The sold-out five week run of the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot has shattered box office records at Washington D.C.'s National Theatre.
"Every week since beginning the run on Tuesday, June 6, Spamalot has beat the record set by the touring production of
Les Miserables when it grossed $960,842 at
The National Theatre. During the show's five-week run,
Spamalot has beaten its own record at
The National Theatre four times.
For its final week at
The National Theatre (week ending July 9),
Spamalot grossed $1,138,472.
The tour will next play a nine-week run at Toronto's Canon Theatre starting July 12. Following Toronto, Spamalot will begin performances at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera starting September 12.
Following the success in Washington DC, the production has already announced it will play a return engagement to Washington, DC, December 11, 2007 to January 6, 2008.
Directed by eight-time Tony Award-winner
Mike Nichols, the show features a book by
Eric Idle, 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 music and lyrics by
Eric Idle and
John Du Prez. Tony Award nominee
Casey Nicholaw is the choreographer.
"Lovingly 'ripped-off' from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture,
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Spamalot is the winner of three 2005 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director (
Mike Nichols), as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical," state press notes.
The original cast recording of
Spamalot won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
Sold-out since it opened on March 17, 2005,
Spamalot has continued to break box office records at The Shubert Theatre.
Visit
www.montypythonsspamalot.com for more information.
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