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. This Broadway/San Diego - A Nederlander Presentation will clip-clop its way into the San Diego Civic Theatre from Sept 8 – 13, 2009.
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.
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. San Diego vet
Casey Nicholaw is the choreographer.
The original cast recording of Monty Python’s Spamalot won the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album. Monty Python's Spamalot is produced by
Boyett Ostar Productions.
Individual tickets will go on sale Online Only on Sunday, July 26 at 10AM at
BroadwaySD.com. Beginning Monday, July 27 at 10AM, tickets will be available at the Civic Theatre Ticket Office (3rd & B Street, downtown San Diego); or by calling the Ticket Office at (619) 570-1100 or Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787.
For more information, visit
www.MontyPythonsSpamalot.com.
To watch a video with show footage and the upcoming tour schedule, visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytUh-FYfNy4.
If you’d like King Arthur’s perspective on touring in Spamalot, follow
Christopher Gurr at
Twitter.com/christophergurr.
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