If you are one of those die-hard Monty Python fans who has every line of Monty Python & the Holy Grail memorized, an ability you are happy to demonstrate at every opportunity, then you don’t need me to sell you on the show (even though you might need someone to tell you that repeating the same lines from a movie over and over again, particularly out of context and to an indifferent at best audience is not, in fact, the height of humor): all I need to tell you about the musical Monty Python’s Spamalot is that it is coming to the Paramount for a series of performances that begin on October 10th and run through October 28th.

Those of you who aren’t die-hard Monty Python fans might need a little more swaying, so for your sake, let me tell you that the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python’s Spamalot, is a lively and irreverently funny musical that will plays a Seattle engagement at The Paramount Theatre from October 10 - 28, 2007. If you’re impressed by awards, be impressed that the show won two other Tonys in 2005: Best Musical and Best Director (Mike Nichols) in addition to receiving Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical.

Monty Python’s Spamalot with book by Monty Python alumnus Eric Idle, based on the screenplay of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (which Idle co-wrote with Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, and Graham Chapman) is a decidedly different rendering of the King Arthur myth involving a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and one legless knight. The often-dark humor ranges from subtle satire to outright nonsensism and no sacred cows are left unslaughtered. Those of sensitive, gentle nature might be turned off by the aggressive pursuit of madness in the musical but fans of bawdiness will be given a good time.

Ticket prices range from $27 to $100 through the Paramount box office and the usual outlets.

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