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Monty Python's Spamalot at Paramount Theatre
| What | Other Event |
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2007-10-11 from 19:30 to 21:30 |
| Where | Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street, Seattle (MAP) |
| Contact Email | info@theparamount.com |
| Contact Phone | 206-467-5510 |
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Get ready for Monty Python's Spamalot, a comedic musical "lovingly ripped off from" the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail at Paramount Theatre.
Paramount Theatre
911 Pine Street
Seattle
October 11, 2007, Thursday 7:30 PM
Tickets: US $27.00 - US $100.00
Monty Python's Spamalot is a comedic musical "lovingly ripped off from" the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many other ways, especially its parodies of Broadway theatre. Eric Idle, a member of the Monty Python team, wrote the musical's book and lyrics, and collaborated with John Du Prez on the music. Running since March 17, 2005, it was directed by Mike Nichols, and won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004–2005 season.
Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT features a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and one legless knight.
Mike Nichols has been acclaimed as one of the great American directors in film, theater and television. He has won the Academy Award and eight Tony Awards. He recently received the Directors' Guild of America Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as a DGA Award for the direction of the HBO adaptation of Angels in America.
The original cast recording of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT recently won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
The original Broadway production received fourteen Tony Award nominations, more than any other show in the 2004–2005 season. It won three of them:
- Best Musical
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Sara Ramirez)
- Best Direction of a Musical (Mike Nichols)
The production's eleven other nominations were:
- Best Book of a Musical (Eric Idle)
- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (John Du Prez and Eric Idle (Music); Eric Idle (Lyrics))
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Hank Azaria)
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Tim Curry)
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Michael McGrath)
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Sieber)
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley)
- Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley)
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Hugh Vanstone)
- Best Choreography (Casey Nicholaw, in his Broadway debut as choreographer)
- Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman)