TV Exclusive: Lachey and Collins Celebrate Joining Spamalot

Monty Python's Spamalot welcomed Emmy nominee Stephen Collins ("Seventh Heaven," Because I Said So) and Grammy nominee Drew Lachey ("Dancing With The Stars," the band 98 Degrees) to Broadway's Shubert Theatre (

225 West 44th Street

) on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. After the curtain came down the cast celebrated at Justin Timberlake's Upper East Side restaurant Southern Hospitality, and BroadwayWorld.com was on the invite list! Come join the fun as we mix and mingle with the new stars of Monty Python's Spamalot!

Collins, who is best known to television audiences as Rev. Eric Camden in the long-running WB/CW hit series "Seventh Heaven," assumes the role of King Arthur. Lachey, who rose to fame as a member of the popular band 98 Degrees and was the second season champion of ABC's top-rated reality competition series "Dancing With The Stars," takes over the role of Patsy, Arthur's trusted manservant.

MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, the Tony Awardâ winning musical lovingly ripped-off from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has productions currently playing on Broadway, in London's West End, in Las Vegas, and on tour throughout North America.

SPAMALOT won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and the

2005 Outer Critics Circle

Award for Outstanding Musical.