Monty Python's Spamalot is planning a Broadway return for the St. James Theatre, with performances beginning October 31 and opening night November 16. The new production of the 2005 musical comes to the Main Stem following a run at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center earlier this year, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, who will return to stage the Broadway bow. Casting is to be announced.
The work features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by Idle and John Du Prez, "lovingly ripped off" from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Its first Broadway outing earned 14 Tony nods and won three, including Best Musical. The musical follows King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table on their quest for the Holy Grail, complete with coconut-shell horse hooves, shrubbery, the Knights Who Say "Ni!," and more.
"I’m thrilled to see Spamalot back on Broadway,” says Idle in a statement. “More than ever, it seems we need a good laugh and it's inspiring to see audiences still embracing this, the most happy of shows I have ever worked on. So put the News Cycle on Rinse Cycle, and take a couple of hours to relax with the Lady of the Lake, King Arthur, and the Knights Who Say Ni because we're not dead yet!"
The transfer will mark the first production from Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage series to make it to Broadway. Jeffrey Finn, who is the artistic director of the series, is producing the Broadway revival as well.
“As we near the almost 20th anniversary of the original production, it is a great honor to restore Spamalot's place on Broadway for fans who have longed for its return and for new audiences to meet the Knights of the Round Table for the first time,” says Finn. “I’m thrilled to continue the Kennedy Center’s legacy of bringing great productions from D.C. to audiences in the town that never sleeps—Camelot!...I mean, New York!”
A fan pre-sale for tickets will begin August 8 at 10 AM ET, with registration available at SpamalotTheMusical.com. General ticket sales begin August 9 at 10 AM ET.
See photos from the Kennedy Center run below:
Alex Brightman, James Monroe Iglehart, and Matthew Saldivar in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
James Monroe Iglehart in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
James Monroe Iglehart, Matthew Saldivar, and Jimmy Smagula in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Matthew Saldivar in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Matthew Saldivar and James Monroe Iglehart in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Michael Fatica, Alex Brightman, Ryan Kasprzak, and Rob McClure in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Michael Urie in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Michael Urie, Rob McClure, and Alex Brightman in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Rob McClure, Michael Fatica, and Kaylee Olson in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Nik Walker in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Nik Walker and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Nik Walker, Matthew Saldivar, James Monroe Iglehart, Jimmy Smagula, and Michael Urie in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
Rob McClure in Spamalot at the Kennedy Center.
