I just got to see the Musical Monty Python’s Spamalot. This musical as said by the complete title is “a new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. As you can tell from the title this musical is exactly in the same comical vein as the movie. They do add and subtract to the story line, but a lot of the movie is there. If you know the movie well you will find yourself saying the lines as they are said on stage.

This is a musical, so almost all songs are new. The thing I loved is that some of the the songs are based off of mocking stereotypical musical plot structure. If you see it you will understand. The musical is also loaded with multiple pop cultural references. There are so many small things done on stage and in song that it would be great to see it again just to see if I missed anything. You really have to be on your game during this show. The jokes come so fast and subtle at times it is hard to keep up. But I love stuff like that.

An extra bonus for me was that I got to see a guy I went to high school with in the musical. Paddy(Patrick) Heusinger is playing Sir Lancelot. In my opinion he has all the great roles in the show and most of the classic characters from the movie.(The French Taunter, Knight of Ni and Tim the Enchanter) It was great to see him on stage again.

This musical is really fun and entertaining. Not a musical I would buy the soundtrack for, but a great time out to the theatre.

I saw this via digg.com today and thought it was too cute to not share.