Monty Python's Spamalot - Back to Dayton

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) October 21, 2011 -- The Tony® Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot , returns to the fair city of Dayton for a one time only engagement on October 30 at the Schuster Center. Tickets are on sale now at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, by phone 937.228.3630 or online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.

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 and a 2006 Grammy® Award For Best Musical Show Album.

Based on the Tony Award winning direction of Mike Nichols and the riotous choreography of Casey Nicholaw , 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 .

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.

Tickets are on sale now and start at just $41! To purchase tickets, visit the Ticket Center Stage box office located in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center; order by phone at 937.228.3630 or 888.228.3630; or order online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.

About SPAMALOT

Monty Python’s Spamalot debuted on Broadway in 2005. Based on the 1975 movie, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” this legendary tale follows King Arthur on his quest to find the Holy Grail. Throughout the show Arthur, along with his servant Patsy, recruits some very interesting characters in this hilarious musical ripped off from the beloved motion picture.

Dan Kane of the Canton Repository (Cleveland) said “It is hard to imagine a more jovially entertaining Broadway show, where the laughs begin during the pre-show announcements and continue through the end of the full-tilt curtain call.” Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun Times writes, “SPARKLING, SEAMLESS AND UTTERLY GOOFY! SPAMALOT functions with precision-tooled musical comedy clockwork. There’s something delicious about indulging in the loopy insanity of it all again and again!”

Mike Nichols has been acclaimed as one of the great American directors in film, theater and television. He has won the Academy Award and eight Tony® Awards. He recently received the Directors' Guild of America Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as a DGA Award for the direction of the HBO adaptation of Angels in America.

Casey Nicholaw’s outstanding work on Monty Python’s Spamalot earned him nominations for the Tony® Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award. He followed up Monty Python’s Spamalot with another smash hit Broadway musical, The Drowsy Chaperone for which he earned numerous nominations as director and choreographer.

Aside from his work with Monty Python in films and on TV, Eric Idle has written a West End play, Pass the Butler ; three novels, including The Road to Mars, The Rutles - A Mockumentary ; and many songs too rude to mention. He has sung opera, acted in movies, appeared on television and crossed America performing comedy on The Greedy Bastard Tour . His diary of his 15,000 mile journey by bus was recently published by Harper Collins, and his long awaited sequel The Rutles2: Can't Buy Me Lunch was released by Warner Video in March. There's no saying what he might do next...

John Du Prez has composed over 20 feature film scores including A Fish Called Wanda, A Private Function, The Meaning of Life, Personal Services, UHF, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I, II & III. He has worked with Eric Idle since 1978.

Monty Python's Spamalot is produced by Stephen B. Kane, Michael McFadden and Phoenix Entertainment.

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.

For more information, visit www.montypythonsspamalot.com

The one-time presentation of Monty Python’s Spamalot receives support from Leadership Sponsor WKEF-TV ABC22 . Additional support is provided from Performance Sponsor Fifth Third Bank.

For more information on the rest of Victoria Theatre Association’s 2011-2012 season, visit www.victoriatheatre.com.

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