I am not dead yet.

On February (thought: don’t you love spell check?) 12, 2008, my little sis and I went to see Monty Python’s SPAMALOT at TPAC’s Jackson Hall and it was excellent. For those of you who are more confused than normal at the moment, Spamalot is (take from show description:

Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot is the outrageous new musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic “Monty Python and The Holy Grail.” Directed by Tony Award-winner Mike Nichols, with a book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez, Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences everywhere are eating up Spamalot.

I have always been a Python fan (and frankly don’t understand those who are not…English bed wetting types I suppose), and I was not disappointed in any way. The production had quite a few moments from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and it was quite entertaining to hear the echoes in the crowd as they repeated the lines. Even patrons who are not fans of Python would agree that the show was well worth the time and you will laugh all through it. When you buy ticket I would encourage you to try to get seat D101 (in Nashville especially), A101, B101, or C101. I don’t want to reveal too much (even though I am the type of person who enjoys reading the end of a book first), but if your curios as to why read day 6.9.2005 from the “seldom updated site” at kouri.org. It honestly made me jealous, but I just stopped that and started being awesome instead.

I guess it had never occurred to me that plays like this might use different casts. I know in the original (that one a Tony Award) Tim Curry played Sir Arthur and in more recent news you might notice Clay Aiken is playing the role of the Brave Sir Robin. Well…in Nashville I saw neither, however the U.S. touring cast of Spamalot was excellent. And I must say that Ester Stilwell who played the Lady of the Lake can really sing. I loved her diva rant (and I thought it was excellent of Eric Idle to drop the reference to Brittany Spears citing that “we don’t laugh at sad people.”)

Either way, overall it was an excellent show, I even picked up the soundtrack so I could listen to “Always, Look on the Bright Side of Life.”..I should also mention that “The Song that Goes Like This,” will have you (as it did me) rolling in the aisle…(by the way: when rolling in the aisles make sure you are aware of your surroundings…aka. not on a balcony near the edge, even though laughter is good for you, this may not be.)

In the event that all of this Python foolery is not enough you could always try organizing a World Record breaking even like the largest number of people in one location playing coconuts at the same time.

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