On Mar 31, 2005 10:38 PM, Daniel Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For all the Monty Python fans on this list: > > I went to see Spamalot last weekend, and wound up making my > Broadway stage debut. > > First, I loved the play. It is extremely well done, and very, very > funny. I expected it to be a rehash of the movie (Monty Python and > the Holy Grail), but it was much more than that. > > They do follow the basic plot of the movie. They include all the > bits that real Python fans want to see, including, Bring out your > Dead/ I'm not dead yet, the knight who gets all his limbs cut off > but still wants to keep fighting, the killer rabbit, the Knights > who say Ni, the French Knights who taunt the British, the Trojan > rabbit, the catapulted cow, etc. There is also, however, a lot of > new material. > > They parody a number of Broadway hits, including Phantom, Les Mis, > Chorus Line, and, especially, Fiddler on the Roof. The knights > doing the dance from Fiddler is just hilarious. They > also take on the gay marriage issue in the play. > > At the end of the play, they find the clue to the location of the > holy grail, but they are not bright enough to figure it out. The > hand of god come down from above and points to one of the seats in > the first row. Sure enough, the grail is found under the seat. The > occupant of that seat (which was me at this performance) gets > dragged onstage and is honored as "the Best Peasant." Needless to > say, given my heritage, I was proud to be recognized as the > peasant that I am. They asked my name, and than sang a musical > number to "Dan Matyola." Really, they all actually remembered the > name. I got a trophy, a certificate and hugs from the knights (but > not from the Lady of the Lake or her dancing girls!) > > They also took my picture, which is at: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3243389 > I'm the one not dressed like a knight, Tim Curry is to my left, > David Hyde Pierce in front of me, and Hank Azaria to my right in > chain mail. > > It was quite an evening. > > In any event, the play is spectacular, and everyone should see it > if the can, not only Python fanatics. > > Dan M
That is so freaking cool, Dan!! I'm green with envy. Did they do the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch? I liked that one. As long as they did the French guys in the castle: "I told them we already have one..." "Go away you English pig-dogs! I empty the contents of my nose in your general direction." <vbg> Please tell me that the pic wasn't taken with a Pentax. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
