the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee

watched ateneo rep's production yesterday with ate em and kuya rex and trina. suppose to watch with tania too but she mysteriously failed to show up (oooohhh). this is the second time i watched it. it's that good. first time was last fri with trina which was better than yesterday's in terms of crowd response and sitting. but the everything else was equally good for both.

it was hilarious really! some parts were tearful too. i liked it so much. there's so much contrast going on. i like i like. the play itself was sufficiently deep and meaningful. it relates very much to teenagers and what crap we go through. yes yes. hackneyed. but each character portrayed their problems uniquely, problems like religion, parental control, self-confidence, puberty, loneliness, gender et cetera. i liked the development of each character as the play progressed. pressured, all of them broke down at one point of the spelling bee and most found their way out. no one was left unexposed. nice. thumbs up for finn, sheinkin and feldman.

acting wise, all of them did a superb job. the "bee" had problems with his diction but he was just adorable. i liked the marcy park the best! she's is SO CUTE!!! i wanna hug her and squeeze her till she bursts (eww). and i liked coneybear too! he's so possessed! and logainne! "YESST!" anyways. singing was mediocre. only the vice principal doughlas, the peretti host and the olive had pretty good voices. others had the voices but it wasn't just there. my favorite track was the "the i love you song". pure, solemn and oh so true. the olive was magnificent! the technicals was horrible at times. but who cares about them. most of the time technicals really ruin everything in any play. so that's cool.

putting all of those aside, i say they did the tony award justice. B-R-A-V-O, BRAVO! i am so downloading the songs.

had dinner at cibo after that. i like their interiors as always. mixed with modern contemporary and oriental. edgy and manly i say. and had fun with triny!