'On Stage' Features 'Spamalot' Celebration This Weekend

Tune in to NY 1's "On Stage" this weekend (August 11-13) to see the 1,000th performance celebratory activities for Monty Python's Spamalot.

Spamalot commemorated their August 9th Broadway milestone by handing out free ice cream, raffling goodies from the show, and presenting one lucky fan, Heather Aspegren with a giant Spamalot-sized check for $1,000.  Tony nominated cast member Michael McGrath hosted the event, accompanied by costumed chorus cuties Ariel Reid and Jennifer Frankel.

"On Stage" airs on Time Warner Cable Ch. 1 on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Mondays at 9:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. (late night).

Spamalot won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical.

Spamalot features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, direction by Mike Nichols, choreography by Casey Nicholaw and is based on the screenplay of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, with an entirely new score with two songs from the 1975 film and the Python classic "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" from 1979's The Life of Brian.

In addition to Broadway, a national touring production continues to do record business across North America, a London production opened last fall to rave reviews at London's Palace Theatre, a Las Vegas production opened at Wynn Las Vegas in the spring of 2007, and a Melbourne, Australia production was recently announced to open at Her Majesty's Theatre in December 2007.

Visit www.MontyPythonsSpamalot.com for more information.