Silence! the Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs that was presented as part of the ninth annual New York International Fringe Festival, is set for a UK mounting.
Actor T. Scott Cunningham, a founding member of Drama Dept. and The Vineyard Community of Artists, died at NYU Medical Center in New York City on Saturday, June 20 from complications due to pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, according to Sam Rudy, a spokesperson for The Vineyard Theatre. Mr. Cunningham was 47 years old.
The long arm of the sword will come to an end on Sunday July 13 when the award-winning 'Monty Python's SPAMALOT' ends its historic run at Wynn Las Vegas. SPAMALOT began its reign in the desert on March 31, 2007 and tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail. SPAMALOT features silly songs, dancing divas, knights in tights, feisty Frenchmen and a happy ending! It will have played 509 performances.
The long arm of the sword will come to an end on Sunday July 13 when the award-winning 'Monty Python's SPAMALOT' ends its historic run at Wynn Las Vegas. SPAMALOT began its reign in the desert on March 31, 2007 and tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail. SPAMALOT features silly songs, dancing divas, knights in tights, feisty Frenchmen and a happy ending! It will have played 509 performances.
When it opened on Broadway in 2005 it instantly became difficult to find fresh adjectives - rather, superlatives - to describe 'Spamalot', the musical (as the subtitle says) 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 film, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'
On Monday, June 19th at The Hudson Theatre, over 650 guests were in attendance for a one-night-only staged reading of the Charles Busch cult classic play Die Mommie Die!, produced by The Actors' Fund of America, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the event!
Silence! the Musical, the musical parody of the Silence of the Lambs that will play the New York International Fringe Festival from Aug. 12th through 28th, will feature Paul Kandel, Jenn Harris and Lisa Howard