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Tim Curry,
David Hyde Pierce and Hank
Azaria star in the work which
begins previews St. Valentine's
Day (Feb. 14) and opens St.
Patrick's Day (March 17) at
Broadway's Shubert Theatre. The
Shubert Theatre in Chicago is at
22 W. Monroe Street. Monty
Python's Spamalot is a musical
based on the film Monty Python
and the Holy Grail. Eric Idle of
Monty Python wrote the musical's
book and lyrics, and he
collaborated with John Du Prez
on the music. It was directed by
Mike Nichols.
The original production stars
Tim Curry as King Arthur, David
Hyde Pierce as Sir Robin, and
Hank Azaria as Sir Lancelot. The
show also features Christopher
Sieber as Sir Galahad, Michael
McGrath as King Arthur's
sidekick Patsy, and Sara Ramirez
as the Lady of the Lake, in a
role significantly expanded for
the show. John Cleese plays the
voice of God in a a recorded
role; he's the only actor from
the film to also appear in the
production. Curry, Pierce,
Azaria, Sieber, and McGrath also
play various smaller roles, such
as the Black Knight and the
Knight of Ni.
Spamalot tells the tale of King
Arthur and his Knights of the
Round Table on their quest for
the Holy Grail. The show will
boast "a chorus line of dancing
divas and knights, flatulent
Frenchmen, killer rabbits and
one legless knight who create
unforgettable musical
production." Creator Eric Idle,
in the show's announcement,
promises it 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."
The musical features a
completely new score with music
and lyrics by Idle and composer
John Du Prez ("A Fish Called
Wanda") with songs ("Brave Sir
Robin" and "Knights of the Round
Table") from the original film.
The Chicago run included the
songs "Fisch Schlapping Song,"
"King Arthur's Song," "I Am Not
Dead Yet," "Come With Me," "The
Song That Goes Like This," "Burn
Her!," "All For One," "Knights
of the Round Table," "The Song
That Goes Like This (Reprise),"
"Find Your Grail," "The Cow
Song," "Run Away," "Always Look
on the Bright Side of Life,"
"Brave Sir Robin," "You Won't
Succeed on Broadway," "The
Diva's Lament," "Where Are
You?," "Here Are You," "His Name
is Lancelot," "I'm All Alone,"
"The Song That Goes Like This
(Reprise)," "The Holy Grail" and
"Find Your Grail Finale -
Medley.
Monty Python Spamalot
Sure, the Pythonalia is all
there -- from the crenelated
castles, reluctant corpses,
limb-spliced knight and
dastardly shrubbery to the sexy
girls and gay-boy "damsel" in
distress. But it all has
undergone a drastic sea change,
too -- cross bred with a
century's worth of Broadway
conventions, and with bits of
additional genetic material
lifted from Las Vegas and Super
Bowl halftime shows, from pop
music sound bites and the
trans-Atlantic trills of Andrew
Lloyd Webber. A wacky hybrid
(with Broadway proving to be the
dominant strain, especially in
the show's second act), it has
arrived with such a blindingly
bright sheen -- and at the same
time with such a sense of the
loopily quirky teamwork that
made the original Pythons who
they were -- that you don't know
whether you should sing ''Hail
to the Queen,'' ''The
Star-Spangled Banner,'' ''Havah
Nagilah'' or ''YMCA.''
Some scenes from the film are
here in musicalized form, such
as "Burn Her!", an Act 1
witch-burning song, which
happens also to be the show's
low point. Du Prez and Idle
click best with the '70s-style
Lloyd Webberisms, heard in the
fulsomely emotional "The Song
That Goes Like This," or the
anthemic "Find Your Grail," a
"Let It Be" wannabe with such
deathlessly inane lyrics as: "Do
not fail/Find your grail/Find
your grail/Find your grail."
Along with Ramirez, there's
another ringer in the supporting
ranks: Michael McGrath, a
seasoned New York performer but
not yet a star. He plays Patsy,
the servant running around with
the coconuts, and his fine
eccentric dancing and stalwart
singing are put to prime use on
the "Life of Brian" tune, nicely
interpolated, "Always Look on
the Bright Side of Life." It's
deeply catchy and it makes for a
swell exit song, as well.
Audiences many years into the
future, I suspect, will be happy
to sing along. ''Spamalot''
opens at New York's Shubert
Theatre on March 17. It will no
doubt be wearing ''the green''
for quite a long time after
that.
If, as recent studies conclude,
laughter has the power to heal
then physicians should have
Spamalot on top of their
prescription list. With laughs
piling up continually you leave
either exhilarated...or
exhausted (for those not in
shape). This inspired lunacy is
described as "lovingly ripped
off" from the 1975 motion
picture Monty Python & the
HolyGrail by original Python,
Eric Idle, musicalized by Idle
and John Du Prez and
masterminded by director Mike
Nichols.
Spamalot is Python stealing from
Python poking fun at not only themselves but the
Broadway musical formula as well. Only Python can mesh
Camelot with Animal House and paint graffiti
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