Playbill: Ohio's Cardinal School District has reversed course after canceling a planned production of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee due to "vulgarity" in the "dialogue and song lyrics ... not suitable for our preteen and teenage students." As reported by local news outlet FOX8, the district announced at a February 8 school board meeting that the production was back on, and will now use author-approved substitutions to address the "offending" material.
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It’s a shame that this High School was put through this. They were just a high school doing theatre- a show that many, many high schools have done before. If the school district had a problem with the show, they should have discussed it with the teachers and director before they planed the production. There was no reason to bring the kids into it and ruin something they have been working on. No school should ever have to make it a matter that the kids have to deal with and become upset about. It also isn’t right that they said that gay parents were deemed inappropriate and not child friendly. I wonder what these revisions will be, and if they will include revising the plot about having two dads. I’m sure we will hear more about this production as they’re getting ready to produce the show.
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