'Spamalot' will be at the Ford Center, Feb. 25. Photo by Scott Suchman
OXFORD, Miss. – Lovingly ripped off from the 1974 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Tony Award-winning musical “Spamalot” is a highly irreverent spoof of both King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and that “miracle meat in a can,” Spam.
It all comes to the University of Mississippi, complete with dancing knights, a killer rabbit and flatulent Frenchmen, for one night only Feb. 25. The production lands at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts for a 7 p.m. show.
Tickets are $33 to $45 for various seating and are available at the UM Box Office in the Student Union, by calling 662-915-7411 or online.
“‘Spamalot’ is a fun-filled, hilarious show for anyone,” said Norm Easterbrook, Ford Center director. “Although Monty Python fans will especially enjoy the show, you don’t need to know anything about Monty Python to have a good time.”
New York Time reviewer Aileen Jacobson advises “Spamalot” ticket holders to get to the theater early because, “There are jokes tucked into the program and jokes folded into the overture.”
The production was the winner of three 2005 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Director, as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical. The original cast recording of “Spamalot” also won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
Based on the award-winning direction of Mike Nichols and the riotous choreography of Casey Nicholaw, “Spamalot” is a retelling the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail.
Mike Nichols has been acclaimed as one of the great American directors in film, theater and television. He has won an Academy Award and eight Tony Awards. He recently received the Directors’ Guild of America Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as a DGA Award for the direction of the HBO adaptation of “Angels in America.”
The British comedy troupe Monty Python performed their famous comedy show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” on the BBC from 1969 to 1974, with subsequent international fame and success. Their films were international successes, and devotees often have entire scripts committed to memory.
For more information on “Spamalot,” visit the Ford Center website at or on Facebook. For assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-2787.