I saw this show last night. First let me say that the last time I saw THE HOLY GRAIL was years ago when I was in 8th grade so I didn't remember ANYTHING about it. Sadly though, it seems that if you don't know the film there are many many references you won't get throughout the show. The audience was packed with die hard Monty Python fans who yelled and screamed and like the girl next to me, repeated the dialogue throught the entire show which yes, got quite annoying.
It took a while for me to get into SPAMALOT, around 25 minutes I would say. At times it seemed that I was at a dinner party with people I didn't know who were only talking in inside jokes that I wasn't privy to so I just kind of looked around at times and twiddled my thumbs waiting for that scene to end. And I wasn't the only one. I'm not saying I didn't laugh. There were times I laughed quite hard, but those scenes and songs could be lifted from this show and put into a cabaret act completely out of context and they would have been just as funny because when you get down to it, SPAMALOT has no plot. It's like theatre of the absurd. But not very good theatre of the absurd. A lot of the jokes, to me, fell flat and were extremely repetitive and were told too many different ways throughout the shows 2 hours.
The majority of the cast, besides Tim Curry, is completely underused in this show. Hank Azaria who is one of the most talented men alive was maybe onstage for 40 minutes which is a real shame. David Hyde Pierce was allowed more time but besides a few of those very funny songs and some fun lines didn't have much to do. Sara Ramierez, as the Lady of the Lake had a few times to showcase that incredible voice of hers. But all of her songs are songs that mock songs and her character really has no business in the show anyways, so I'm left wondering "What's the point to this song or this character" which to be completely honest was my thought about most songs and characters.
I'd be very interested to hear what others thought of this show. I'm hoping that some changes are made before it opens because it does have a lot of potential and that cast is truly a dream cast.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
) then I personally wouldn't risk spending $100 on this show. MP is very different and their sense of humour is not for everyone. 
