The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (original Off-Broadway production)

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (original Off-Broadway production) is a comedic musical about an eccentric group of middle-schoolers competing in a spelling bee, known for its improvisational elements and quirky, character-driven humor.

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instanceOf musical theatre production ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ
basedOn The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
bookBy Rachel Sheinkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityOfPremiere New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer William Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ
conceivedBy Rebecca Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director James Lapine NERFINISHED ⓘ
features middle-school student characters ⓘ
featuresCharacter Chip Tolentino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leaf Coneybear NERFINISHED ⓘ
Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marcy Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitch Mahoney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olive Ostrovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rona Lisa Peretti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vice Principal Douglas Panch NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Barfée NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
hasImprovisationalElements true ⓘ
hasTheme adolescence ⓘ
competition ⓘ
parental pressure ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
includes comic monologues ⓘ
musical numbers ⓘ
spoken dialogue ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist William Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor audience participation ⓘ
improvised comedic material ⓘ
openedAt Second Stage Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalProductionOf The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (musical) Off-Broadway run NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereYear 2005 ⓘ
productionType Off-Broadway ⓘ
setting Putnam Valley Middle School gymnasium NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter spelling bee competition ⓘ
targetAudience adult audiences ⓘ
tone character-driven humor ⓘ
quirky ⓘ
transferredTo Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Circle in the Square Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Leaf Coneybear → createdFor → The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (original Off-Broadway production) ⓘ
William Barfée → createdFor → The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (original Off-Broadway production) ⓘ