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Watch Tony Award-winning Musical At Kaimukī High School
Mānoa Valley Theatre con- tinues its season with the ev- er-popular production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a musical com- edy by William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin.
Original Score and more) has entertained audiences with its effortless wit and humor for over two decades. In this musical comedy, an eclectic group of middle-school spell- ers compete at their annual spelling bee.
The show will be per- formed live on stage, with an audience at Kaimukī High School, June 17-27. Live performance showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays; and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for seniors and military, and $22 for youth (25 years and younger, min- imum age is 12). Call 808- 988-6131 or visit manoaval- leytheatre.com to purchase tickets.
Through charming, fun- ny and poignant songs, the audience gets to know each speller’s unique story and discover that winning isn’t everything.
The Tony Award-winning show (2005 Best Musical,
The cast includes Hailey Akau (Marcy Park), Nick Amador (Chip Tolentino), Bailey Barnes (Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre), Moku Durant (William Barfee), Malachi McSher- ry (Leaf Coneybear), Ellie Sampson (Olive Ostro- vsky) and Garret “Grit” Ta- keta (Mitch Mahoney).
Tony Award-winning show The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be staged by Mānoa Valley Theatre at Kaimukī High School June 17-27. PHOTO COURTESY ERICH STEINWANDTGUDOY