Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania
The national tour of the 2023 Broadway revival of Monty Python’s Spamalot has galloped into Los Angeles at the Hollywood Pantages, and the musical numbers remain as boisterous, energetic, and gleefully goofy as ever. Unfortunately, the book scenes, largely lifted from the famous dialogue of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, have lost much of their luster in this incarnation. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw
Written by Eric Idle with music by Idle and John Du Prez, the show takes aim at “takes aim at everyone from Jews to gays to the “woke,” to an incontinent commander-in-chief — you name it. For the particularly sensitive, that kind of equal opportunity offensiveness may not land. Others, however, will find the evening a solid hoot. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
All the requisite Pythonian paraphernalia is here, from that lovably terrorizing fluffy red-eyed Jekyll and Hyde-bred bunny to those familiar flatulent taunting Frenchmen to characters calling for the locals to bring out their dead. Why, one guy even gets to carry a rubber joke store chicken. How cool is that? Read more…