'Holy Grail' vs. 'Spamalot' -

My wife and I saw "Spamalot last night in Chicago. Or should I say we saw the first act. We left at intermission, finding that fleeing into the near sub-zero temps more desireable than the half baked humor that is Spamalot. "Run away, run away" never had so much meaning as it did last night. My unsolicited advice (although we paid $140.00 to witness this mess) to the cast and crew is to keep the day job. To Mike Nichols; thank your lucky stars your wife has a pretty steady gig. To those who have tickets for future shows I would suggest ebay if you have the conscienece that would enable you to "sell" your tics to unsuspecting theater wonks. The "Bring out your dead" scene was lacking one body, The script, for this miscarriage of humor. Target audience may be 12-15 year old boys who can appreciate fart and rear end jokes. One final warning before I go... RUN AWAY!

Loved it! Sets, effects, lighting, costumes, choreography, staging, book, musical numbers, humor and most of all the performances.

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Well, just joined to bash this show, eh? I have not seen it yet, but the people that I have talked to that have seen it LOVED it.
By the way, Nichols has a career of his own and even if this show were a huge disaster I somehow feel he will work again whenever he wants.

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I know several people who hated the movie but absolutely loved the show.

You obviously don't know very much if you think one show could sink Mike Nichol's career.

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I was being slightly sarcstic to illustrate my point. I am sure Mr. Nichols will do just fine in the future. Sarcasm is form of humor which this play, in my humble opinion, needs.

Someone joining with the first order of business being to bash a specific show always looks suspicious.

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Probably a good idea. Losing the patronizing attitude would be a good idea as well.

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Just a warning to you Scott-You are 100% entitled to your own oppinion, but be careful what you say here. It can get pretty ugly

Forgive me again. My intention wasn't to be patronizing. I was trying to adopt an air of condescension.

i am unfamilair with the word"f#ck". Was that word used in the second act?

Low brow has defined my life. I really enjoyed the old Python stuff and enjoyed thr original movie. It simply wasn't funny. The jokes were stale and the woman who played "Lady of the Lake" was doing a poor imitation of Bernadette Peters (apologies to Ms Peters who I see as a huge talent). As I scanned the audience near the end of the first act, I saw more people with there arms crossed, expressionless than I saw people actually smiling and laughing. I hope they tweek the show before you see it.

I saw the first preview on Tuesday. Although I agree with some of what Scott said, I think act 2 helps to put the show in much better focus. By the time its over, most of the stupid humor make more sense and the audience gives it a thunderous ovation. It will be a hit in NYC.

Now, if you want to see a real stiff, why not try All Shook Up? A complete nightmare. Hopefully someone can stop it before it hits Broadway because it is a terrible mess.

I've seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as well, and Spamalot is far superior. Chitty is also not very good, although we'll see what Raul can do with it. It looks like a Spamalot season to me.