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Spelling Bee Offers 1st Block of Tix for Chicago Production

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The first block of tickets for performances from March 28 through July 2 of the open-ended Chicago company of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be made available to the general public this Friday, February 10 at 10 a.m.

The Chicago production of Spelling Bee will be produced by David Stone, who also brought Wicked to Chicago, and will be directed by James Lapine, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner who also directed the Broadway production. The musical, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, features music and lyrics by Tony Award-winner William Finn (Falsettos, Elegies) and a Tony Award-winning book by Rachel Sheinkin.

Chicago's cast of witty spellers and Bee staff will be played by Christine Bunuan, Robin Alexis Childress, Bill Larkin, Cristen Paige, Lucia Spina, Derrick Trumbly, Brad Weinstock, Eric Roediger, Jen Sese, Julius Thomas III, Christine Werny and George Andrew Wolff.

In Spelling Bee, "six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isnt everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser," state press notes.

The musical will appear in a long-run engagement at Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre, located at 175 East Chestnut Street. The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays at 2 & 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Individual tickets range in price from $59.50 - $69.50 and will go on-sale to the public Friday, February 10 at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available at the Drury Lane Box Office (175 East Chestnut Street) as well as all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St. and 151 W. Randolph St.), through the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312) 902-1400, at all Ticketmaster ticket centers (including all Carson Pirie Scott stores, Tower Records, Hot Tix, select Coconuts and fye stores) or online at ticketmaster.com.

Tickets are available for groups of 20 or more by calling (312) 977-1710. The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee is part of the Neumann Homes Broadway In Chicago 2006 Season Series. Season Series tickets are available now by calling toll-free to (877) 890-0174.
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