Spamalot at the Sam S. Shubert Theater, 225 West 44th Street
Critics Rating: 3.7 out of 5.0
Tuesday - Friday @8pm
Saturday @2 and 8pm
Sunday @2 and 7pm
Saturday @2 and 8pm
Sunday @2 and 7pm
Three 2005 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Ramirez)
This gleefully gauche extravaganza has all the campiness of a Napoleonic march, seasoned with the offbeat humor that has had Englishmen walking funny since 1970. Best described as a (lavishly appurtenanced) parody of a Broadway musical staged by half-drunk Cambridge undergraduates - witty, free-wheeling, endearingly amateurish at times (Hamlet it ain't), it's very, very funny.
Much of the show is based on the Monty Python "Grail" film, and all the classic skits, bits and songs are dusted off and wheeled out for the appreciative audiences. Python fanatics will revel in the live-action energy of the old jokes, and if you’re just along for the ride, you’ll probably still enjoy the good-humored send-up of the Main Stem by the smart, funny, and instantly recognizable sensibility of Eric Idle and traveling companions.
Casting News: Clay Aiken is in the show until 5/4/2008. Hannah Waddingham and Jonathan Hadary currently star.
