King Arthur: âHave you heard of this Broadway?â
Sir Robin: âYes Sire, and we don’t stand a chance there.â
Actually, Spamalot, the musical version of the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail was a bona-fide smash, first lighting up the 2004-05 Broadway season, and now expertly mounted at the Kennedy Center through May 21st, as a part of their âBroadway Center Stageâ programming. Honestly, this production of Spamalot is dizzying,
When youâre feeling in the dumpsâ donât be silly chumps! Just purse your lips and whistleâ for a ride to Columbia where you can see the phenomenally funny Monty Pythonâs Spamalot at Tobyâs Dinner Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Mark Minnick with Musical Direction by Ross Scott Rawlings, this beaming burst of sunshine is enough to brighten anyoneâs day with its comedic antics, feel-good foolishness, vibrant singing, and energetic dancing.
Not a Monty Python fan?
Itâs utterly frightening how guilty one can make an innocent man look if one truly tries. But what if the innocent man isnât so innocent? Or what if heâs guilty and innocent at the same time? Will you be able to keep up with the mayhem and calamity that unfolds in the madcap comedic thriller, The Gazebo on the cabaret stage at Cockpit in Court this summer? Only one way to find out!
If you trust in your soul, keep your eyes on the goal, then the prize you wonât failâ youâll find your grail at Cockpit in Court this summer with their second mainstage production, Monty Pythonâs Spamalot. Directed by Laurie Sentman Starkey with Musical Direction by R. Christopher Rose, this instance of comedic musical theatre has a little something for everybody. Be you a Monty Python fan, a musical theatre fan, neither,
Musical theatre these days, boy I tells ya! Might as well go to hell for whatâs passing on the boards as good entertainment! But youâre in luck! Has Epic Productions Inc. got the show for you! Itâs gutsy! Itâs spoofy! Itâs a two-handlerâ finally a side-splittingly funny musical about Gutenberg! Itâs just what the Baltimore theatre scene needs and itâs just what Epic Productions Inc. is serving up and dishing out with their upcoming production ofâ you guessed itâ Gutenberg!
Hey, hey! Momma, look sharp. For you might just find two of Tobyâs cast members of their current production of 1776 sitting down with TheatreBloom to talk about Independence Hall from the inside out. In Part Two of Inside Independence Hall, we sit down with Matthew Hirsh and David James to discuss the importance of the battlefield briefs being delivered to congress as they debate on the most important decision of our countryâs history.
The dust has settled. A week gone by. And it all seems like some vaguely fantastical theatrical dream. The 31st Annual Helen Hayes Awards Ceremony has just passed us by and the heads of thespians, artists, and theatrical natured people all across Washington DC are still spinning in a blissful blur from the eveningâs events. Celebrating the finest in Washington DC Theatre this year was the first year that the treasured awards ceremony executed its new adjudication system resulting in more recognition and more awards across the board for over 50 theatres being recognized throughout the eveningâs events.
Itâs family first and family last and family by and by! When youâre an Addams? You do what Addamsâ do or die! Finishing out the Move Toward the Darkness interviews, we bring the series to a close with the patriarch of the family, Gomez Florencia Addams. Tobyâs Co-Artistic Director is back to the stage after nearly a yearâs acting hiatus and is loving every minute of what this creepy and kooky papa character has to offer.
Oh she of skin so pale, eyes so black, and dress cut down to Venezuela; Morticia Addams is muddling through plums as she discovers that not each husband is a gem! Fortunately, death is just around the corner and sheâs happy being both the mourned and mourner! Settling in for the penultimate piece of the Move Toward the Darkness interview series, we sit down with Priscilla Cuellar and discover what life is like as Morticia Addams in the Tobyâs Family Household.
A secret in the house: a girl, a boy, a ring! Wednesdayâs growing upâ sheâll be Thursday before you know it! And sheâs got herself a secret! His name Lucas Beineke and he comes from the âNormies.â Watch out, Addams family, thereâs a whole lot of normal coming your way! In Part 5 of âMove Toward the Darknessâ we sit down with MaryKate Brouillet and AJ Whittenberger to psychoanalyze the deep dark hole that is the love between Wednesday Addams and Lucas Beineke.
LivingâŚdeadâŚandâŚundecided! Every member of the Addams Family clan is welcome in this creepy and kooky interview series. And Grandma Addams is definitely on the undecided line of the family fence. Why, they arenât even sure whose mother she is! In Part 3 of the Move Toward the Darkness Interview Series, veteran of the stage David James sits down with TheatreBloom to discuss his role in The Addams Family musical at Tobyâs Dinner Theatre.
God, the all-knowing, has misplaced a cup and has tasked King Arthur of Camelot, along with his rag-tag bunch of British knights, to find it. As it turns out, itâs hiding at the Milburn Stone Theatre way up in North East Maryland. Look no further on this quest for grails, Broadway shows, and knights who say âNiâ as Monty Pythonâs Spamalot has been found. Directed by S. Lee Lewis with Musical Direction by Shane Jensen,
The 2014/2015 National Tour of Lerner & Loewe’s CAMELOT reimagines the tale of King Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot as it launches its national tour on Tuesday, October 7th in Macon, GA. Tour dates include Nashville, Providence, Omaha, Fayetteville, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Fort Myers, Wilmington, Hartford and St. Paul among others. For a complete list of cities, visit www.camelottour.com.
Phoenix Entertainment
CAMELOT, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe is based on the King Arthur legend adapted from the T.H.White novel The Once and Future King.