Having only a vague recollection of Monty Python humor, I still knew that I was in for a treat when going to see Spamalot. One should know before getting tickets to a show like this, that it is full of “stupid British humor” but is really a load of fun. This musical is “lovingly 
ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (which I rented after the show) and is centered on the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
King Arthur (played by Peter Simon Hilton) has been pronounced King of the Britons by the Lady of the Lake. No one believes him as he trots across the English countryside with his servant Patsy (Jeremy Morse) who hits to coconuts together to mimic the sound of a horse. He is riding around trying to collect knights to join him in Camelot at his round table. He brings Sir Robin (Matthew Crowle), Sir Lancelot (John Rochette), Sir Galahad (Andrew Kober), and Sir Bedevere (Chris Cooke) along with him. On their way, God stops them and tells them that they must find the Holy Grail. The knights separate on their journey through England searching for the grail.
Sir Robin travels in the forest with his minstrels, singing along after him, in search of the grail. Sir Lancelot travels and finds a “damsel” in distress that he needs to save. To his 
mistake, Herbert (Brian Golub) is not a damsel at all but a very effeminate prince who wants to escape marriage to an unsightly princess. King Arthur and Sir Bedevere run into the Knights of Ni and go on a journey to find a shrubbery in return for passing through the forest. In the end, all the knights and Arthur reunite when they meet with Tim the Enchanter who tells them where they may find the Holy Grail. Funny enough, the Grail could found in A101: the first seat in the audience! The cast brought up the man sitting in the lucky seat and sang with him, taking a picture with him, and giving him some trinkets with which to remember the quest. Oh how I wish to have been sitting in A101!
The musical was oh so very silly, leaving the audience crying and rolling on the floor due to their excessive laughter. The music, with funny lyrics, also had great musicality and was truly entertaining to listen to. A very catchy tune (which I later found out was from another Monty Python movie The Life of Brian) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life followed the audience outside of the theatre and into the streets where they persisted on humming it under their breath.
A hilarious and definitely MUST SEE musical.
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Patchogue Theatre
July 30, 2011
Marina B. Nebro
