Additional Casting Announced for Spamalot
by Broadway Staff • Aug 25, 2004
Additional casting has been announced for the upcoming Monty Python musical Spamalot. Brad Bradley, Thomas Cannizzaro, Kevin Covert, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jennifer Frankel, Lisa Gajda, Jenny Hill, Emily Hsu, Abbey O'Brien, Ariel Reid, Pamela Remler, Greg Reuter, Brian Shepard, Rick Spaans and Scott Taylor will join previously announced stars David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, Douglas Sills, Michael McGrath, Steve Rosen and Sara Ramirez in the show.
Bradley appeared on Broadway in Steel Pier, Annie Get Your Gun and Thou Shalt Not. Cannizzaro appeared on Broadway in Cabaret. Covert's New York credits include Pirates of Penzance. Ferguson, best known for his performance in the revival of On the Town, recently appeared in the Barrington Stage Company premiere of William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Frankel's Broadway credits include Chicago, On the Town, The Wild Party and Never Gonna Dance. Gajda's Broadway credits include Fosse, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweet Smell of Success, Movin' Out, Urban Cowboy and Taboo. Hill served as a swing in Seussical, going on many times as Gertrude McFuzz. Hsu has appeared on the Great White Way in Cats, Miss Saigon, Side Show, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Annie Get Your Gun, Bells Are Ringing, Thou Shalt Not and Flower Drum Song. O'Brien was featured in the ensemble of the Encores! staging of No Strings. Reid was part of the first national tour of 42nd Street. Remler appeared on Broadway in The Music Man and Gypsy. Reuter was featured in Broadway productions of Chicago and Bells Are Ringing. Shepard's Broadway credits include Peter Pan and Annie Get Your Gun. Spaans appeared on the Great White Way in Annie Get Your Gun and Saturday Night Fever. Taylor's Broadway credits include Crazy For You, Victor/Victoria, Steel Pier and Contact.
Bradley appeared on Broadway in Steel Pier, Annie Get Your Gun and Thou Shalt Not. Cannizzaro appeared on Broadway in Cabaret. Covert's New York credits include Pirates of Penzance. Ferguson, best known for his performance in the revival of On the Town, recently appeared in the Barrington Stage Company premiere of William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Frankel's Broadway credits include Chicago, On the Town, The Wild Party and Never Gonna Dance. Gajda's Broadway credits include Fosse, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweet Smell of Success, Movin' Out, Urban Cowboy and Taboo. Hill served as a swing in Seussical, going on many times as Gertrude McFuzz. Hsu has appeared on the Great White Way in Cats, Miss Saigon, Side Show, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Annie Get Your Gun, Bells Are Ringing, Thou Shalt Not and Flower Drum Song. O'Brien was featured in the ensemble of the Encores! staging of No Strings. Reid was part of the first national tour of 42nd Street. Remler appeared on Broadway in The Music Man and Gypsy. Reuter was featured in Broadway productions of Chicago and Bells Are Ringing. Shepard's Broadway credits include Peter Pan and Annie Get Your Gun. Spaans appeared on the Great White Way in Annie Get Your Gun and Saturday Night Fever. Taylor's Broadway credits include Crazy For You, Victor/Victoria, Steel Pier and Contact.
Spamalot, which is being billed as "lovingly ripped-off" from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, will feature a book by Eric Idle based on the screenplay he co-wrote with fellow Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin and music and lyrics by Idle and John Du Prez. The stage show will also include three songs from the 1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail film.
Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols, will try out at Chicago's Shubert Theatre December 21, 2004 through January 16, 2005. It is scheduled to begin previews at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on February 7 and open on March 10.