PALACE THEATER KICKS OFF NEW NATIONAL TOUR OF “SPAMALOT”
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Based on the Tony Award-winning direction of Academy Award-winner Mike Nichols and the riotous choreography of Casey Nicholaw (“The Drowsy Chaperone”), the show’s book is by Python veteran Eric Idle.
The knights of the round...ah...umbrellas.
Photo courtesy of The Palace, Waterbury
Sheree told Metroline, “The producers of the national tour were looking for a legitimate theater with a ‘WOW!’ factor that was close to New York where they could re-stage the show.” And Waterbury’s brilliantly restored 1920’s Palace Theater is one of the grandest, surviving, silent movie/vaudeville theaters in the world.
The tour’s experienced and talented cast and crew will take up residency at the performing arts center for three weeks prior to the September 24th and 25th performances before embarking its 2010 tour.
This residency will offer the public exciting behind the scenes opportunities as well as ‘meet and greets’ with the director and cast members. This exciting theatrical premiere will be a positive economic impact on the city by having the cast and crew living, dining and exploring Waterbury after rehearsals and performances.
In keeping with the Palace Theater’s mission of being “a non-profit that enhances the quality of life for all people,” the Palace will be partnering with the United Way of Greater Waterbury to launch a SPAM canned ham drive that will be taking place September 7 - 23 at the theater. The Palace and the United Way of Greater Waterbury hope to collect enough cans of Spam to fill the Palace’s East Main Street windows. All SPAM donations will be distributed to local emergency-food pantries located in Waterbury.
Tickets to “Monty Python’s Spamalot” and the Palace’s 2010-2011 season shows can be purchased by phone at 203-346-2000, online at www.palacetheaterct.org or in person at the Box Office at 100 East Main Street. Groups of 20 or more qualify for discounted rates and should call the Group Sales hotline at 203-346-2002.
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