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'Lovingly ripped off from' the film Monty Pythons Spamalot and the Holy Grail (1975), Monty Pythons Spamalot is a comedy musical. A highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend that is a bit different from the film. A member of the Monty Pythons Spamalot team, Eric Idle wrote the musical's book and lyrics, and collaborated with John Du Prez on the music. Directed by Mike Nichols it has been running since March 17, 2005, and has won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004-2005 season.
The audience is introduced to the golden days of Camelot and the grand country of England when the play opens. In order to recruit Knights of the Round Table to join him in Camelot, King Arthur is traveling the land with his servant Patsy. Sir Bedevere, Sir Robin, and Sir Lancelot agree to become Knights of the Round Table.
Following the policy 'What happens in Camelot, stays in Camelot', the five knights gather in Camelot. God contacts them and tells them to locate the Holy Grail. Along the way they meet some very rude French Taunters. They split up shortly afterwards with Sir Robin and his minstrels following King Arthur and Patsy into a 'dark and very expensive forest' where they are separated.
King Arthur then meets the Knights Who Say Ni and on their demand, he and Patsy find a shrubbery. The Knights do accept it, but now they want him to create a Broadway musical. By now the King has given up hope but the Lady of the Lake appears and tells him that he and the Knights were in a Broadway Musical all along. He just needs to find the Grail and marry someone.
The King reunited with his Knights meets Tim the Enchanter who warns them of the danger of an evil rabbit. The rabbit eventually bites a knight's head off and Arthur knocks it down a nearby hill with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. This reveals a Frenchman who in reality is using the rabbit as a puppet and a large stone block showing a combination of letters and numbers is also revealed. Not knowing what to do, Arthur asks God for one final bit of help and he shows the king that the letters and numbers refer to a seat number in the audience. The grail is found under the seat and the person sitting in the seat is rewarded.
Arthur now marries the Lady of the Lake, Lancelot marries Herbert, and Sir Robin decides to take up writing Broadway musicals.
Several sections call for improvisation on the part of the actors and they use current events or local culture especially during the French Taunter scene in Act I, during the Knights of Ni scene, and during the peasant scene at end of the show.
Out of the fourteen Tony Award nominations, the three Monty Pythons Spamalot were won include Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Sara Ramirez) and
Best Direction of a Musical. Monty Python's Spamalots Best Musical award is advertised at the Shubert Theatre.
These Tony Awards led to a minor change to the song 'The Diva's Lament'. The line 'I've no Grammy, no reward/I've no Tony Award' became 'My Tony Award/won't keep me out of Betty Ford's'. It became 'All our Tony Awards/won't keep me out of Betty Ford's' when Kennedy took over for Ramirez. Glenn sings 'All our goddamn awards' in the touring production that has garnered Boston's Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Visiting Production.
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