SPAMALOT Offers Day Of Performance Lottery At Golden Gate Theatre 5/22-7/5

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of $25 limited view side orchestra seats will be held daily for Monty Python's SPAMALOT, playing the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Friday, May 22 through Sunday, July 5. Lottery tickets are available for every performance.

Each day, 2 hours prior to curtain, ticket buyers can arrive at the Golden Gate Theatre box office to enter their names in the Monty Python's SPAMALOT lottery where ½ hour later, names will be drawn for the winning seats. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person, cash only. Each person must have a valid photo I.D. in order to participate. Visit www.shnsf.com for more information.

Monty Python's SPAMALOT will make its California premiere in San Francisco and will feature television star John O'Hurley. John O'Hurley is best known for his role as "J. Peterman" in the hit television comedy "Seinfeld" and currently hosts the popular game show "Family Feud." Monty Python's SPAMALOT is presented as a part of the 2008-2009 Citibank Best of Broadway series season under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays.

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.

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.

Monty Python isn't a person, but a group of British actors and writers (and one American) that performed their famous comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus on the BBC from 1969 to 1974, with subsequent international fame and success.

The original cast recording of Monty Python's SPAMALOT won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

Directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python's 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 music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez. Casey Nicholaw is the choreographer.

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Tickets for Monty Python's SPAMALOT range in price from $30 to $99 and can be purchased online at shnsf.com, through Ticketmaster by calling (415) 512-7770, at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers and at the Orpheum Theatre Box Office (1192 Market at 8th St., Mon-Sat 10am - 6pm). Beginning Tuesday, May 19, tickets may also be purchased at the Golden Gate Theatre Box Office (1 Taylor at Market & 6th). The Golden Gate Theatre Box Office opens at Noon daily and remains open until 1/2 hour past curtain time. Groups of 20 or more may order now by calling Group Sales at (415) 551-2020. To learn more Monty Python's SPAMALOT and other SHN shows, please visit www.shnsf.com