Hailed by the New York Times as “entirely adorable,” and with Variety stating that “only the most bitter misanthrope could resist its charms,” The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee closes Quad City Music Guild's 2026 summer season at the Prospect Park Auditorium, the show's August 7 through 16 run sure to demonstrate why reviewer Terry Teachout's Wall Street Journal headline read “It's Spelled W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L.”