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MARQUEE VALUE: Monty Python's Spamalot at the Shubert

By Morgan Allen
03 Dec 2004


Production: Monty Python's Spamalot with music and lyrics by Eric Idle and John DuPrez, book by Eric Idle, directed by Mike Nichols and starring David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry and Hank Azaria.

Previews: February 14, 2005

Opening: March 17, 2005

Venue: The Sam S. Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th Street, New York, NY

After a try-out run at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago, Ostar Boyett Productions will bring this new musical "lovingly ripped off" from the popular film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" to Broadway. Based on the screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin Spamalot will bring together three above-the-title stars in David Hyde Pierce (Sir Robin), Tim Curry (King Arthur) and Hank Azaria (Sir Lancelot) with legendary director Mike Nichols ("Angels in America", "Closer").

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