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Monty Python’s Spamalot, 2005

Shows · Shubert Theatre, 2005

Original BroadwayShubert Theatre 1,575 performances1 Tony Awards

The run dates incomplete

Opened
March 17, 2005
Closed
Performances
1,575
Previews
Theatre
Shubert Theatre

Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 10th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

No closing date. 5,632 of 13,459 productions have none, and at this distance that means the ending was never recorded rather than that the run went on.

Who was in it8 named

8 of these 8 names have a person record behind them and link to one. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Mike Nichols
Choreographer
Casey Nicholaw
Producer
Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Arielle Tepper, Stephanie McClelland, Lawrence Horowitz, Élan V. McAllister, Allan S. Gordon, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, GRS Associates, Jam Theatricals, TGA Entertainment, Ltd. and Clear Channel Entertainment; Associate

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination

Best Musical Won

Around this production

Monty Python’s Spamalot, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, opens at the Shubert Theater and begins a successful run. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 34

Once in every show There comes a song like this It starts off soft and low And ends up with a kiss

Sir Dennis Galahad. Today In History Musicals Today In History Stollenwerk Joe 1973 Today In History, p. 239

I’ve been offstage for far too long / Ages since I had a song

The Lady of the Lake. Today In History Musicals Today In History Stollenwerk Joe 1973 Today In History, p. 322

You just don't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews.

Sir Robin. Today In History Musicals Today In History Stollenwerk Joe 1973 Today In History, p. 362
  • Monty Python’s Spamalot is one of the megahit shows that opened after Enchanted Evenings and may reach the Top Broadway 10 by the time it closes. Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford New, p. 23
  • Shows that either have major characters who are homosexual or in which homosexuality is a significant feature of the plot include Hair (1968), Your Own Thing (1968), A Chorus Line (1975), La Cage aux Folles (1983), Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Victor/Victoria (1995), Rent (1996), The Producers (20… Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 193
  • Twenty-first century Broadway musicals such as Monty Python’s Spamalot have had successful national tours. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 332
  • Monty Python’s Spamalot 1,574 performances Opened March 17, 2005 Closed January 11, 2009 Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 455
  • Monty Python’s Spamalot 1,575 performances Opened March 17, 2005 Closed January 11, 2009 Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 455

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • No recording is held for Monty Python’s Spamalot at all.
  • When it closed.
  • No show page for Monty Python’s Spamalot. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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