Tony'd Best Musical 'Spamalot' Opens Tonight!

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Monty Python's SPAMALOT

2005 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical

Is coming to Ft. Lauderdale January 9 – 21 presented by Broadway Across America – Ft. Lauderdale and Florida Theatrical Association

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is located at 201 SW 5th Avenue in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. To get the Broward Center, take I-95 to Broward Boulevard and head east to SW 5th Avenue. The parking garage for the Broward Center will be on your immediate right. The Broward Center is located just south of the parking garage.

Tickets range from $27.00 - $70.00 not including applicable handling or service charges. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Broward Center AutoNation Box Office. Tickets can be purchased through Broward Center by phone and internet at 954-462-0222 or www.browardcenter.org, and Ticketmaster phones at 954-523-3309 in Broward, 305-358-5885 in Dade, and 561-966-3309 in Palm Beach or at www.ticketmaster.com . Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster outlets. Orders for groups of 20 or more may be placed by calling the Broward Center at 954-462-0222 or Broadway Across America at 1-800-6GROUPS (647-6877).

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.

The original cast recording of Monty Python's SPAMALOT recently won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

Sold-out since it opened on March 17, 2005, Monty Python's SPAMALOT has remained the hottest ticket on Broadway, continuing to break box office records at The Shubert Theatre.

Directed by Mike Nichols/>, Monty Python's SPAMALOT 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 the Grammy Award-winning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez/>. Casey Nicholaw/> is the choreographer.

Monty Python's SPAMALOT is produced by Boyett Ostar Productions.

Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail Monty Python's SPAMALOT features a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and one legless knight.

Set and costume design for Monty Python's SPAMALOT is by Tony Award-winner Tim Hatley, lighting design is by Hugh Vanstone and sound design is by ACME Sound Partners. Others on the creative and production teams include David Brian Brown (Hair & Wig Design), Gregory Meeh (Special Effects Design), Elaine McCarthy (Projection Design), Joseph A. Campayno (Make-Up Design), Larry Hochman/> (Orchestrations), and Glen Kelly (Music Arrangements.)

Also, Todd Ellison (Musical Supervision and Vocal Arrangements), Michael Keller (Musical Coordinator), Peter Lawrence/> (Associate Director), Tara Rubin (Casting), and Gene O'Donovan (Production Manager.)

Mike Nichols/> has been acclaimed as one of the great American directors in film, theater and television. He has won the Academy Award and eight Tony® Awards. He recently received the Directors' Guild of America Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as a DGA Award for the direction of the HBO adaptation of Angels in America.

Aside from his work with Monty Python in films and on TV, Eric Idle/> has written a West End play, Pass the Butler; three novels, including The Road to Mars, The Rutles - A Mockumentary; and many songs too rude to mention. He has sung opera, acted in movies, appeared on television and crossed America performing comedy on The Greedy Bastard Tour. His diary of his 15,000 mile journey by bus was recently published by Harper Collins, and his long awaited sequel The Rutles2: Can't Buy Me Lunch was released by Warner Video in March. There's no saying what he might do next.

John Du Prez/> has composed over 20 feature film scores including A Fish Called Wanda, A Private Function, The Meaning of Life, Personal Services, UHF, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I, II & III. He has worked with Eric Idle/> since 1978.

Monty Python isn't a person, but a group of British actors and writers (and one American) that performed their famous comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus on the BBC from 1969 to 1974, with subsequent international fame and success.

For more information on Monty Python's SPAMALOT, visit www.MontyPythonsSpamalot.comThe Fort Lauderdale engagement of Monty Python's SPAMALOT is presented in arrangement with Florida Theatrical Association, a non-profit civic organization with a volunteer board of trustees established to ensure the continued presentation of quality national touring Broadway productions in the state of Florida and is a season ticket offering of Stanford Broadway Across America – Fort Lauderdale.   Broadway Across America (BAA) is the country's most prolific presenting network of 50 North American cities offering first-rate touring Broadway productions and theatrical entertainment. Cities in the BAA network ensure their patrons that they are seeing touring productions of the highest quality in many of the country's top theatrical venues often direct from Broadway or on pre-Broadway tours. Over 300,000 season ticket holders enjoy BAA benefits to over 500 productions each season that include no-fee intercity ticket exchanges privileges, split city season tickets and priority purchase opportunities for additional entertainment events across the country.  Among others, Broadway Across America cities include Chicago, Boston, Houston, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Costa Mesa, Atlanta, Portland, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore and Tempe.  Recent presentations include WICKED, Disney's THE LION KING, SWEET CHARITY, MOVIN OUT, HAIRSPRAY, Blue Man Group/>, RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR and DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE!  For information or to purchase tickets for touring Broadway shows throughout the network go to www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

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