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SPAMALOT played its final Broadway performance on April 7.

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ALL HAIL SPAMALOT!

Peter Marks of The Washington Post exclaims it’s “gloriously hilarious! The jokes crackle, and the production numbers sparkle. SPAMALOT is funnier than ever.” Charles Isherwood of The Wall Street Journal raves the show is “deliriously funny. SPAMALOT is blazing like a burst of summer sunshine as winter draws near, it’s pure glee.” And Jesse Green writes “it’s a blissful Broadway revival” and awards it a New York Times Critic’s Pick!

Everything that makes a great knight in the theatre is here, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and of course, the Lady of the Lake.

Music, Lyrics & Book

(music, lyrics & book).

is one of the original six creators of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” which began life on BBCTV in 1969. They eventually made five feature films, including two of the top ten comedy movies of all time. Eric, together with longtime collaborator and Composer John Du Prez, adapted The Holy Grail into the record-breaking musical Monty Python’s Spamalot , which ran for almost five years on Broadway. It was nominated for 13 Tonys, winning 3, including Best Director for Mike Nichols and the Tony Award® for Best Musical in 2005, plus a Drama Desk Award and a Grammy® for the authors. They then created a Comic Oratorio Not The Messiah, He’s a Very Naughty Boy based on Monty Python’s Life of Brian , which premiered in Toronto, and played The Sydney Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl, Wolf Trap, and Carnegie Hall and was eventually filmed with most of the Pythons at The Royal Albert Hall for the 40th Anniversary of Monty Python. Eric wrote, directed and starred in The Rutles , the world’s first mockumentary, and in 2012 he sang his own song “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” before a billion people at the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics. In 2014 he directed and appeared alongside conductor John Du Prez in the Monty Python final reunion show One Down Five To Go , which sold out London’s O2 Arena for ten nights. In 2018, his Sortabiography Always Look on the Bright of Life became a New York Times Best seller. In 2019 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which he survived thanks to early diagnosis and great doctors. Following his appearance on “The Masked Singer” in 2022, he launched The Bright Side Fund (Standup2Cancer/Eric Idle) to help fund Research. His musical play What About Dick? with songs by JDP is currently playing on Netflix.

John Du Prez

Born in 1946, he was so lucky to grow up in the World Heritage City of Bath with its International Festival and rich musical life. In 1965, armed with a bed roll and tape recorder, he collected and studied Sicilian folk music, which won him a Trevelyan Scholarship to Oxford. There, he studied Mandarin Chinese (of course) and spent a year in Hong Kong during which he was Principal Horn of the HK Philharmonic. Then on to London to gain a music degree and ARCM diploma and join the staff of London University. Meeting the Pythons in 1978, he started writing film music ( Life of Brian ) and having multiple chart success with Modern Romance . Their club hit “Everybody Salsa” won MR the New York DJ Syndicate 1981 award for Best New Band. He has scored more than 20 feature films including The Meaning of Life , A Private Function , A Fish Called Wanda , Once Bitten , UHF and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with its platinum soundtrack album). Other Python projects include the Contractual Obligation Album , Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl and editing The Monty Python Song Book . In 2001, he co-wrote Monty Python’s Spamalot with Eric Idle which won them both Grammys®, the 2005 Tony for Best Musical and a Tony nomination for the score. He conducted their comic oratorio Not The Messiah on a world tour, which included Sydney Opera House, Hollywood Bowl (LA Phil) and finally the Albert Hall (BBC Symphony) for the Python 40th Anniversary. He was MD for the London O2 Arena farewell concerts - Monty Python Live (Mostly) - and recently scored the BAFTA Award-winning animation series “The Clangers”. For more info see johnduprez.com.

Scenic & Projection Design

Paul tate depoo iii, paul tate depoo iii, (scenic & projection design).

is a Cuban American scenic, projection, and production designer. Notable works include The Cottage (Broadway), resident designer for the Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage, Usher’s Las Vegas residency, Così Fan Tutti (Santa Fe Opera), Turandot (Austria, Vienna), Titanic , Sweeney Todd (OD Seoul, Korea), BEAU (TBD Pictures), Angels In America (amFar), Grand Hotel (Signature Theatre/Helen Hayes Award). Upcoming: The Great Gatsby at the Paper Mill Playhouse. pauldepoo.com

Costume Design

(costume design).

Broadway: Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . National/International: Falsettos , Joseph… , The Lion (West End/US Tour), …Spelling Bee (US Tours) and various rock revues for Universal Studios, Norwegian and Celebrity Cruise Lines, Hershey Park and the IBEROSTAR resorts in Mexico. New York: PHISH 2023 New Year’s Eve at MSG, City Center Encores!, Audible/Minetta Lane, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, Primary Stages, Cherry Lane, LaMama, ETC and others. Regional: Over 150 LORT and Opera productions including collaborations at The Kennedy Center, The Guthrie Theater and her hometown theater, Papermill Playhouse. TV: “Tiny Time Travel” (PBS KIDS), “Sesame Street” (ACD seasons 47-54), “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo” (ACD Seasons 1-2), “Manhunt” (ACD Apple TV+). 2020 Daytime Emmy® Winner and 2019 & 2021 Daytime Emmy® nominations for “Sesame Street”. jencaprio.com Instagram: @jencapriocostumedesign

Lighting Design

Cory pattak, (lighting design).

Broadway debut! Resident Lighting Designer for Broadway Center Stage at the Kennedy Center designing Spamalot , Guys & Dolls , Sunset Blvd , Next to Normal , The Music Man , Footloose , Little Shop of Horrors and In the Heights . Also at the Kennedy Center: Rent in Concert (Concert Hall), 50 Years of Broadway , The Eyes of the World (Opera House). NYC: The Lucky Star (59E59), Final Follies (Primary Stages), Stalking the Bogeyman (New World Stages), Handle with Care (Westside Theatre), Skippyjon Jones (Theatreworks USA), Unlocked (Prospect Theatre). Regional: A Wonderful World (New Orleans/Chicago), The Great Gatsby (Papermill Playhouse) and shows at Weston Playhouse, Old Globe, Portland Stage, Ordway, Goodspeed, KC Rep, Everyman Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Asolo Rep, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Northern Stage, Syracuse Stage, Buck County Playhouse, Actor’s Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Everyman Theatre, Miami New Drama, Olney Theatre ( In the Heights - Helen Hays Nom), Alabama Shakespeare, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Maltz Jupiter Theatre. In the Heights in Puerto Rico, shows for Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises. National Tour of Flashdance . International: Sunset Blvd , Singin’ in the Rain , Pretty Woman (Brazil). As a Broadway Associate: Newsies , Peter and the Starcatcher , The Story of My Life , A Time to Kill . corypattak.com. IG: @corypattak

Sound Design

Kai harada & haley parcher, kai harada, (sound design).

Broadway: New York, New York (Tony Nomination); Kimberly Akimbo ; The Old Man and the Pool ; Mr. Saturday Night ; Head Over Heels ; The Band’s Visit (Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award); Amélie ; Sunday in the Park With George ; Allegiance ; Gigi ; Fun Home ; On the Town ; First Date ; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet . West End: Million Dollar Quartet . Other: Hercules (Papermill); Merrily We Roll Along (New York Theatre Workshop); Crazy For You (Chichester Festival); The Karate Kid (Stages St. Louis); The Bedwetter (Atlantic); Swept Away (Berkeley Rep); Soft Power (Public Theatre, CTG); Marie: Dancing Still (5th Ave); The Light in the Piazza , Candide (L.A. Opera); We Live in Cairo , The Black Clown (ART); Zorro (Moscow; Atlanta); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); assorted musicals at City Center Encores! and the Kennedy Center. Recorded Media: Spandex: The Musical , Row (Audible/WTF). Audio Consultant for the revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch . Education: Yale University.

Haley Parcher

is a Seattle-based sound designer. Regional design credits include: Guys and Dolls , Sunset Boulevard , Spamalot (Kennedy Center), Cabaret (The Old Globe) Beauty and the Beast , The Wiz , Into the Woods , Sweeney Todd , And So That Happened (5th Avenue Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Village Theatre), How Can I Love You (Cave B), American Idiot , Violet , The Nance , The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion , We’ve Battled Monsters Before (ArtsWest).

Hair & Wig Design

(hair & wig design).

headed the wig/makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera for 17 years. He has designed more than 100 Broadway productions. Wicked , Rock of Ages , The King & I , Fiddler on the Roof , Oslo , Falsettos , The Little Foxes , My Fair Lady , Plaza Suite , Parade and Harmony .

Dialect Coach

Kate wilson, (dialect coach).

Broadway: Appropriate , Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window , Leopoldstadt , Camelot , Topdog/Underdog , Piano Lesson , Take Me Out , MJ , Funny Girl , Moulin Rouge! , To Kill a Mockingbird , Beetlejuice . Off-Broadway: Sabbath’s Theatre , Refuge Plays , Bedwetter . Film: Wildcat , Fingernails , Women Talking , Causeway , Tragedy of Macbeth , Lady Bird . Faculty: Juilliard.

Geoff Josselson, CSA

Katja zarolinski, csa.

casts productions for Broadway, off-Broadway, and theatre companies including Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, The Civilians, Irish Repertory Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre. www.jz-casting.com.

Music Supervision & Direction

(music supervision & direction).

Broadway: Into the Woods and My Fair Lady (also first national tours), Fiddler on the Roof , On the Town , An American in Paris . City Center Encores!: 12+ productions of classic American musicals. Irish Repertory Theatre: revivals of Finian’s Rainbow , On A Clear Day You Can See Forever , and Meet Me In St. Louis . Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little and Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days (Keen Company), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, Masters in Music from CUNY, MBA from Boston University.

Direction & Choreography

Josh rhodes, (direction & choreography).

is an American director and choreographer who recently directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed productions of Spamalot and The Who’s Tommy for Broadway Center Stage at the Kennedy Center. In New York City, Josh directed and choreographed Dear World , Mack and Mabel , and Grand Hotel (Encores!). Josh’s other productions as a director are Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville , and Guys and Dolls , Cabaret (Old Globe), Showboat (Bucks County Playhouse), and the Asolo Repertory’s bold new productions of Cabaret , Hair , The Sound of Music , Guys and Dolls , and Evita . At the Muny in St Louis, Josh has directed and choreographed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , Jersey Boys , Paint Your Wagon , and the recent production of Chess . On Broadway Josh choreographed Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella , It Shoulda Been You , First Date , and Bright Star . On London’s West End, he choreographed Carousel at the English National Opera and Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson. Other choreography credits include the filmed production of Company starring Neil Patrick Harris, Sondheim: The Birthday Concert for PBS, and the U.K. tour of Doctor Dolittle . Josh recently made his film director debut with the musical film, BEAU . The film has garnered multiple laurels and awards in festivals all over North America. Josh is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan.

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Monty Python’s Spamalot

St. James Theatre , Broadway

About This Show

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical that set Broadway back 1,000 years returns! Spamalot , the musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail , returns to Broadway for the first time ever, following a record-breaking sold-out run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Everything that makes a great knight in the theater is here, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and, of course, the Lady of the Lake.

Peter Marks of the Washington Post exclaims “It’s unfair to make me laugh this much! Spamalot is a tightly packed clown car speeding to musical theater nirvana!”

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The Broadway revival of  Spamalot   will play its final performance at the St. James Theatre on April 7. At the time of its closing, the revival will have played 24 weeks, having opened on November 16, 2023. The production, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, will go on to launch a North American tour in September 2025. 

The current cast of Spamalot is led by Jonathan Bennett as Sir Robin, two-time Tony Award nominee Alex Brightman as Lancelot, three-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald as Patsy, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart as King Arthur, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as The Lady of the Lake, Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Jimmy Smagula as Sir Bedevere and Nik Walker as Sir Galahad, along with David Josefsberg , Graham Stevens, Daniel Beeman, Maria Briggs, Gabriella Enriquez, Michael Fatica, Denis Lambert, Shina Ann Morris, Kaylee Olson, Kristin Piro, Drew Redington, Tyler Roberts, Anju Cloud, Darrell T. Joe, Lily Kaufmann and Charlie Sutton.

With a book and lyrics by Eric Idle with music by John Du Prez and Idle,  Spamalot  is an uproarious musical comedy about King Arthur and his questing knights, based on the movie  Monty Python and the Holy Grail . Rhodes' revival began its life as a Broadway Center Stage production at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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First Preview: Oct 31, 2023

Opening Date: Nov 16, 2023

Closing Date: Apr 07, 2024

Running Time: 02:20

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246 West 44th Street New York City, NY 10036

Age Guidance:  9

Show Notes:  1 intermission

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Outer lobby. Counter 42".

Valet parking garage: 1st garage: South side of 44th St. between 6th & 7th Aves. Vertical clearance: 105". 2nd garage: East of Shubert Alley, on north side of 44th St. between Broadway & 8th Ave. No vans.

(3" lip) NW corner of 44th St. & Broadway; (2.5" lip) SE corner of 44th St. & Broadway; (3.5” lip) SW corner of 44th St. & Broadway.

There is a wheelchair accessible unisex restroom located on the main level. Stall 34". Clear space 40" x 60".Commode 18".

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Wheelchair-accessible seating on the Orchestra level of the theatre for all performances for patrons who use wheelchairs and their companions. There are no steps leading into the Orchestra level of the theatre from the sidewalk. There are steps to access seating on other levels of the theatre.

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It may be appropriate for a musical with “spam” in the title to feel canned. But it’s a shame that the first Broadway revival of “ Monty Python ’s Spamalot ,” now playing at the St. James Theatre, struggles to find anything fresh about material covered in a half-century of dust.

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Aside from a few timely winks to TikTok and Ozempic, the book and lyrics by Monty Python vet Eric Idle (who collaborated on the music with John Du Prez) leans heavily on nostalgia for various layers of IP dating all the way back to the fifth century. The action is set on the heels of a plague, but any resonance with the present seems purely incidental. 

A meta parody of Arthurian heroism and showbiz conventions, “Spamalot” is an accumulation of bits, propelled by giddy vibes rather than an actual plot. It’s almost an hour in before God tasks King Arthur ( James Monroe Iglehart ) “to set an example to people in these dark times” by finding the Holy Grail, or metaphorically, what fulfills his soul (or something?). He is, of course, joined by a band of bumbling knights, and intermittently by the Lady of the Lake (Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer), whose vanity is stretched into a thin, repeated punchline. 

Though Arthur is the comedy’s straight man, Iglehart can seem like he’s not in on the joke, and frankly a bit lost, while Kritzer alternately pushes too hard or retreats from a role that demands overassurance. (None of the performances benefit from a memory of the original production, directed by Mike Nichols, whose stars included Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce and a breakout Sara Ramirez.) 

The physical staging is a dizzying sensory overload, to the point that even obvious sight gags (severed limbs, a beheaded rabbit puppet) get lost in the chaos. The set, which resembles a pop-up storybook on the bottom and a frenetic video game overhead, feels uneasy and overdone, with gaudy animation adding unnecessary spectacle (the scenic and projection design is by Paul Tate dePoo III). The costumes by Jen Caprio take an all-you-can-fasten approach to accents including fur, fringe, feathers, flowers, bells, bows and beads — sometimes in a single look.

The production’s overdesign is a symptom of the broader problem, which is a lack of ingenuity in favor of sheer excess. It is a paradox of throwing money onstage that it can easily come at the expense of creativity. There may be a way to reanimate “Spamalot,” and for Monty Python’s random surrealism to infect a new generation and confront the current moment. But that grail is not to be found here.

St. James Theatre; 1,653 seats; $329 top. Opened November 16, 2023. Reviewed Nov. 15. Running time: TWO HOURS, 20 MIN.

• Production:  A Jeffrey Finn, Roy Furman, Bob Boyett, The Shubert Organization, Jujamcyn Theaters / Ambassador Theatre Group, Steve Traxler, Mary Lu Roffe, Sandy Robertson, Cue to Cue Productions, Independent Presenters Network, Stephanie P. McClelland, Peter May, The Araca Group, Garmar Cohen, Ergo Entertainment, John Gore Organization, Simon Gutterman, James L. Nederlander, Hornos Moellenberg, Nancy Pittelman, One Queen Two Knights, Adam Riemer, Iris Smith, Theatrical Rights Worldwide and Ed Walson production, produced in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, of a musical in two acts with book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle.
• Crew: Directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes. Scenic Design by Paul Tate dePoo III; Costume Design by Jen Caprio; Lighting Design by Cory Pattak; Sound Design by Kai Harada and Haley Parcher; Projection Design by Paul Tate dePoo III; Hair and Wig Design by Tom Watson; Production Stage Manager: Matthew Lacey.
• Cast: Christopher Fitzgerald, James Monroe Iglehart, Taran Killam, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Ethan Slater, Jimmy Smagula, Michael Urie, Nik Walker, David Josefsberg, Graham Stevens, Daniel Beeman, Maria Briggs, Gabriella Enriquez, Michael Fatica, Denis Lambert, Shina Ann Morris, Kaylee Olson, Kristin Piro, Drew Redington, Tyler Roberts, Anju Cloud, Darrell T. Joe, Lily Kaufmann, and Charlie Sutton.

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On l'a vu, on en parle.

La nouvelle adaptation de Spamalot est une véritable réussite. Les décors et costumes montrent un travail méticuleux. Le casting est bon et la mise en scène inventive, ce qui apporte une touche d'originalité à l'ensemble. Les rires fusent du début à la fin de la représentation, grâce à un mélange d'humour absurde et décalé, mais aussi à des interventions inattendues, typiques de l'esprit des Monty Python .

La pièce est parsemée de références et de clins d'œil à l'univers des Monty Python, tout en étant accessible à tous. De plus, la réadaptation avec des références à l'actualité française apporte une touche de fraîcheur et d'actualité à cette pièce déjà culte.

En résumé, il est impossible de s'ennuyer une seule seconde, car les éclats de rire sont nombreux. Spamalot est une expérience théâtrale à ne pas manquer pour tous les amateurs d'humour et de spectacles divertissant. La pièce est à la fois décalée et déjantée , ce qui fait d’elle le spectacle idéal si vous souhaitez passer une soirée placée sous le signe du rire et de la bonne humeur.

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26 commentaires (ø 5,0).

Très drôle , très Fidèle à l’original des monty python tout en étant très bien remis au goût du jour (références politiques notamment). Acteurs très bons. Très Bonne ambiance de troupe. Une (vraie!) comédie musicale qui donne envie d’aller en voir d’autres !

On se marre du début jusqu’à la fin… excellent!!! Une superbe troupe…

Super spectacle ! Très bon acteurs, super décors, belle mise en scène. On a beaucoup rit! Il y a des belles interactions avec le public. Il y a aussi un service de voiturier à 10€ à l’entrée. Dommage qu’on ne l’ai pas su avant d’aller dans un parking plus cher.

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Photos: Meet The Cast of Broadway's SPAMALOT

Performances begin Tuesday, October 31, 2023, and the official opening knight is Thursday, November 16, 2023 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.

Performances for the Broadway revival of Spamalot begin Tuesday, October 31, 2023, and the official opening knight is Thursday, November 16, 2023 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre. The cast recently met the press and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out photos below!

SPAMALOT will be led by Tony Award nominee  Christopher Fitzgerald  (Waitress) as Patsy, Tony Award winner  James Monroe Iglehart  (Aladdin, Hamilton) as King Arthur,  Taran Killam  (“Saturday Night Live”) as Lancelot,  Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer  (Beetlejuice) as The Lady of the Lake, Tony Award nominee  Ethan Slater  (SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical) as The Historian/Prince Herbert,  Jimmy Smagula  (Billy Elliot) as Sir Bedevere, Drama Desk Award winner  Michael Urie  (“Shrinking,” Torch Song) as Sir Robin and  Nik Walker  (Hamilton) as Sir Galahad. Iglehart, Kritzer, Smagula, Urie and Walker will be reprising their roles from the record-breaking sold-out run at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Killiam will depart the production on Sunday, January 7 and  Alex Brightman  (Beetlejuice, The Shark is Broken) will reprise his Kennedy Center role of Lancelot beginning Tuesday, January 9.

Also joining the roundtable are  David Josefsberg ,  Graham Stevens ,  Daniel Beeman ,  Maria Briggs ,  Gabriella Enriquez ,  Michael Fatica ,  Denis Lambert ,  Shina Ann Morris ,  Kaylee Olson ,  Kristin Piro ,  Drew Redington ,  Tyler Roberts ,  Anju Cloud ,  Darrell T. Joe ,  Lily Kaufmann , and  Charlie Sutton .

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas 

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