THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Original Broadway Cast CD

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee pits ten contestants (six actors, four audience members) against each other in a battle for the championship of the local spelling competition. Among the pre-pubescent brainiacs are multi-lingual national finalist Marcy Park, Putnam Basin district second runner up Leaf Coneybear, Magna Magnet for the gifted and unusual representative Logainne Schwarzandgrubeniere, last year's finalist (eliminated for health reasons) William Barfee, newcomer Olive Ostrovsky and last year's county champion Chip Tolentino.

Also on hand at the showdown are comfort counselor Mitch Mahoney, longtime local Bee hostess (and former champ) Rona Lisa Peretti and word pronouncer, Lake Hemingway-Dos Passos Junior High Vice Principal Douglas Panch.

Track Listing:

1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2. The Spelling Rules/ My Favorite Moment of the Bee 1
3. My Friend, the Dictionary
4. The First Goodbye
5. Pandemonium
6. I’m Not That Smart
7. The Second Goodbye
8. Magic Foot
9. Pandemonium Reprise/ My Favorite Moment of the Bee 2
10. Why We Like Spelling
11. Prayer of the Comfort Counselor
12. M.U.E (Chip’s Lament)
13. Woe Is Me
14. I’m Not That Smart (Reprise)
15. I Speak Six Languages
16. The I Love You Song
17. Woe Is Me (Reprise)
18. My Favorite Moment of the Bee 3
19. Finale
20. The Last Goodbye


Audio CD

Label: Ghostlight Records