It is a great show indeed. I saw it on Broadway a year and a half ago, and loved it. In fact, I made my Broadway stage debut that evening.
The play was extremely well done, and very, very funny. I expected it to be a rehash of the movie (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), but it was much more than that. They do follow the basic plot of the movie. They include all the bits that real Python fans want to see, including, Bring out your Dead/ I'm not dead yet, the knight who gets all his limbs cut off but still wants to keep fighting, the killer rabbit, the Knights who say Ni, the French Knights who taunt the British, the Trojan rabbit, the catapulted cow, etc. There is also, however, a lot of new material. They parody a number of Broadway hits, including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable, Chorus Line, and, especially, Fiddler on the Roof. The knights doing the dance from Fiddler is just hilarious. At one point, King Arthur decides to go to Broadway, but Sir Robin tells him that he can't get to Broadway without any Jews. That becomes a musical number. Finally, Arthur's servant reveals that he is half Jewish, on his mother's side. When Arthur asks while he never said anything about this before, the servant replies that "It isn't the sort of thing one wants to say to a bunch of heavily armed Christians." They also take on the gay marriage issue in the play. At the end of the play, they found the clue to the location of the holy grail, but they were not bright enough to figure it out. The hand of god came down from above and pointed to my seat, and I got dragged onstage and honored as "the Best Peasant." Given my heritage, I was proud to be recognized as the peasant that I am. They asked my name, and then sang a musical number to "Dan Matyola." Really, they all actually remembered my name. I got a trophy, a certificate and hugs from the knights (but not from the Lady of the Lake or her dancing girls!) They also took my picture, which can be view by following the link below. I'm the one not dressed like a knight, Tim Curry is to my left, David Hyde Pierce in front of me, and Hank Azaria to my right in chain mail. It was quite an evening. In any event, the play is spectacular, and everyone should see it if they can, not only Python fanatics. http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=484093 On 8/30/06, D Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <VBG> > > Last night was our night to see Spamalot at the Canon or should i say > C***N theater here in Toronto. Nice night out, a good dinner at > Shopsy's Deli and show at 8pm. > Well cast, the music great as were the costumes and the set. Lighting > was fantastic. > > If you get a chance to see it, you must go.It lives up to the hype. > > The poor young lady who had the Grail was a wreck up on stage. We had > fun though.:-) > > Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
