Helen Hayes Recommends “Spelling Bee” – SHOW EXTENDED THRU July 9!

The Helen Hayes Awards has recommended Keegan’s production of “THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,” now playing through July 9

by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn

Directed by Christina A. Coakley
Music Directed by Elisa Rosman
Choreographed by Melissa Douglass Bustamante

JUNE 4 – JULY 3, 2011

***NOW EXTENDED TO JULY 9 ***

WITH THREE ADDED PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, July 7, 8 pm
Friday, July 8, 8 pm
Saturday, July 9, 8 pm

A hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show’s Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.