SPAMALOT - Help!

Hey all -

I'm looking to book a pair of tickets to see SPAMAlOT later this month. My friend, who's seen MACBETH and THURGOOD with me these past few weeks is a HUUUUGE Python fan, and I'd really like ot try my hand and (finally) see it for myself. I'm curious as to what the consensus is as to where to sit. Telecharge is offering C-ORCH / Row B / 106-107. I don't know what row that is, but I would imagine the view is pretty good, seeing as the Shubert is a medium-sized house. Also, I'm wondering who's in the current cast? Many sites don't seem to make much (of any) updates to changes made recently. Would I enjoy the show, not being all too familiar with the Python hooplah, and just appreciate it for the ... fact that it's a musical, and I love 'em just the same? Any and all insight is surely appreciated ... Many thanks!

Best,
- Mike

I've never seen a Monty Python movie. I didn't get the show and considered it a complete waste of money. I had no clue what everyone was laughing about.

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I had D 101 & 102 back in November and had plans to possibly surprise a friend by having him sit in seat 101. Then, the strike happened. Oh well...

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except that Clay Aiken will be replaced by Robert Petkoff starting next Tuesday.


Praise the lord!

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http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com/cast.php?section=151#jonathan_hadary

The cast on the official site is pretty accurate. The only person who will not be as far as I know, is Sir Robin, played by Clay Aiken until tomorrow. Everyone is awesome though. Especially Tom Deckman and Hannah Waddingham.

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I have a sense of humor, and I've seen a hell of a lot more theatre than you, Cartwheel, and I did not like it just fine.

Any piece of theatre that has a movie-watching prerequisite isn't good theatre.

A good piece of theatre needs to be able to stand on its own two feet.

There are Monty Python fans who disliked Spamalot, and others who loved it. There are non-Monty Python fans who loved it, and some who disliked it. Your experience is perfectly valid for you, but you can't generalize it for everyone. Personally, I'm not at all a Monty Python fan, but enjoyed Spamalot a great deal. Act Two, in particular, is very different from the film anyway.

I haven't seen the movie before seeing a &#^&$@* of it, and I loved it.

I hadn't seen Holy Grail since college (which was, trust me, many years ago), hadn't enjoyed it at the time, and remembered next to nothing about it. It didn't matter. I've seen, from other comments that have been posted various places, that my experience was not unique.

Your experience was not unique, either, but neither was it universal. THAT was my point.

Yes, the stage is pretty high, and if you're that close, some of the view may be blocked by actors standing on your side of the stage.

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BUMP!

The SPAMALOT website says Bradley Dean is playing Sir Dennis (and Others), but BROADWAY.com has Chris Sieber listed. Any idea who's in the role right now? And what of Clay Aiken's replacement? As an aside, our PLAYBILLs still in color over there at the Shubert?

Chris Sieber has left the show. I forget when, but it was his second time with the show. Bradley Dean is playing him right now.

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I've never seen any of the Monty Python films but I loved SPAMALOT.