AN EVENING WITHOUT MONTY PYTHON Plays Ricardo Montalbán Theatre 9/23-10/4, Town Hall 10/6-10

The Creators of "Spamalot," WestBeth Entertainment by kind permission of Monty Python present For a Few Nights only "An Evening Without Monty Python" A Jubilation. Starring Jeff B. Davis, Jane Leeves, Alan Tudyk, Rick Holmes and Jim Piddock

A paeanastic laudatory exaltation of the works of John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin

Celebrating Forty Years of Monty Python's Flying Circus

And the publication of Monty Python Live! (a new book by the Pythons about their life on the road with the sketches they performed) 

Musical direction by John Du Prez, Directed by Eric Idle and B.T. McNichol

Produced by WestBeth Entertainment At Ricardo Montalbán Theatre

September 23 to October 4 www.tix.com 

Town Hall New York - October 6 through 10

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Like An Evening with Cole Porter, only funnier.

Eric Idle, one of the original creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, co-created with John Du Prez the Tony and Grammy Award Winning Broadway hit Spamalot (based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail) and the comic Oratorio Not The Messiah (He's a very naughty boy) based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, performed last year at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and previously in Toronto, Caramoor, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland (NZ), Houston and Wolf Trap.

In October, to celebrate the Ruby Jubilee of Monty Python, Not the Messiah will be performed by Idle and Du Prez with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at Royal Albert Hall, London with special guest appearances by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam (hopefully) and Carol Cleveland.

In addition Idle created The Rutles (with Neil Innes) for NBC TV and in conjunction with WestBeth Entertainment premiered What About Dick? a film for radio and Rutlemania! The Tribute Concert at the Ricardo Montalbán Theater in Los Angeles. His previous play Pass The Butler ran for five months in the West End of London.

Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols, ran for almost four years on Broadway, two years in London's West End, and has also been produced in Las Vegas and Melbourne, Australia. The phenomenally successful United States tour (which just concluded a run at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA) continues, and there are currently hit productions in Barcelona, Spain and Cologne, Germany.

As well as the new book Monty Python Live! published by Hyperion, Idle edited Monty Python's Big Red Book, Monty Python's Brand New Bok (and Papperbok) and produced the hit album Monty Python Sings.

Monty Python's Flying Circus, written and performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, began life on BBC TV in October 1969. It first appeared on PBS in 1974 and has remained in re-runs on US TV ever since.

The six original Pythons also wrote and appeared in the movies And Now For Something Completely Different, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life and Monty Python Live at The Hollywood Bowl. Sadly, Graham Chapman died in 1989 around the 20th Anniversary. Their new book is dedicated to his memory and as well as recounting their wacky exploits on the road, contains new reminiscences by the Pythons and all the material that they ever performed live.

Co-director BT McNicholl has directed on Broadway for the Roundabout Theatre Company, and directed the European premiere of The Producers for Mel Brooks. Internationally, he was nominated for Best Director in Paris, Madrid and Australia (winner, 2002) for Cabaret. 

He has staged productions for Disney (fifth year of a world-wide tour) and is a Creative Development Consultant for MGM's theatrical division.

McNicholl has served on the creative teams of 10 other Broadway shows including the current hit Billy Elliot and directed award-winning plays and musicals for Goodspeed Opera House (2004 Best Musical), Dorset Theatre Festival, and the Walnut Street Theatre. A BMI-Award winning lyricist, he has written the acclaimed Off-Broadway musical The IT Girl and is the author and co-lyricist of the upcoming musical of 101 Dalmatians directed by Jerry Zaks, opening at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in 2010). He spent three years with The Shubert Organization and has been associated with directors Mike Nichols, Sam Mendes, David Hare, James Lapine, Rob Marshall and Jerry Zaks. He is presently working with Eric Idle and Monty Python as the Associate Director of their award-winning success Spamalot.

An Evening Without Monty Python is produced by WestBeth Entertainment (Arnold Engelman - President), a producing organization that has successfully and consistently produced critically acclaimed, financially successful, groundbreaking entertainment for 30 years. In Los Angeles they promoted Eddie Izzard's Kodak, Henry Fonda Theater, Tiffany Theater, and Coronet Theatre performances, as well as Billy Connolly at The Brentwood Theatre, UCLA Live's British Comedy Series and Eric Idle's What About Dick? at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. Current projects include Cinematic Titanic - MST3K Live on stage from the original creators of the series; The Fellas - Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan, and Adel O'Hanlon; Lewis Black's Dual Citizenship Tour (Canada); and in development - John Leguizamo LIVE!. Sold-out tours include Eddie Izzard's 2008 American Tour STRIPPED, Dress to Kill, Circle, and Sexie; Billy Connolly's Too Old To Die Young (North American Tour); Lewis Black's Nothing's Sacred (Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall) and Red, White and Screwed (NY City Center). Past productions include The Family Guy Live (NY, Los Angeles, Chicago) and Wigfield featuring Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello (Off-Broadway, National Tour); Write Aid benefiting the members of the Writers Guild of America (Los Angeles); and Good Medicine benefiting the Solidarity Fund with the cast of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice (Los Angeles). www.westbethent.com

An Evening Without Monty Python will play ten performances in Los Angeles September 23 to October 4 at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre, 1615 North Vine Street. The performance schedule is Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM. Tickets are available through www.tix.com or call 1-800-595-4849.

An Evening Without Monty Python will play five performances in New York City at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, October 6 through 10. All performances are at 8:00 PM. Tickets are available at the Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43rd Street, New York) and through www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 212-307-4100. 

Tickets for the Town Hall performances in New York go on sale to the public on SUNDAY, JUNE 7 at 10AM (EST).

 

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