Composer

Originally scheduled for spring 2020 at The Station, this long-awaited musical is a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of family, Jewish identity, and gay life at the dawn of the AIDS epidemic. This spring musical features additional Wednesday performances.

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Falsettos

The Station Theatre

Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor. Featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this bee is one unforgettable experience.  An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box.  A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful den of comedic genius.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center

The Croswell’s 13th all-area high school musical. In this offbeat comedy, an eclectic group of six middle-schoolers vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation.

Croswell Opera House

Six ambitious, hilarious middle schoolers—played by some equally-hilarious adults—go head-to-head in this riotous musical, directed by Tony Award-winner James Monroe Iglehart (Broadway’s Aladdin and Hamilton). The rules here are simple: Prove you’re the best speller on stage, and you secure a spot at the national spelling bee. Falter on “hasenpfeffer” or “crepuscular” and nothing but a consolation juice box awaits. Will your favorite fall to pressure and puberty, or emerge victorious? And which audience members will join them onstage as contestants themselves? Find out in the new classic that captures all the chaos, heartbreak, and elation of becoming a childhood champion.

Lucie Stern Community Theatre

Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor. Featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this bee is one unforgettable experience.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee1

The Encore Musical Theatre Company

Gordon can’t get past his writer’s block when a medical emergency forces him to reassess if his songs (or lack thereof) are more important than his family, his friends, or his partner. He needs to navigate a mean nurse, shelves of books, and a bossy frog to get to the heart of his music.

A New Brain

Barrington Stage Company

A seamless pairing of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, two acclaimed Off-Broadway musicals written nearly a decade apart, Falsettos is the tale of a neurotic New Yorker named Marvin, who leaves his wife Trina and young son Jason to live with his lover, Whizzer. In time, Trina marries his psychiatrist, Whizzer leaves him, and Marvin ends up alone.

The Pear Theatre

A timely revival of the Finn & Lapine show about second chances and the urgency of art, Celebration Theatre brings us into the world of this queer musical of “captivating eccentricity” (New York Times) with an intimate experience of pathos, humor, and just a little bit of magic—to bring us back to life.

Los Angeles LGBT Center

Grab a D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y and welcome to Spelling Bee!  This heartfelt Tony-Award winning musical follows a group of wonderfully unique and impassioned adolescents as they compete for the bee championship. Featuring a thrilling score by William Finn, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a joyful night of comedy and quirk that celebrates the pursuit of victory and the gift of being true to oneself.


William Finn

Composer

Events

Mar 21 - Apr 7, 2024

Falsettos · The Station Theatre

9 - 24 Mar, 2024

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center

Jan 27 - Feb 4, 2024

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · Croswell Opera House

Nov 29 - Dec 24, 2023

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

19 - 29 Oct, 2023

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee1 · University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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