Monty Python’s Spamalot

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Shows · Monty Python’s Spamalot

Member of the celebrated British comedy troupe Monty Python’s Flying Circus Eric Idle’s vision of translating their 1975 film Monty Python and The Holy Grail into a Broadway production was realized in this production. Spamalot, under Mike Nichols’s direction, had a cast of comic talents including Hank Azaria, Tim Curry, David Hyde-Pierce, Christopher Seiber, and newcomer Sara Ramirez as “The Lady of The Lake,” cavort…

Opened: 2005
Performances: 1,575
Type: Musical
Era: Modern

Music: John Du Prez & Eric IdleLyrics: Eric IdleBook: Eric Idle, based on the screenplay Monty Python and The Holy Grail by Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman

Productions1 on Broadway

2005

Shubert Theatre Original. March 17, 2005 · Mike Nichols

1,575 performances · 1 Tony wins

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12 passages naming Monty Python’s Spamalot, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

Monty Python’s Spamalot is one of the megahit shows that opened after Enchanted Evenings and may reach the Top Broadway 10 by the time it closes. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p23

Shows that either have major characters who are homosexual or in which homosexuality is a significant feature of the plot include Hair (1968), Your Own Thing (1968), A Chorus Line (1975), La Cage aux Folles (1983), Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Victor/Victoria (1995), Rent (1996), The Producers (20… book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p193

Twenty-first century Broadway musicals such as Monty Python’s Spamalot have had successful national tours. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p332

Monty Python’s Spamalot 1,574 performances Opened March 17, 2005 Closed January 11, 2009 book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p455

Monty Python’s Spamalot 1,575 performances Opened March 17, 2005 Closed January 11, 2009 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p455

Musical comedy elements remained in shows from the 1980s and beyond as a means to recall earlier times and styles, as is evident in Monty Python’s Spamalot. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p271

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