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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Edited to remove dobie-ish title.
Really!

Leads Named for Spamalot

quote:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry and Hank Azaria were named on Wednesday as the leading trio for next year's Broadway-bound production of Monty Python's "Spamalot."

"Spamalot," to be directed by Oscar and Tony Award winner Mike Nichols, is billed as "the musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,"' the 1975 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.

And there was great rejoicing...

[Big Grin]

[ July 08, 2004, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: sndrake ]

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

't's a silly place....

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

*Ahem*

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

[Embarrassed]

But on the other hand, Dana, don't you think the musical deserves its own thread?

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Yeah, it does. I was just being snotty.

Bob sent me the article this morning. Midwest Hatrack outing, anyone?

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

*rubs hands together*

Plots within plots, links within links! Muhahaha!

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Dana,

I didn't take it as snotty at all. Shoulda put a smiley in. [Smile]

I wonder when tickets will go on sale for this. I imagine the show will sell out here in Chicago in record time. Then there's the issue of the price...

Diane and I would probably be up for going in January. We'll be off visiting relatives around Christmas time.

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

"Snooty" maybe would have been a better word. [Smile]

Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :

Hank Azaria is da MAN... I just wanted to re-emphasize that.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

[Hail]

dkw

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Wow...great leads!!

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

On a related note, this sounds like fun:

http://www.shore-leave.com/Events.htm

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And Now, For Something Completely Tolkien:
Monty Sauron's Flying Nazgûl

An extremely loose - indeed, positively runny - tribute to "Lord of the Rings" as seen through the fractured lens of famed "Monty Python" sketches. See the famed "Dead Hobbit" sketch. Thrill to the wholly unexpected Sauron Inquisition. And just how can you tell that Aragorn is the king...?

Written by: Peter David
Performed by: All the Usual Suspects

(From a Star Trek/SF convention that starts tomorrow in Baltimore.)

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

I love David Hyde Pierce! Oh, this will be great. [ROFL]

Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :

I *will* see this show. Even if I have to go to New York to do it (that is, if Chicago sells out before I can get my tickets). It looks utterly fantastic.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

bump

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

My brother is in Baltimore. I suddenly have a burning desire to visit him. [Big Grin]

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

There's some stuff at the Monty Python website about Spamalot -- an interview with Eric Idle, and a couple online diary entries by him about the show:

http://www.dailyllama.com/index.html

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

I am ssoooooooooooooooooo going to Spamalot.... opening night is my brother's birthday and he and I are both big Python fans.

Goody

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

Hey when is it starting? I'll be in NYC around Thanksgiving...

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Spamalot opens December 21 in Chicago and runs through January 16.

Other shows playing this season include Richard Chamberlain in Scrooge, Sandy Duncan in The King and I, Mamma Mia, Evita, Oklahoma and Wicked (which from the little bit on Broadway in Chicago's website looks to be an adaptation of the Gregory Maguire novel).

I could go so broke this year just on stage shows......

Goody

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Goody, I saw a bit of Wicked, and while I heard that the peole on TV during the tonys didn't do well compared to the show, it was SOOO bad that I will never go to see it.

Ever.

Too bad, because I liked the idea.

Maybe I'll try the book.

Kwea

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Thanks for the warning, Kwea. And I really really enjoyed the book, thought it was the best of the ones he wrote. "course I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Wizard of Oz =)

Goody

Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :

It's not really fair to down a musical you've never seen, is it? They chose a bad number to showcase the feel of the show for the Tony's. What they were trying to do was give both Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) and Idina Menzel (The Wicked Witch) screen/stage time, because they are essentially the two main characters in the show.

The musical is good. Entertaining, funny, colorful, and Idina and Kristin are phenomenal in their roles. As someone who has seen more than her share of Broadway musicals, I recommend it without reservation.

Both the book and the musical are worth the money to read/see them.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

quote:
Wicked (which from the little bit on Broadway in Chicago's website looks to be an adaptation of the Gregory Maguire novel)

I just finished reading the book last night... it was amazing, it was really really good. Now I desperately want to see the Broadway musical!

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

New update on Spamalot by Eric Idle!

http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2004/llama254.html

[Smile]

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

*in the middle of making plans to go see it*

[Big Grin]

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Looking better with every update I read... I can't wait for December 21!!!!

Goody

Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :

I just picked up my ticket for Jan 5th. Yet another reason to look forward to coming home.

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Heffaji, are you a Chicagoan also? =)

Goody