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Article: Broadway, Monty Python gear up for `Spamalot'.(Arts-Events)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- March 6, 2005
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Byline: MARK KENNEDY Associated Press
NEW YORK - Sir Michael the Naughty is awfully excited these days - as you might expect from someone who calls himself Sir Michael the Naughty.
He and thousands of Monty Python's Flying Circus fans are electrified about the Broadway launch of "Monty Python's Spamalot," a new musical penned by a member of the British comedy group that had its heyday in the 1970s. The show, now in previews, opens March 17.
"In the spirit of fanaticism, we're very pleased when Monty Python's sense of silly irreverence - and occasional willingness to offend at any cost - remains in the public eye, particularly if it's reasonably original material ...