The Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee marks my second production of the facetious and dry work of William Finn. I am a particular fan of Finn. His sardonic humor and dissonant harmonies are, for me, enough to entertain. The Lyric Stage brought to Finn’s farce an [...]

I like to believe that I was well suited to review The Company Theater’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  I have a particular love for words.  One might describe me as sesquipedalian.  One of my favorite words is even a song title from the show (Weltanschauung).  Some may say I go [...]