Three-time Tony Award-nominee Marin Mazzie, currently starring as "The Lady in the Lake" in Monty Python's Spamalot, is featured this week on "Associated Press on Broadway"'s weekly podcast.
The podcast can be heard at:
http://www.bigcontact.com/player.php?xmlurl=http://podcast.ap.org/podcasts/AP_On_Broadway.xml?SITE=COSTE%26TYPE=podcast%26NAME=OnBroadway
In the interview with AP's Jane Waldman, Mazzie discusses her early exposure to Monty Python while growing up in Illinois, her delight at joining the cast, the challenges performing the role of "The Lady of the Lake," and meeting her husband Jason Danieley.
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.
Spamalot features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, direction by Mike Nichols, choreography by Casey
Nicholaw and is based on the screenplay of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, with an entirely new score with two songs from the 1975 film and the Python classic
"Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" from 1979's The Life of Brian.
In addition to Broadway, a national touring production continues to do record business across North America, a London production opened last fall to rave reviews at London's Palace Theatre, a Las Vegas production will open at Wynn Las Vegas next month, and a Melbourne,
Australia production was recently announced to open at Her Majesty's Theatre in December 2007. www.MontyPythonsSpamalot.com
Mazzie, currently "The Lady of the Lake" in Broadway's Spamalot has starred on Broadway in Kiss Me, Kate (NY: Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony, Drama Desk noms; London: Olivier nomination), Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), Passion (Tony nom, PBS), Man of La Mancha, Into The Woods, and Big River. She was in Encores! productions of Kismet, and Out Of This World. Off-Broadway: The Vagina Monologues, The Trojan Women, The World Goes Round (also national tour). TV: "Without a Trace," "Still Standing," (recurring);
"Numbers," "Jake in Progress," "Stacked," "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies," and "The Love Songs," and the Boston Pops' tribute to Jerry Herman. Her CD, Opposite You, with husband Jason Danieley, is on PS Classics.
Visit www.marinmazzie.com or www.marinandjason.com for more information.
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