Monty Python's Spamalot
Beck Center for the Arts
July 12 - August 18, 2013
Director: Scott Spence
Musical Director: Larry Goodpaster
Choreographer: Martín Cespedes
Costumer: Aimee Kluiber
Stage Manager: Becky Adams
Cast:
King Arthur: Dougfred Miller
Sir Lancelot/French Taunter/Knight of Ni/Tim the Enchanter: Brian Altman
Sir Robin/Guard 1/Brother Maynard: Matthew Ryan Thompson
Sir Dennis Galahad/Black Knight/Swamp King: Eric Fancher
Sir Bedevere/Dennis's Mother/Concorde: Mark Heffernan
Patsy/Finland Mayor/Guard 2: Pat Miller
Historian/Not-Dead-Fred/Frenchie/Minstrel/Prince Herbert: Tim Allen
Lady of the Lake: Jessica Cope Miller
Ensemble: Megan Brautigam, Sara Zoe Budnik, Ben Donahoo, Alyssa Easterly, Holly Harris, Paul Hoffman, Storm Hurwitz, Andrew Kotzen, Erin Moylan, Robert Pierce, Christopher Sanders, Kelsey Smith
Press:
News-Herald Review, by Bob Abelman
Examiner.com Review, by Mark Horning
BroadwayWorld.com Review, by Roy Berko
CBS Radio- Cleveland Review, by Kory
The Plain Dealer Review, by Andrea Simakis
Scene Magazine Review, by Christine Howey
Cleveland Jewish News Review, by Fran Heller
WestLife Review, by Art Thomas
The Morning Journal Article, by Mark Meszoros
Plot Description: Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways.
2013 Cleveland Critics Circle Awards
Best Musical Production (Superior Achievement)
Best Actor in a Musical (Dougfred Miller, Superior Achievement)
Best Actress in a Musical (Jessica L. Cope, Superior Achievement)
Best Director of a Musical (Scott Spence, Superior Achievement)
Best Choreographer (Martin Céspedes)