Spamalot team wins Holy Grail of TV Awards

Mike Nichols and David Hyde Pierce, both part of the eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, were big winners last night at the Emmy Awards. Mike Nichols, who will direct SPAMALOT, won for direction for the mini-series for "Angels in America," which received a total of 11 wins. He also was honored as executive producer of the mini-series. David Hyde Pierce, who will star as Sir Robin, won for supporting actor in a comedy for his performance in the final season of "Frasier." Nichols and Pierce previously worked together on the film "Wolf."

Monty Python's SPAMALOT, a new musical lovingly ripped-off from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, begins previews at Broadway's Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th St.) on February 7, 2005 and opens on March 10, 2005. SPAMALOT will arrive on Broadway following a four-week World Premiere engagement at Chicago's Shubert Theatre (December 21, 2004 - January 16, 2005). Directed by Mike Nichols, SPAMALOT 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 an entirely new score featuring music and lyrics by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, along with three songs from the 1975 film.

Three of today's most celebrated and popular stars of stage and screen will lead the musical quest for the elusive Holy Grail. SPAMALOT will star Emmy Award-winner David Hyde Pierce (Sir Robin) who is best known from television's "Frasier"; two time Tony Award-nominee Tim Curry (King Arthur), who rose to international fame with The Rocky Horror Show and subsequent Rocky Horror Picture Show; and, Hank Azaria (Sir Lancelot), Emmy Award-winner for "The Simpsons" and star of television shows and films.