Like the movie, it was a blast, even if its satire, coming from all directions, seemed to have no target.
(Much of what it pokes fun at are the conventions of musicals themselves.)
Last year at Stratford, “The Rocky Horror Show” suffered from a similar problem — but recent Stratford productions of “Chicago,” “The Music Man” and “Guys and Dolls” (all directed and choreographed by Donna Feore) did not.
(We’ll have a chance to find out with the arrival of a completely different “Spamalot” revival on Broadway this fall.)
Maybe comedy needs to skip a few generations until minds that know nothing of migratory coconuts can test its enduring worth.
Persons:
”, Donna Feore, Lezlie Wade, Jesse Robb, “ Spamalot ”
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Stratford, “, “ Chicago