Music & Lyrics by: John Du Prez and Eric Idle
Book by: Eric Idle
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Synopsis: Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail, featuring a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and a one legless knight.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"...this fitful, eager celebration of inanity will find a large and lucrative audience among those who value the virtues of shrewd idiocy, artful tackiness and wide-eyed impiety. That includes most school-age children as well as grown-ups who feel they are never more themselves than when they are in touch with the nerdy, nose-thumbing 12-year-olds who reside within"
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USA TODAY:
"In Monty Python's Spamalot (* * * out of four), the new musical "lovingly ripped off" from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, England's great leader of legend is at once reduced and rejuvenated by some of the funniest antics introduced on a Broadway stage"
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NEWSDAY:
" Go ahead and believe the buzz emanating from the Shubert Theatre. Eric Idle and Mike Nichols have indeed fashioned a Holy Grail of a big, crowd-pleasing Broadway musical comedy out of the 1975 cult film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." The show slays 'em like Excalibur."
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
" Although sometimes ragged in its execution and less than polished in its production aspects, there's enough hilarity on display to keep Python fans, and they are legion, in stitches for a very long time. "
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