Chicago critic Hedy Weiss was barred at Broadway producer David Stone’s press event announcing the Chicago arrival of his latest show, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. “According to the Sun-Times, public relations executive Margie Korshak called Weiss to tell her she wasn’t welcome at the event. Weiss showed up anyway and was refused entrance. The paper also reported that, at the press preview-which was attended by reporters from the Chicago Tribune – Stone called out Weiss’ name and then said, ‘She can’t be here because she’s in detention’.”