If playwright Cheryl West's keen and moving adaptation of "Akeelah and the Bee" brings tears to the eyes of audience members — and many were sniffling during the extended standing ovation at Friday's ...

Is any honest competition more equitable than a spelling bee? Size, strength, speed and other physical factors mean nothing. Race and gender are neutralized. The ultimate judge is a dictionary, not a ...

“Akeelah and the Bee” is predictable, corny and formulaic. Maybe we’ll see it listed in some future edition of Webster’s under the word “precornulaic.” Yet this latest triumph of the spelling-bee ...

Opportunities should be seized. That much is clear in “Akeelah and the Bee,” Children’s Theatre Company’s new stage adaptation of a 2006 film. When 11-year-old Akeelah finds out that she’s the best ...

“Akeelah and the Bee” is a genuinely sweet and determinedly inspirational family film that features a charming young actress in the title role. It’s a successful feel-good movie, but it would make you ...

Being that nerdy girl growing up - much more interested in books than whatever else - I always have had a bit of a soft spot for any story about spelling bees, particularly if the eventual champion is ...

Local cast and crew: Directed by Kära Ernst-Schalk, the cast features Saniah Carter as Akeelah, Kimberly McGee as Gail, Julian Mayfield as Reggie, Darius Russelle as Professor Larabee, Diana Barber as ...

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Spellbound focused on a real group of children as they prepped for the National Spelling Bee. The film tapped into the newfound popularity of the spelling bee as ESPN brought the event to national ...

Akeelah and the Bee is corny, self-consciously uplifting, manipulative and formulaic. It dabbles in stereotypes, and it isn’t even the first spelling bee tale to come down the pike. But it’s also a ...