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Spamalot Smashes Shubert House Record for Week of Nov. 27

By: Nov. 28, 2005
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Monty Python's Spamalot set a new house record at the Shubert Theatre, netting $1,142,071.43 for the week ending November 27; the new grosses beat those that Spamalot had raked in during the week of Sept. 26- Oct. 1, when the show grossed $1,071,021.35.

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Lovingly "ripped-off" from the internationally famous comedy team's Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot received the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical as well as Best Director for Mike Nichols and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Sara Ramirez.  It also won the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical. The show's score is by Eric Idle and John Du Prez with a book by Idle, and in addition to Ramirez, it opened with Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber, Michael McGrath, Hank Azaria, Christian Borle and others as its loopy knights. Produced by Boyett Ostar Productions, Spamalot boasts choreography by Casey Nicholaw, set and costume design by Tim Hatley, lighting design by Hugh Vanstone and sound design by ACME Sound Partners.

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. The show, which opened at the Shubert Theatre on March 17th, has continued to play to sold-out houses and break box office records.

Hank Azaria rejoins the company on December 2; Simon Russell Beale and Lauren Kennedy join the company on December 20 in the roles of King Arthur and The Lady of the Lake (respectively) on December 20.

Simon Russell Beale is appearing with the permission of Actors Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity.

For more information, visit www.montypythonsspamalot.com. For tickets to the Broadway production of Spamalot, call 212 239-6200, 800 432-7250 , or visit www.telecharge.com.




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