Tag: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Chivalry Be Damned: “Monty Python’s Spamalot” Savagely Satirizes King Arthur and His Knights
Like rude boys hijacking their high school history class and goring every sacred cow of the Arthurian Legend, “Monty Python’s Spamalot” blows raspberries at good King Arthur, his heroic Knights of the Round Table, and his mythic capital Camelot, much to the delight of Broadway Series South and the North Carolina Theatre patrons who awarded Tuesday’s opening-night performance with a vigorous — and well-deserved — standing ovation.
“Monty Python’s Spamalot” Gleefully Lampoons King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and Camelot
Broadway Series South and the North Carolina Theatre will co-host the Triangle return of Stephen B. Kane, Michael McFadden, and Phoenix Entertainment’s national tour of “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” which won the 2005 Tony Award® for Best Musical, on Feb. 12-17 in 2,277-seat Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. “Spamalot” applies the patented stream-of-consciousness sketch-comedy technique — and sublime silliness — of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-83) to debunking the legends of noble King Arthur and his heroic Knights of the Round Table and their brave but ultimately futile search for the Holy Grail.
“Monty Python’s Spamalot” Is Sublimely Silly
The sublime silliness of the Brit twits of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-83) is on display this week at the Durham Performing Arts Center in the form of “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” The light and lively national tour of the iconoclastic 2005 Broadway musical gleefully skewers chivalry by transforming the principal characters of the Arthurian legend into a bunch of clueless wankers flailing away at each other on the pestilent dung heap that was medieval England, circa 932 A.D.
“Monty Python’s Spamalot” Pokes Fun at Camelot and Rudely Debunks the Arthurian Legend
“Monty Python’s Spamalot” applies the patented stream-of-consciousness sketch-comedy technique — and sublime silliness — of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-83) to debunking the legends of noble King Arthur and his heroic Knights of the Round Table and their brave but ultimately futile search for the Holy Grail.