On October 10th The National Tour of Spamalot, the musical comedy “lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail“, came to Long Island. The show stopped at the Tilles Center for the performing arts on it’s way through America and Canada. For those who don’t know the movie or the general nature of Monty Python, the show was extremely silly. It was a fun look at the tale of King Arthur and his Round Table knights, and musical comedy in general. I caught the show during it’s run on broadway with the original cast and I can say that the national tour absolutely stacks up to the broadway version. The only difference was, the stage was smaller than the broadway stage and therefore some of the set pieces had to be left out. I didn’t even notice because I was having such a great time. My opinion may be little biased as my theatre director from high school was King Arthur but all in all it was a great show. I don’t know if it is coming back to New York or not but this is Spamalot’s second tour so, who knows? I suggest that if it comes around again you check it out.
The official website can be found here
The original, film version of one of the more popular songs in the show can be found here
Monty Python is great! It’s lucky that you got to actually see the performance on Broadway. According to their official website, the show will be performed in New York state a few times, but not here in the city. The latest New York show is in Binghamton on October 24th. Too bad that’s all the way upstate!
Love Monty Python. think of this little ditty, the next time things look really bad: