Eric Idle News

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the return of Broadway's record-breaking musical smash hit CHICAGO for a limited one-week engagement.

SPAMALOT returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre June 3 through 5.

Howard Panter (yes, him again!) for The Ambassador Theatre Group and Bill Kenwright (when he's not running a football team) present Monty Python's Spamalot A new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Durham for two performances on May 24 & 25, 2011 at DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center.

CHICAGO is coming back to Detroit with John O'Hurley starring as Billy Flynn. CHICAGO will end its run at Detroit's Fisher Theatre May 22, 2011

CHICAGO is coming back to Detroit with John O'Hurley starring as Billy Flynn. CHICAGO will be at Detroit's Fisher Theatre May 17 -22, 2011.

SPAMALOT returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre June 3 through 5.

In these heady days of austerity and bank bailouts, it's no surprise Dubliners are looking for a bit of escapist entertainment. And, no, I'm not talking about the Eurovision song contest. Only slightly less campy is the UK tour of Spamalot, playing through May 14th at Dublin's Grand Canal Theatre, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a more delightful antidote to the recession blues.

CHICAGO which opened to rave reviews on November 14th, 1996, now has the distinction of being the longest-running musical revival playing on Broadway, the second longest-running musical production currently playing on Broadway, and the fifth longest-running production in Broadway history, and... shows no sign of ever slowing down!

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) continued the celebration of its 25th anniversary by holding its 21st Simply Shakespeare reading of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.' The participants for this rhinestone-studded cast in a down-home evenin' that was more colorful than a clown at a rodeo included Christina Applegate, Kenneth Branagh, Faith Hill, Eric Idle, Arte Johnson, Eugene Levy, Tim McGraw, William Shatner, Martin Short, Tracey Ullman and the co-chairs of the event Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, all of whom read one of Shakespeare's best known and beloved comedies.

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary by holding its 21st Simply Shakespeare reading of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary by holding its 21st Simply Shakespeare reading of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.' The participants for this rhinestone-studded cast in a down-home evenin' that will be more colorful than a clown at a rodeo include Christina Applegate, Kenneth Branagh, Faith Hill, Eric idle, Arte Johnson, Eugene Levy, Tim McGraw, William Shatner, Martin Short, Tracey Ullman and the co-chairs of the event Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, all of whom will be reading one of Shakespeare's best known and beloved comedies.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will return to the fair city of Memphis on May 6th-8th, 2011 at The Orpheum Theatre for five performances during a one weekend only engagement.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will return to the fair city of Memphis on May 6th-8th, 2011 at The Orpheum Theatre for five performances during a one weekend only engagement.