Monty Python's Spamalot will celebrate its first anniversary on Broadway with a rather unusual celebration. Following the matinee performance on Wednesday, March 22, any peasant or serf willing to join the quest is invited to gather in Shubert Alley (located between West 44th and West 45th Streets between Broadway and 8th Avenue), to go for the Guinness World Record™ for the "World's Largest Coconut Orchestra."
Cast members from
Spamalot, including Tony Award-nominees
Christopher Sieber and
Michael McGrath, will be on hand to taunt, or rather "conduct," the orchestra in a coconut-clapping rendition of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" in Shubert Alley.
"Official representatives from Guinness World Records™ will be present to monitor the flood of peasants expected to gather to try to set this record. After all, they're getting free coconuts," state press notes on the event.
All registered participants will receive a free set of commemorative coconuts.
Anyone and everyone is invited to participate in the record-setting event. Event registration will begin at 3:45 PM in Shubert Alley, the event itself will begin at 4:30 PM, and the record will be confirmed by Guinness officials at 4:45 PM.
The new musical, "lovingly ripped off" from the film
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, opened on March 17, 2005 to critical and popular acclaim. Directed by
Mike Nichols,
Spamalot features a book and lyrics by
Eric Idle, music by
John Du Prez and
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. The show won three 2005 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and Best Director for
Mike Nichols, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Album.
The national tour recently opened to success in Boston. Other cities on the tour include
Chicago, Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Houston, Kansas City, and Toronto.
For more information, visit
www.montypythonsspamalot.com.
