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Last night we went to see the national tour of "Spamalot" What a hoot!

Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast)

Eric Idle

All of the voices were very good. However, we both had a little trouble in the first act understanding the cast...they were perhaps lazy on enunciation...but the second act was much better. (It was helpful to have heard the CD. Trent had even read over the lyrics).

I have seen the movie about 15 ot 20 times (though not for a few years) Trent has seen it much less...and we both liked the stage version very much. I also had audio recordings from the movie that I listened to regularly in high school; the musical is so faithful to the movie that I was mouthing the words along with the cast in places. Several of them did quite admirable jobs of impersonating the original Pythoners.

Monty Python's Spamalot

I don't know if there is more than one touring company...our has Gary Beach as the star...though the lady who played the Lady of The Lake stole the show with her voice (I don't have her name because I'm at work --at lunch!-- and the program is at home). So if they come to your town, it's definitely worth the price of admission!