Monty Python's Spamalot is a comedic
musical
"lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the
Arthurian Legend
, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of
Broadway Theatre
.
Eric Idle
, a member of the
Monty Python
team, wrote the musical book and lyrics, and collaborated with John Du Prez on the music. Running on Broadway since March 17, 2005, it was directed by Mike Nichols and won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004-2005 season.
Idle explained the title in a February 2004 press release about the musical: "I like the title Spamalot a lot. We tested it with audiences on my recent US tour and they liked it as much as I did, which is gratifying. After all, they are the ones who will be paying Broadway prices to see the show. It comes from a line in the movie which goes: 'we eat ham, and jam and
Spam a lot.'"
The show first opened on January 9, 2005 at the LaSalle Bank Theatre in Chicago, followed shortly thereafter, by its March 17, 2005 opening at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, where it continues today. The show began a North American Tour in mid 2006 and an open-end run in London later that year.
A production of the musical opened in Las Vegas on March 31, 2007 at the Wynn Las Vegas in the newly renamed Grail Theater (formerly known as the Broadway Theater). As with other Las Vegas transfers of Broadway musicals, including Monty Python's Spamalot, Spamalot has been condensed to run in 90 minutes without an intermission. Spamalot is contracted to run for up to 10 years, but the track record of Broadway Musical in Las Vegas has been mixed, so only time will tell.
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