Alan Tudyk to Fill in for Hank Azaria in Spamalot

Production sources have confirmed that Alan Tudyk will fill in for Tony-nominee Hank Azaria during his time off from SPAMALOT, during which he'll be filming his Showtime series "Huff." Tudyk is expected to fill in for Azaria until he returns which is expected in the Thanksgiving timeframe.

Alan Tudyk has had leading stage roles in off-beat productions as well as scene-stealing supporting turns in film. After attending the Juilliard School, Tudyk appeared in several regional and off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut in Jerry Zak's play Epic Proportions with Kristin Chenoweth. Other stage work includes The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Oedipus Rex, Misalliance, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Bunny Bunny, for which he received both the Clarence Derwent and Drama League Awards for Best New York Debut of 1997.

On the big screen, Tudyk starred as the soft-spoken and kind voice of Sonny in I, Robot in addition to providing several of the voices in the animated feature film Ice Age. He recently completed the independent feature film Ralph's Club. Tudyk's other film roles include Sir William's squire, Wat, in A Knight's Tale opposite Heath Ledger; the cocaine-addicted German stripper Gerhardt in 28 Days, opposite Sandra Bullock; and Monte Man in Hearts in Atlantis, opposite Anthony Hopkins. His additional feature credits include Wonder Boys with Michael Douglas, Patch Adams starring Robin Williams, and 35 Miles to Normal.

SPAMALOT was nominated for 14 Tony Awards including Best Musical. SPAMALOT has received nominations for Outstanding Musical by the Drama Desk Awards and the Drama League and has been recognizing as Outstanding Musical by the Outer Critics Circle Awards.

The cast recording for SPAMALOT debuted this week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #69 (snicker if you must).

SPAMALOT is playing at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street).

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 who create unforgettable musical production numbers that Python-alum/book writer Eric Idle promises will be "as good as or quite likely better than any other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway this season."

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