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Spelling Bee to Have 2006 Sitdown Production in Chicago?

By: Oct. 07, 2005
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The Chicago Sun-Times reports that an announcement is expected on Monday for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to have a sitdown production in the city. The show, to be produced by Broadway in Chicago, is expected to be leasing the 550-seat Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place.

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In the show, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. A cast album is available on Ghostlight Records.



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