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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | As gleefully silly yet wickedly smart as the beloved British comedy troupe and their 1975 cinematic savaging of the Arthurian legend that inspired it, this adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by MP's Eric Idle and longtime musical co-conspirator John Du Prez has much more on its feverish agenda than merely trashing King Arthur and firmly upending his Round Table. The film's plot remains largely intact, but its core songs ("Knights of the Round Table," "Brave Sir Robin") and comic thrust have been both expanded and satirically redirected, a musical comedy shotgun that takes dizzy aim at pop culture in general, and Broadway in particular. After typically Pythonesque distractions that somehow find us in "Finland..," stars David Hyde-Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and company get busy conjuring the Lady of the Lake with the unlikely help of "Laker Girls..," while cast members Sara Ramirez and Christopher Sieber deliciously skewer contemporary Broadway cliches via the loopy showstopper "The Song That Goes Like This," a tune whose reprise also deliciously sends up every overwrought stage diva from Merman to Minelli. Idle has shrewdly ripped off--well, interpolated--Life of Brian's "Always Look On the Bright Side" for the new show, and even a snatch of "The Lumberjack Song" in "He Is Not Dead Yet." "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" reveals the frankly Semitic secret to stage success, and the French get can-canned on "Run Away!" Meanwhile, our bravest knight is de-closeted on the Manilow-mauling "His Name is Lancelot" before the familiar sound of clomping coconut shells brings down the curtain on the season's goofiest if satirically dead-on comic delight. --Jerry McCulley Have Fun with More Irreverent Musicals 
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| Spamalot in Camalot pushing a Pram alot | |
| | | Ok the recording is only 50 odd minutes long but it is pure Python to the heart. Spam, spam, spam (oh shut up you bloody Vikings) the only thing that it does not have a killer rabbit or the the knights who say Ni but it is well worth a listen and does have a shrubbery. As noted the lyrics and several photo spreads of the New York Cast are in the booklet. Spam, spam, spam (oh shut up you bloody Vikings) so go to Camalot and eat spamalot and be a knight of the round table.
| | The 2005 Tony Winner for Best musical | |
| | Yes, it is all terribly silly just as any Python fan would wish. It
also makes for a fun original cast album where you can pretty much
follow the action without reading a synopsis. A god thing too for
Decca has not included one in the booklet! Oh there are plenty of
colour pictures, all the lyrics and endless credits. (Does the home
listener really need to know who the show's press rep is???) But
you'll look in vain for a synopsis.Nevertheless the disc spins merrily along for 52 minutes zipping
form one lunacy to another, pausing for a couple of extended numbers
("Knights of the Round table"; "Always Look on the Bright Side of
Life" and the "Diva's Lament") but most or the rest are so short the
end before they barely get started! None of the men offer truly spectacular voices, which is fine since
the style of Monty Python calls character voices, however the biggest
voice belongs to the wonderful Sara Ramirez as The Lady of the Lake.
Your knowledge of traditional musicals will help you understand some
of the jokes but there are plenty of other pop culture references
(even Britney Spears gets mentioned!) SPAMALOT, like quite a number of shows the past few seasons, refuses
to take itself or anything else seriously. But the music here, unlike
THE PRODUCERS, is purposely derivative and therefore little of it
stays with you after the show ends. The most memorable tune
is "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and that one has been
kicking around since THE LIFE OF BRIAN came out in 1979. Still that
hasn't prevented SPAMALOT from becoming the biggest hit on Broadway
this season, and likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.
| | The Big Anvil Falls on Broadway | |
| | When I first heard that Eric Idle was writing a new musical based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I thought it would be a natural to be turned into one. After hearing the score, I sincerely hope either I can get to New York to see the actual musical or maybe a touring production will come. The feel of the music seems to take several pokes at other Broadway productions and how can you resist a song like "The Song That Goes Like This", which gives a generic treatment to the Broadway ballad. Also a treat is the Diva's Lament, which is a fun song dealing with lack of stage time.
Of course you can't have a play based on the movie without "The Knights of the Roundtable." I'm was actually surprised that to hear how well Tim Curry sounds in the role of King Arthur.
The play has been nominated for a lot of Tony's and I hope it does well.
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