Spamalot Breaks Box Office Record at DC's National Theatre

The sold-out five week run of the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot has shattered box office records at Washington D.C.'s National Theatre.

"Every week since beginning the run on Tuesday, June 6, Spamalot has beat the record set by the touring production of Les Miserables when it grossed $960,842 at The National Theatre. During the show's five-week run, Spamalot has beaten its own record at The National Theatre four times.

For its final week at The National Theatre (week ending July 9), Spamalot grossed $1,138,472.

The tour will next play a nine-week run at Toronto's Canon Theatre starting July 12. Following Toronto, Spamalot will begin performances at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera starting September 12.

Following the success in Washington DC, the production has already announced it will play a return engagement to Washington, DC, December 11, 2007 to January 6, 2008.

Directed by eight-time Tony Award-winner Mike Nichols, the show features a book by Eric Idle, 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 music and lyrics by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.  Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw is the choreographer.

"Lovingly 'ripped-off' from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Spamalot is the winner of three 2005 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director (Mike Nichols), as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical," state press notes.

The original cast recording of Spamalot won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

Sold-out since it opened on March 17, 2005,  Spamalot has continued to break box office records at The Shubert Theatre.

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