The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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Broadway musical comedy musical stage musical

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a Tony Award–winning comedic musical that follows a quirky group of adolescents competing in a middle-school spelling bee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical →
comedy musical →
stage musical →
additionalMaterialBy Jay Reiss →
basedOn C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E →
improvisational play by The Farm →
bookBy Rachel Sheinkin →
broadwayClosingDate 2008-01-20 →
broadwayPerformanceCount 1136 →
broadwayPreviewsBegin 2005-04-15 →
broadwayTheatre Circle in the Square Theatre →
choreographer Dan Knechtges →
composer William Finn →
conceivedBy Rebecca Feldman →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director James Lapine →
featuresCharacter Chip Tolentino →
Leaf Coneybear →
Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre →
Marcy Park →
Mitch Mahoney →
Olive Ostrovsky →
Rona Lisa Peretti →
Vice Principal Douglas Panch →
William Barfée →
genre musical comedy →
includesAudienceParticipation true →
language English →
lyricist William Finn →
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical →
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical →
surface form: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Musical →
Tony Award for Best Original Score →
notableSong I Speak Six Languages →
Magic Foot →
My Friend, the Dictionary →
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee self-linksurface differs →
surface form: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Opening

The I Love You Song →
openedOnBroadway 2005-05-02 →
orchestrator Michael Starobin →
premiereDate 2004-07-15 →
premiereLocation Barrington Stage Company →
surface form: Barrington Stage Company, Sheffield, Massachusetts
producer Barrington Stage Company →
David Stone →
setting Putnam Valley Middle School gymnasium →
subjectMatter adolescence →
competition →
spelling bee →
targetVenueType community theatres →
educational theatres →
regional theatres →
typicalActCount 2 →
wonAward Drama Desk Award →
surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical →

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee → notableSong → The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Opening
Barrington Stage Company → notableWorkDeveloped → The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee →