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Spelling Bee Cast Recording will be Released on May 31st for DC Spelling Bee Finals

By: May. 23, 2005
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Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, will release the cast recording of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on May 31st, to coincide with the first day of the National Spelling Bee Finals in Washington DC.

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee features music and lyrics by Tony Award winner William Finn and a book by Rachel Sheinkin. Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, the show is orchestrated by Michael Starobin, features musical direction by Vadim Feichtner, and is directed by James Lapine. The album was produced by Kurt Deutsch, President of Ghostlight Records, along with Grammy-winner Joel Moss. The cast features Derrick Baskin as Mitch Mahoney, Deborah S. Craig as Marcy Park, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Leaf Coneybear, Dan Fogler as William Barfee, Lisa Howard as Rona Lisa Peretti, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Olive Ostrovsky, Jose Llana as Chip Tolentino, Jay Reiss as Douglas Panch, and Sarah Saltzberg as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre.

As described in the press release, "In The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 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 show, which Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called "irresistible and lovable," has been nominated for six Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Score of a Musical for William Finn, Best Book of a Musical for Rachel Sheinkin, Best Director of a Musical for James Lapine, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for Dan Fogler. Spelling Bee also received 3 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Director of a Musical for James Lapine, Outstanding Book of a Musical for Rachel Sheinkin, and Outstanding Ensemble Performance for the entire cast In addition to those, Dan Fogler won Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at the Outer Critics Awards.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opened on Broadway on May 2nd at Broadway's Circle in the Square. Tickets are available through Telecharge.com and 212-239-6200, or visit Circle in the Square Box Office, at West 50th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue.

Ghostlight Records, created by Sh-K-Boom co-founders Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott, was created "in the spirit of preserving the music of the theatre by composers young and old." For more information on Ghostlight Records or The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee visit: ghostlightrecords.com and spellingbeethemusical.com




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