Monty Python's Spamalot - US Tour Creative Team

... read more ... read more John Du Prez is a British musician and composer, best known for his work in film, television, and theatre. Born on December 26, 1946, in Sheffield, England, Du Prez began his musical career as a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, a British comedy rock group, in the 1960s. He later went on to collaborate with Monty Python, providing music for their films and live shows. Du Prez made his Broadway debut in 2005 as the composer for the musical Spamalot, which was based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The show was a huge success, winning ... read more ... read more Eric Idle is a British comedian, actor, writer, and musician who is best known for his work with the comedy group Monty Python. Born on March 29, 1943, in South Shields, England, Idle attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he became involved in the Cambridge Footlights, a student comedy troupe that has produced many famous comedians over the years. After graduating from Cambridge, Idle worked as a writer and performer on various TV shows in the UK, including "The Frost Report" and "Do Not Adjust Your Set". In 1969, he co-created "Monty Python's Flying Circus" with fellow comedians Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ... read more ... read more Tim has designed extensively for the National Theatre, West End and Broadway. Recent credits include: Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre); Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End, Broadway); Ghosts (Almeida, West End, BAM); Little Eyolf (Almeida); Temple (Donmar); Enemy of the People, Pyjama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mr. Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead, West End); The Bodyguard (West End, UK Tour, US Tour, Cologne, Korea); Shrek (West End, Broadway, UK Tour, US Tour); Spamalot (West End, Broadway, US Tour, Las Vegas); Singin’ in the Rain, My Fair Lady (Chatelet Paris) and Carmen (Royal Ballet). Film credits include: Closer, Notes on a Scandal and Stage Beauty. Tim is ... read more Hochman has worked on 18 Broadway shows including The Prom, Hello, Dolly! (Outer Critics Circle), Book of Mormon (Tony Award, Drama Desk), She Loves Me (Drama Desk), Something Rotten!, Addams Family, Pippin, Scottsboro Boys, Spamalot. 7 Tony nominations, 7 Drama Desk nominations, MSM Distinguished Alumni. Hochman's television work includes Nickelodeon's Wonder Pets! (Five Emmys as composer), 18 Films including Marvin Hamlisch's The Informant! Recordings, as well as concerts for Paul McCartney, Eric Idle, Audra McDonald, Barry Manilow, Boston Pops, and NY Philharmonic. ... read more Music supervisor and arranger for Broadway's The Producers. Other Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer and A Christmas Carol. For New York City Ballet, he arranged the music and co-wrote the libretto (with Susan Stroman) for Double Feature. Other ballet credits include Thou Swell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Company. ... read more Gregory Meeh designs special effects for theatre, opera and film. Credits: Kà, Cirque du Soleil. Broadway: An Act of God, Misery, Doctor Zhivago, The Last Ship, The Addams Family, Spamalot, Twelfth Night (Lincoln Center, Eddy Award), An Inspector Calls (Drama Desk Award), The Phantom of the Opera. ... read more Casey Nicholaw is currently represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of Mean Girls (Tony nominations for Best Direction & Choreography), Disney’s Aladdin (Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography) and co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon (Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle awards for co-director and nominations in the same categories for Choreography; Olivier winner for Best Choreography). Represented on the West End as director/choreographer of Dreamgirls, The Book of Mormon and Aladdin. His other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (Tony nominee, Best Director), Elf, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics ... read more Mike Nichols has been a director of stage and screen for more than 40 years. His Broadway directing credits include Death of Salesman, Barefoot in the Park, Luv, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Real Thing and Spamalot, for all of which he was awarded the Tony for Best Direction. Film credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Graduate (Academy Award for Best Direction); Catch 22; Carnal Knowledge; Silkwood; Working Girl; Postcards From The Edge; Regarding Henry; The Birdcage; Primary Colors; Closer and Charlie Wilson’s War and for HBO “Wit” and “Angels in ... read more More than 30 Broadway shows since 2000 including Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Tony nomination), The Merchant of Venice, Lombardi, Fences (Tony nomination), The Addams Family, Ragtime, Hair (Tony nomination), In the Heights (Tony nomination), [title of show], Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line (2006), The Drowsy Chaperone, The Light in the Piazza, Monty Python's Spamalot, Avenue Q, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and La Bohème. Acme is Tom Clark, Mark Menard, Nevin Steinbergand Sten Severson. ... read more