Artist:
Monty Python's Spamalot
Genre: Theater
Background: A play called
"Monty Python's Spamalot" is
headed for Broadway, and Hormel Foods
Corp. is laughing. Based on the movie
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail,"
the musical begins previews Feb. 14 at
New York's Shubert Theatre. It will run
in Chicago from Dec. 21 to Jan. 23. "Spamalot,"
directed by Mike Nichols, stars David
Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry and Hank Azaria.
Idle has said the musical will be "as
good as or quite likely better than any
other show with killer rabbits and a legless
knight opening on Broadway or in Chicago
this season."
Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur
and the Knights of the Round Table and
the quest for the Holy Grail, in song,
"Monty Python's Spamalot" features
a chorus line of legless knights, men
in tights (with legs), killer rabbits
and sexy dancing divas creating some of
the most unforgettable musical production
numbers you will ever see in the theatre
on this evening! Directed by Tony and
Academy Award-winner Mike Nichols and
starring David Hyde Pierce ("Fraiser"),
Tim Curry ("Rocky Horror Picture
Show") and Hank Azaria ("The
Simpsons"), this world premiere,
pre-Broadway engagement features a book
by "Python" Eric Idle, lovingly
ripped off from the screenplay of the
acclaimed "Monty Python and the Holy
Grail" film with a new score featuring
music and lyrics by Eric Idle and John
Du Prez.
Dates : December 21,
2004 - January 23, 2005 Chicago:The Shubert
Theatre
Dates : February 14 2005
New York: The Shubert Theatre
Creative Team
Book & Lyrics: Eric Idle
Music: John Du Prez &Eric
Idle
Director: Mike Nichols
Choreographer: Casey
Nicholaw
Producer: Spamalot, LLC
Press Agent: Boneau /
Bryan-Brown
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of
2005, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, will set
out on a National Tour beginning March
7, 2006 at Boston's Colonial Theatre,
followed by engagements in Chicago, and
Washington, D.C. with additional dates
to be announced in the United States and
Canada. Casting, on-sale dates and ticket
information will be announced at a later
time.
The highly anticipated national tour
of “Spamalot” will kick off
at Boston’s Colonial Theatre on
March 7, 2006, followed by engagements
in Chicago (April 18-June 4), Washington,
D. C. (June 7-July 9) and additional cities
to be named throughout the United States
and Canada. Casting for the tour is yet
to be announced.
Since opening at New York’s Shubert
Theatre this past March, “Spamalot”
has been THE show to see -- a real phenomenon.
Tickets are impossible to come by and
lines form outside the box office daily
for those scant tickets that might become
available at the last very minute.
