Stephen Collins and Drew Lachey Headed to Broadway's Spamalot

News By Broadway.com Staff June 2, 2008 - 6:26PM

Drew Lachey (top)
& Stephen Collins

The Broadway company of Monty Python's Spamalot will welcome a new King Arthur and Patsy on June 24 when Stephen Collins and Drew Lachey arrive at the Shubert Theatre. Collins, best known to television audiences as Rev. Eric Camden in the long-running series Seventh Heaven, will assume the role of Arthur alongside Lachey, the boy-band veteran and second season champion of Dancing with the Stars, as his trusted manservant.

Collins appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Michael Weller's Moonchildren, Terrence McNally's The Ritz, Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy, and A.R. Gurney's The Old Boy. Off-Broadway, he appeared in Macbeth opposite Christopher Walken and was directed by Joseph Papp in Twelfth Night. Collins also directed a regional production of The Old Boy. His play Super Sunday was produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where he acted opposite Blythe Danner in Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30. In addition to Seventh Heaven, his many TV and film credits include Tattingers, A Woman Named Jackie, The First Wives' Club and The Two Mrs. Grenvilles.

Lachey, who made his Broadway debut in Rent in 2004, released four albums with the pop group 98 Degrees, which also included his brother Nick. He won the second season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars paired with Cheryl Burke and went on to co-host the show during Samantha Harris' maternity leave and also to host Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann.

Jonathan Hadary has been playing King Arthur in Spamalot for almost two years; Patsy is currently being played by David Hibbard.

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