Venting Time about Spamalot

I'm sorry...I just have to vent and I'm sure a few people will understand on this board. I saw Spamalot today and the audience around me was so obnoxious! People laugh so loud! I know the show is funny and there are die hard fans there but the laughter is above the normal person's laugh. There was even a drunk woman near me who was totally annoying. Thank god she passed out during the second act. I felt like I was at a college party and for over 100 bucks a ticket, it was not fair for the people trying to enjoy the performance. I missed a few lines because of the loudness...I'll stop now, just had to vent!

Thanks JV, I agree. I thought the show as stupid and childish. There very few funny parts. It is almost like you are expected to think it is funny. I did not much care for it. It was not worth the money I paid.

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Love the OBC recording, but I definately won't be spending another $100 to see it again, but would do standing room.

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I still think The Light in the Piazza should have won.

Whew.

Was it worth it to pay $20 to wind up sitting in $110 seats? Absolutely. Would I ever want to attempt a second go at it? Absolutely not, I'm full. Enjoyable, but worth paying $20 to see, definitely not for me

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I agree: THE PRODUCERS attracted the same kinds of reactions from the audience when it first opened.

I enjoyed SPAMALOT but haven't bought the OBC recording. I thought the music sounded too much like radio jingles. The show itself was good, silly fun. (Please remember, I liked the TV show SLEDGE HAMMER, too!)

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I wish there was not as much Spamalot-bashing as there has been. For one thing, why would someone go in expecting "great theatre"? It's Monty Python and Mike Nichols. There's your first clue.

I, for one, found the old material and the new material funny. Very funny the second time I saw it, which was with Simon Russell Beale as Arthur. I did not see Tim Curry the first time, but I highly doubt he was better than Beale was. Also, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, and especially Michael McGrath were all wonderful performers and delivered their lines fabulously. Unfortunately, Lauren Kennedy was not as funny as Sara Ramiriz was. She definetely deserved that Tony (Before anyone gives me death threats, I say that having seen Kelli O'Hara in Piazza and Celia Keenan-Bolger in Spelling Bee. In fact, I think Keenan-Bolger could have won it if Ramiriz did not).

Speaking of McGrath, he says one of my favorite lines in the whole show:

Patsy: Actually, sir, I'm Jewish.
Arthur: Well, why didn't you tell me, Patsy?
Patsy: Well, it's not something one says to a heavily armed Christian!

The way he sayed it made me laugh both times I saw it.

Basically, what I am trying to say is that I think people should lighten up about Spamalot, and vent their criticisms to show we know that pretty much everybody does not like, like Lestat or Hot Feet.

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