Kimberly Akimbo<\/i><\/a>. (In the last seconds of the show, he relishes delivering the three finest words of \u201cSpelling Bee\u2019s\u201d script.) The formidably named Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (Autumn Best) has a lisp and very ambitious gay parents, played in brief bursts by Cooley and Manuel.<\/p>\nThere are also real audience members\u2014in our show, young and old\u2014playing competitors, and entering into the general spirit of the show. At our performance one young man was so exceptionally good that \u201cSpelling Bee\u201d could only dispatch him by Kravits asking him to spell a ridiculously complicated word. The young man departed the stage defeated, but to resounding applause.<\/p>\n
The show doesn\u2019t laugh at its characters or at the competition itself, but humorously and movingly unpacks the spoken and silent challenges in the school gym that day. You root for the kids to win, and you nervously hold your breath as they hesitate over the orders of letters as they complete their spellings. Most of all, you marvel at the witty genius behind bringing it all together under the eaves of one exceptional musical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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