The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a musical, The Weekend Theater, 7th & Chester in downtown Little Rock. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 19-29. Tickets are $18, $14 for students and seniors age 65 and older. For more information or reservations visit www.weekendtheater.org or call 501-374-3761.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
August 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
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. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show’s Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Directed by Andy Hall, Music Direction by Steve Whaley.
