance at 6 p.m. in the theatre lobby. Following the sold-out success of previous "parent/teacher" night performances, Spelling Bee will go blue on the first Friday of each month starting June 1. At these special one-night performances the Bee contains very mature and downright filthy material and will be for adults only - the kids should once again stay home and do their homework."Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place is located at 175 East Chestnut Street. The performance schedule is as follows: Wednesdays at 2 & 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 & 6:30 p.m.Videos