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bellinghmanWe went to the Phill Jupitus-led production of Spamalot at the Corn Exchange last night. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uitlander had secured us tickets J16-18, which meant pretty much in the middle of the second row, a point close enough to the stage that we could easily make out the badges the performers were wearing as their coats of arms (Jupitus was wearing the arms of Cambridge University, perhaps as a tribute to the venue).
A great show, based on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail story, but with certain meta aspects addressing the form of the musical itself, including the point where King Arthur has to stage a musical, and has to find a star to perform in it or it won't work. This does, of course, reflect the way that Jupitus is a known name in an otherwise pretty well unknown ensemble cast.
The first half was good, but I think it got even better for the second half. It was relatively short, finishing about two hours after it started (and there's a half hour for the interval), but the density of the comedy made it feel longer.
Overall, well recommended, even to those like me who would normally steer well clear of musicals.
uitlander had secured us tickets J16-18, which meant pretty much in the middle of the second row, a point close enough to the stage that we could easily make out the badges the performers were wearing as their coats of arms (Jupitus was wearing the arms of Cambridge University, perhaps as a tribute to the venue).A great show, based on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail story, but with certain meta aspects addressing the form of the musical itself, including the point where King Arthur has to stage a musical, and has to find a star to perform in it or it won't work. This does, of course, reflect the way that Jupitus is a known name in an otherwise pretty well unknown ensemble cast.
The first half was good, but I think it got even better for the second half. It was relatively short, finishing about two hours after it started (and there's a half hour for the interval), but the density of the comedy made it feel longer.
Overall, well recommended, even to those like me who would normally steer well clear of musicals.
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Date: 2011-02-24 01:15 pm (UTC)And um, recycled from Monty Python? *is puzzled*
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Date: 2011-02-24 01:50 pm (UTC)I was just very disapointed with it and found it very Python-lite. I was expecting much more from a Python musical. I supose it suffered becasue only Eric Idle was involved.
God only knows how this production won three Tony Awards, it must have been a very poor year on Broadway.
But at the end of the day I suposed it helps the Python team with their pension fund and and Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a very good film.