Spamalot's Hochman Wins Daytime Emmy

The 35th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards were presented last night and Larry Hochman, the orchestrator for MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, received an Emmy for his Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for Nickelodeon's "The Wonder Pets!"

Hochman shares the award with Jeffrey Lesser, Michael John LaChiusa, Billy Lopez, martin Erkskine J. Walter Hawkes and Bobby Lopez.  For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv.

Lovingly "ripped-off" from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 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.

The original cast recording of SPAMALOT won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

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.

Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17th, SPAMALOT will welcome returning Tony and Olivier Award nominee Marin Mazzie as 'The Lady of the Lake.'

Beginning Tuesday, June 24th, SPAMALOT will welcome Emmy nominee Stephen Collins ("Seventh Heaven," Because I Said So) and Grammy nominee Drew Lachey ("Dancing With The Stars," the band 98 Degrees) to Broadway's Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street).  Collins, who is best known to television audiences as Rev. Eric Camden in the long-running WB/CW hit series "Seventh Heaven," will assume the role of 'King Arthur.' Lachey, who rose to fame as a member of the popular band 98 Degrees and was the second season champion of ABC's top-rated reality competition series "Dancing With The Stars," will take over the role of 'Patsy,' Arthur's trusted manservant.

MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT on Broadway ticket info: Tickets are $111.25, $86.25, $76.25, $36.25 Telecharge 212-239-6200 or www.telecharge.com. PLAYING SCHEDULE: Tuesday-Saturday at 8 PM, Saturday matinee at 2 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM and 7 PM.