Beck Center Presents the 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, 3/26-4/25

Beck Center for the Arts presents the Tony Award-winning hit musical, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, on the Mackey Main Stage, March 26 through April 25, 2010. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There is no performance on Sunday, April 4. A special adult version of the show will be performed Saturday, April 24 at 11 p.m.

Six adolescent outsiders learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. Cheer on this quirky yet charming cast of characters for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Beck's production of SPELLING BEE features Equity actress Robin Lee Gallo from the Broadway cast. Gallo performs as the multi-lingual, "all business" Marcy Park. She also worked behind the scenes as choreographer for the show.

Variety calls SPELLING BEE "one of the funniest, sweetest and quirkiest small-scale musicals to come along in a long time." And the Boston Globe says it "has everything a rollicking musical should have: wit and grace, heart and soul, charm and a bit of a bite."

Gather your friends and show off your O-R-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C prowess! A few lucky audience members will be selected at each performance to join the cast onstage to be a part of the show as a spelling bee contestant.

"SPELLING BEE is a great ally to those of us who survived our geek-ified pre-teen years," says Director Scott Spence. "While championing the underdogs (and weren't we all?), Bee makes us laugh mightily along the way. It's a truly special musical."

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (with valid ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview night on Thursday, March 25, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more.

For tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or request seats online at www.beckcenter.org. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

Beck Center's production of Spelling Bee is produced through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is sponsored by Fleishman Hillard, Oatey Co., West Roofing Systems, Cox Communications, the Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional Theater Productions, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring regional artists.

 

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