词汇大师--F-u-n With Broadway's

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　　AA:   I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a track from the original Broadway cast recording¹ of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
RS:   The show is a musical satire² of spelling competitions and the pressure to "go to Washington" 鈥?where, in real life, the best young spellers compete in the National Spelling Bee.

　　VOICE:   Ms. Peretti. Please spell "syzygy."
RONA:   S-y-z-y-g-y. Syzygy?
VOICE:   We have a winner!
RONA:   Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
CHIP:   At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
My parents keep on telling me
Just being here is winning.
Although
I know it isn't so.
RONA:   But it's a very nice
Very, very nice ...
RONA, CHIP:   Very, very nice
Very nice beginning.
RONA:   Our winner here last year: Chip Tolentino.
SCHWARZY:   Ms. Peretti!
RONA:   And our youngest competitor, Logainne Schwarzandgrubeniere.
CONEYBEAR:   At the 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling game -- Bee!
I'll stand when they announce my
name:
RONA:   Leaf Coneybear.
CONEYBEAR:   And try and keep from shaking.
SCHWARZY:   Alas³
His shaking will not pass
CONEYBEAR/CHIP/RONA/SCHWARZY:
'Cause it's a very big,
Very fraught⁴
Simple but it's not
It's a very big undertaking⁵.
RONA:   Returning after last year's tragic⁶ setback⁷, William Barfee.
BARFEE:   It's pronounced Barfee, there's an accent egue.
RONA:   I'm not sure who this girl is.
MARCY:   Marcy Park. Recent transfer.
SCHWARZY:   Winner's destination: Washington, D.C.
CHIP/SCHWARZY:   Plasma⁸ TV
In a fancy hotel.
MARCY/CHIP/SCHWARZY:   Where they treat you well.
ALL:   All because you love to spell.
We spell.
RONA:   It's a marvelous memory
If you win the spelling bee.
One's life improves from A to Z
The minute you are crowned here.
I see a trophy⁹ held by me!
And when I won
Did I swell¹⁰?
Oh the stories I could tell!
But braggarts don't do well
Around here.
OLIVE:   Hi, I'm Olive Ostrovsky. Do you know where I check in?
BARFEE:   Shut up!
CONEYBEAR:   At the 25th Annual
We memorize the manual ...
ALL:   About how to spell these words.
Words that require thought.
People think we're automatons¹¹.
But that is exactly what we're not.
MARCY:   We hear the word.
SCHWARZY:   We breathe.
CONEYBEAR:   We wait.
ALL:   Unlike idiots we ideate.
RONA:   To ideate is to form an image or idea, to think
CONEYBEAR:   At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ...
SCHWARZY:   We feel no animosity.
SCHWARZY/OLIVE:   And yet our heads are spinning.
BARFEE:   We are
The slightest bit bizarre.
MARCY:   But since the time is now ...
CONEYBEAR:   Holy cow!
SCHWARZY:   We shall make a solemn vow¹²
To concentrate on winning.
ALL:   We concentrate on winning.
At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
We speak so damn convincingly.
RONA:   They're nervous but they're grinning.
GIRLS:   It seems
We're living out our dreams.
BOYS:   Which is a very nice
Very nice, very very very nice
ALL:   Very nice, very nice
Very very very nice
Very nice
Beginning
RONA:   25th Annual
SPELLERS:   25th Annual
ALL:   Putnam County Spelling Bee!
RS:   "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is on stage in New York and San Francisco.  A national tour is scheduled to begin later this year.
AA:   And that's Wordmaster for this week -- online at voanews.com/wordmaster.  Our e-mail address is [email protected].  With Rosanne Skirble, I'm Avi Arditti.