Went downtown last night to see Spamalot with a group of friends. For those that don’t know, Spamalot is the musical Eric Idle adapted (or, as he says, lovingly ripped off) from The Holy Grail. It stars David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, and Hank Azaria in various lead roles, but for me the highlight of the show has to be Sara Ramirez as The Lady of the Lake.
The musical is really a hybrid — with major plot elements from the Holy Grail, it blends in countless inside references that any Python fan will love (too many to catch on the first viewing, I already want to see it again to catch more), tons of jokes at Hollywood’s and Broadway’s expense (with Andrew Lloyd Weber and Mel Brooks the most obvious targets). Don’t miss the Liza Minnelli, Barbara Streisand, and Madeline Kahn jokes, either — they’re all priceless.
The show is riotously funny, almost certain to have a long run on Broadway (it premieres on Valentine’s Day). I highly recommend it.
Nice Sara R link, at least one guy read his Playbill. It was a great show
ReplyDeleteGo figure...two dudes who work in IT and have blogs also like Monty Python?!?
ReplyDeleteI'm just impressed that you both convinced your wives that this passes as 'culture'.
Hey, I didn't even have to convince my wife that Spamalot is 'culture'. She knows good stuff when she sees it.
ReplyDeleteTim Curry Rules!
Tim Curry Rules
I went with some friends to see it on Sunday. It was an awesome show. Highly recommended.
ReplyDeleteHey it's culture.
ReplyDeleteOnce we went to a 'modern dance' thing a College of DuPage (it was the Mrs' idea, we had a subscription) and two items on the program we called pole dance.
Turns out it was just guys leaping using short pole-valut poles to jump in the air. Disapointing...
The shows sounds great. I just bought tickets for Broadway. I haven't been able to find the running time for the show anywhere. Does anyone know?
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