[NEohioPAL] Monty Python's Spamalot This Weekend in Hudson!

[Gary Maher]

Come see this great Tony Winning show! Some tickets for Monty Python's
Spamalot! are still available for this evening (5/2) with only a few
available for tomorrow night. Tonight there is even a rumor that Hudson's
own Mayor may make a walk on appearance. This show is a must see!

 

Quotes from some satisfied audience members:

"I laughed until I said Ni"
"I didn't know that coconuts migrated!"
"Wow.what fun!"

 

With Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle and Music by John DuPrez, Eric Idle and
Neil Innes, the new musical lovingly "ripped off" from the motion picture
Monty Python and the Holy Grail will run May 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17 at the
Barlow Community Theater on Oviatt St in Hudson. (Friday May 16th will be a
special American Sign Language interpreted performance). All performances
are at 8 p.m. with the May 11th performance being a special 2 p.m. matinee. 

 

Tickets are $14, with group, student and senior discounts available and can
be reserved at www.hudsonplayers.com or via phone at 330-655-8522.
Additional details can also be found at www.hudsonplayers.com along with
information on the groups popular dinner and show package in conjunction
with Hudson's restaurant. All are encouraged to purchase their tickets early
as tickets for this area premier are already selling briskly.

Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur as a highly irreverent parody, the
Spamalot plot, according to Monty Python veteran Eric Idle, was, "lovingly
ripped off" from the film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  It follows King
Arthur as he rides through the countryside with nothing more that the sound
effect of horse hooves provided by this cocoanut-banging servant, Patsy.
The silliness builds as he gathers his knights and finds himself on a quest
for the Holy Grail (a quest ordered by God - although you only get to see
his giant, hovering feet).  Along the way, musical numbers cover everything
from courting rituals in Finland to sexual alignment in the middle ages to
looking on the bright side of life.  This well-written play takes the
audience to an alternate history where the logic is a little bit off, but
always hilarious.

Opening on Broadway in 2005, the production ran for 1,575 performances and
was nominated for 14 Tony Awards (Winning best musical of the 2004-05
season), and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical and for
Outstanding Lyrics. 

 

The Hudson Players also promise special recognition for mothers during their
Sunday, May 11th 2 p.m. matinee (possibly a shrubbery) and reminds groups
that it has meeting/reception rooms available before and after performances.
The Hudson Players are an all-volunteer community theater serving Hudson and
its surrounding areas. More information and tickets are available at
www.hudsonplayers.com. 

 

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