Yay!!!!! As a Tuesday night special treat, Doug and I went and saw Monty Pyton's Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical. I have been waiting around for this since I heard that it was coming to Broadway. Since I couldn't make it out to NY to see the orignal cast, this was the next best thing. If you're wondering, we went on a Tuesday because we got better seats than a weekend showing. We were right orchestra level row G, close enough to see all kinds of facial expressions and stuff. It was great!
The musical itself was pretty great! Here are some highlights in the form of Pros & Cons...Pros:
There were lots of funny bits and things straight out of the movie. The acting was great. I esp. liked Sir Robin & Patsy.
The sets & constumes were awesome. Totally Monty Python... brilliant. And the voice work by John Cleese... oh yes...
Audience participation! It was seriously hilarious. Plus the sing along at the end was a nice touch. Oh, and the Knights who say Ni! added their own Wisconsin flair.
Nods to other musicals: I saw Phantom, Les Mis, West Side Story, but I'm pretty sure there were more...
Cons:
It def. was raunchy in places. I could've done without the French hand gestures and lots of scantily clad women.
Minor nit pick: I thought Sir Robin didn't sing his main song as fast as David Hyde Pierce does on the soundtrack. (It was still great though.) And the Lady of the Lake sang all her songs way too fast.
All in all, we had an awesome time! We're totally going to do it again. We've even got tickets for a show in Aug. called Church Basement Ladies (the poster is behind me in this photo) starring William Christopher, who played Father Mulchahy on M*A*S*H. Not just tickets... FRONT ROW tickets. WOO HOO!!!
And yes, this is the dress that I bought for the Epic Anniversary Party, in case you were wondering...
Of course in true Monty Python & the Holy Grail fashion... Here were the first 3 pages of the playbill, mooses & all. Although read at your own risk, there is one part that is pretty naughty...
Just a small note at the end, this is my 100th blog post, I was going to do something epic for it, but I decided that Spamalot was pretty epic enough. Hurray for blogging!
3 comments:
Fun! And I think you'll like Church Basement Ladies. A lot of my coworkers went to it when it came through KC and they thought it was hilarious.
I love going to see Broadway shows! Glad you enjoyed Spamalot! I wanted to see it when it was in Denver. If it were up to me, I'd see them all...but who can afford it?
Happy Hundredth!
So cool. Too awesome for words, really. And I have to say that the dress is fabulous.
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