Spelling Bees

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Dysfunction junctions

Spelling Bee in Beverly; The Goatwoman in Lenox
“Have you ever been in a gymnasium in the round before?” asks one of the participants toward the top of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at North Shore Music Theatre.
By CAROLYN CLAY | August 20, 2008

Georgia man, angered about spelling bee, calls for boycott

As the ProJo turns
A Georgia man has created a Web site calling for a boycott of Rhode Island’s statewide daily.
By IAN DONNIS | April 18, 2007

Management cuts pizza and cash prizes for writing competition

As the ProJo turns
A strong in-house writing culture is a big part of what has long distinguished the Providence Journal from other similarly sized dailies, so reporters are disheartened by management’s elimination of the money for pizza during monthly writing discussions and of $400 in monthly cash prizes for top-notch writing.
By IAN DONNIS | January 24, 2007

ProJo squashes kids' spelling-bee

As the ProJo Turns
Newspapers need all the help they can get these days, so the Providence Journal ’s withdrawal of sponsorship for the Rhode Island Statewide Spelling Bee -- resulting in the cancellation of this year’s competition -- has angered ProJo staffers.
By IAN DONNIS | January 17, 2007

Best on the boards

A year in theater
Huntington Theatre Company artistic director Nicholas Martin recently announced that he would leave his post in 2008.
By CAROLYN CLAY | December 19, 2006

Rock and droll

High Fidelity ; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
High Fidelity tries to sell itself as kick-ass rock right from the curtain speech: you are to turn off your fucking cell phones, and if you don’t like that language you can “grab your husband and get the hell out.”
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 11, 2006

Players and painted stage

Fall on the Boston boards
It seems the fall theater season was shot from a gun this year, barely after the Labor Day picnic baskets had been packed away.
By CAROLYN CLAY | September 13, 2006