Vegas' Arts & Entertainment Corner
“Monty Python’s SPAMALOT”
at Wynn Las Vegas
Starring John O’Hurley, as “King Arthur!”
OpenedMarch 31, 2007
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“Monty Python’s Flying Circus” first aired on BBC television in 1969. Now a show
inspired by the Python TV show and films will open in Las Vegas.
SPAMALOT is written by Eric Idle and is lovingly ripped off from the motion picture
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam,
Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. SPAMALOT features lyrics and a Grammy
Award-winning score by Eric Idle and long-time Python collaborator John Du Prez. The
show is directed by Oscar and Tony Award-winning legend Mike Nichols.
From all the critical acclaim Eric Idle has created a funny live spectacle, which tells the
legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for
the Holy Grail. The show features lusty maidens, dancing divas, a killer rabbit and the
only legless knight appearing on the Las Vegas Strip.
SPAMALOT has been honored with dozens of awards: The “Grammy Award” for “Best
Original Cast Recording” and three “Tony Awards,” including “Best Musical.”
If you live in Las Vegas you can see the original BBC TV shows on Vegas’ PBS station
and relive the days of those crazy Monty Python sitcoms.
Choreography by Casey Nicholaw, sets and costumes by Tony Award-winner Tim
Hatley, lighting design is by Hugh Vanstone and sound design is by ACME Sound
Partners. Others on the creative and production teams include David Brian Brown (Hair
& Wig Design), Gregory Meeh (Special Effects Design), Elaine McCarthy (Projection
Design), Joseph A. Campayno (Make-Up Design), Larry Hochman (Orchestrations),
Glen Kelly (Music Arrangements), Todd Ellison (Music Supervision and Vocal
Arrangements), Peter Lawrence (Associate Director), Tara Rubin (Casting), and Gene
O'Donovan (Production Manager).
The show is lots of fun. So…don’t sit there and wait, get your tickets now!
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