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Monty Python's Spamalot Musical Gets Cast

Posted by simoniker on from the pram-pushing dept.

Frisky070802 writes "Slashdot reported last fall that a musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail was in the works for Broadway. A new CNN article talks about the latest news, including casting (Hank Azaria and Tim Curry, as well as David Hyde Pierce of Frasier fame as Sir Robin!) and scheduling. And, oh yeah, it was Spamalot after all.... not Spamelot as the last Slashdot article claimed. Watch for previews late this year and Broadway next spring."

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  1. Casting from 'Frasier' eh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    They should've gone for Kelsey instead of David. I just cant picture Mr Hyde Pierce telling the bards to shut up with any degree of conviction.

  2. I can't decide by deutschemonte · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I love Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I also hate broadway.

    That said, I don't know if this will make me like broadway more or the Holy Grail less.

    I think I will just opt to read the reviews and just tell everyone I heard of it and was thinking of watching but I haven't had the time yet.

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    1. Re:I can't decide by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I love Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I also hate broadway.

      OK, I'm intrigued. How does one "hate Broadway?" It's like "hating books" or "hating films." Now, I can understand hating musicals, or hating musical comedies, or hating certain types of dramas, even hating certain theaters, but "hating Broadway?" Did some stage manager drop a sandbag on you at an early age? Help me out on this one...

  3. David Hyde Pierce is awesome by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You obviously haven't seen Wet Hot American Summer. Watch that movie to the end, and you'll understand why he'd be perfect for anything Monty Python related.

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  4. Re:I just don't get it by rozz · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Maybe it's just that British humor doesn't appeal to me.(But I used to LOVE Benny Hill)

    those are completely different types of humor ... while the circus-clown like humor of Benny Hill exercises your face and stomac muscles, watching a Monthy Python movie could be an exhausting but quite rewarding activity for your brain .. i find them both appealing and high-quality

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  5. What about Spam? by zr-rifle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sponsored by spam.

    Seriously, I wonder if this might hurt the company's meaty feelings.

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  6. But will it be as good as last year's.... by lxt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Monty Python, "In French" - a brilliant show at the Fringe Festival 2003, which was basically Monty Python sketches performed to a UK audience. But in French. I believe it got the blessing of the Pythons themselves...