In an age of spellcheck, it might seem the spelling bee would become an anachronism, a relic of an era when remembering rules about putting an “I” before an “e” mattered.
The musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which opened Saturday at Zach Theatre, emphatically announces spelling bees’ pitting of competitive youngsters against one another remains relevant—at least for a source of comedy.