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Purpose — Cozy up to the dinner table, pass the grub, and watch the sparks fly with the Jaspers, a well-heeled Black family with political clout and lots of secrets. Phylicia Rashad directs the New York transfer of Chicago’s Steppenwolf theater production, written by one of the hottest playwrights of the moment, Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, who brought us last year’s Tony-winning Appropriate. Runs through July 6.Buena Vista Social Club — When this show made its world premiere Off-Broadway at the end of 2023, one critic declared it “an irresistible tropical vacation…a gateway and a getaway.” Based on the Grammy award-winning album, it’s set in 1950s Cuba and follows a group of young musicians who have their days in the sun until a revolution upends their lives and country.

your holy grail.John Cleese recently unveiled dates for his ‘Not Dead Yet! John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50 tour.’ As of now, the 85-year-old sketch comedian has 17 shows lined up at theaters, halls and performing arts centers all over North America this fall.That includes a stop at New York City’s Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 15.At all shows, Cleese will screen the seminal 1975 film, take part in a moderated conversation and participate in an audience Q&A “where he’ll share behind the scenes stories, wit, and wisdom- assuming he remembers any of it” a press release reads.The very existence of this tour may come as a bit of a surprise to fans of the “Fawlty Towers” funnyman.

The hits keep comin’ to the Pantages. The fabled Hollywood Boulevard venue today revealed the schedule for its 2025-26 Broadway in Hollywood series, featuring tours of recent hits from the New York stage — including last year’s Tony winner for Best Play — along with revivals of three stage classics and a pair of previously announced special added productions. See the full schedule below.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Shout! Studios has reached an agreement with Mercury Studios Media Limited to license exclusive U.S. and Canadian distribution rights including AVOD, SVOD, broadcast, theatrical and non-theatrical distribution rights for a catalog of Monty Python films, specials and performances.

Time Bandits series charts its own clever course through history.The original movie, written by Gilliam and Monty Python mate Michael Palin, and featuring Palin and John Cleese in supporting roles, served up an eccentric, ruefully sardonic take on myth and modern times.The titular bandits, having stolen God’s map of the universe, had decided to use the all-powerful tool to hopscotch through time, ransacking wealth from the likes of Napoleon, Robin Hood, and King Agamemnon.Along the way, the Bandits, portrayed by six talented men of short stature, crashed through a time portal into the present-day bedroom of 11-year-old history buff Kevin, who was whisked off on the adventure of his life.Not only a spirited, escapist fantasy aimed at kids, Gilliam’s movie was a visual marvel that took fearless turns into dark corners of greed, consumerism, loss, and abandonment. The film’s notoriously bleak ending boldly subverted the common fairy tale that as long as the kid hero makes it home safe from Oz, then all will be rainbows and sunshine.The ten-episode series dabbles in such darkness, but series creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi don’t let the show live there.This Time Bandits — following the same premise of hurtling through history searching for loot and treasure — leans much harder on the humor, and that’s where it shines.

Alison Herman TV Critic If one were tasked with naming a modern successor to Monty Python, the crew of New Zealand comedians informally captained by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi would be a strong candidate. (As a bit, the Ministry of Silly Walks wouldn’t be out of place on the duo’s mockumentary-turned-FX-series “What We Do in the Shadows,” give or take a few puncture wounds.) Any goofy yet erudite group of writer-performers from the greater Commonwealth inherently bears the influence of the legendary British sketch troupe.

Eric Idle just announced that he’s embarking on a West Coast ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live!’ tour this September.The musical one-man show — written and performed entirely by Idle — will feature never before seen sketches, original songs, jokes, stand-up comedy, humorous wisdom that comes with being a living legend and “exactly one fart joke.”He also promised “special guests, a Virtual Band and some of my favorite hitherto unseen clips,” on X, formerly known as Twitter.If seeing the beloved 81-year-old Tony and Grammy Award-winner (for “Spamalot”) live sounds like the show for you, tickets are available to be scooped up as soon as today.Fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, June 14.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Idle isn’t the only Python member on the road this year.Fellow Flying Circus man John Cleese has a few shows lined up these next few months as well.You can find all of his tour dates here.After a revival on Broadway last year, “Spamalot” is still going strong at Appomattox, VA’s Wolfbane Performing Arts Center up until June 29.If you want to see the beloved show — complete with all the gags you know and love — tickets can be snagged here.In 2018, Idle dropped his best-selling autobiography “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography.”Over 292 pages, The Rutles member reflects on the meaning of his own life

Monty Python colleague “couldn’t have done without him”.Cleese had made the comment during Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show earlier this month, when he spoke about joining Palin for his 81st birthday.When Ball asked him how Palin is, Cleese joked: “Michael is just the same, sweet, kind, slightly boring man.”And now Palin has sent back his own barb during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning. “John is scintillating, we all know that.

Monty Python star Terry Jones once threw a typewriter at John Cleese during a row.In a new interview with the Radio Times, Palin opened up about the “huge” arguments that occurred within the comedy group, which consisted of himself, Cleese, Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman.“Since Python split up, and even in our time together, we have all had huge arguments,” said Palin.“The great thing is that we don’t all agree. I remember Terry Jones once threw a typewriter across the room at John.”The troupe split up in 1999 before briefly reuniting in 2014 for the variety show Monty Python Live (Mostly).

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses major plot points for “Kung Fu Panda 4,” now playing in movie theaters. Everyone’s favorite panda Po is back in “Kung Fu Panda 4,” with Jack Black returning to voice the martial arts master. This time, he’s on a grand adventure as he sets out to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace and train a Dragon Warrior.

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-nominated Friday Night Dinner director Steve Bendelack is helming a comedy movie about an ageing rock band who reunite.

Monty Python famously performed a sketch about a joke so funny, it was lethal. Well, it turns out that John Cleese‘s latest attempt at a gag has been somewhat lost in translation.

Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he must continue to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons, saying he’s not “loaded” and that he has “to work for my living.”The comedian and actor, most well-known for his role as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, said he had to sell his home last year in a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter.He wrote: “I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded. Python is a disaster. “Spamalot made money 20 years ago. I have to work for my living.

Donald Trump. The Monty Python comedian had posted the original message on his X account in the early hours of Wednesday (December 27), before adding the follow-up apology four minutes later. “Five ways that Hitler was preferable to Trump,” read the first tweet.

Ozzy Osbourne has shut down hoaxes claiming his death on The Osbournes podcast, stating: “I’m not going any-fucking-where”.Towards the end of the boxing day (December 26) ‘New Year’s special’ episode of The Osbournes, the Prince of Darkness took a moment to address unverified claims that he had died. “The thing on YouTube, it’s got ‘Celebrities Who Died Today’, and there’s a picture of me,” he said, pointing out the phenomenon.With a reference to Monty Python, he humorously clarified: “I’m not dead! I’m not really dead, just a little flesh wound.” Later, his wife Sharon Osbourne poured in on the issue, calling the outlets that have spread this misinformation “sick fuckers”.Wrapping up on the topic, the Osbournes’ son Jack praised fans who have called out such publications by commenting on their inaccurate reports, before Ozzy looks into the camera and says: “I’m not dead, I’m not going any-fucking-where.

Monty Python’s Spamalot. The spoof, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is back on the Broadway boards after a critically acclaimed run earlier this year at the Kennedy Center.Whether you’ll look on the bright side with approval or wish that this quest had more grit may depend upon your expectations of production values and your threshold for unabashed silliness.Tony-winner James Monroe Iglehart leads a top-notch cast as the medieval King Arthur, whose aim is to recruit other men to his Round Table and guide them to the utopia of Camelot.Camelot, as it turns out, is a glitzy casino — an ideal setting for a song and dance routine.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor While the cast of the new Broadway production of “Spamalot” is cracking up audiences, they’re all trying their best not to crack up as well. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: On the new episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast, actors James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Michael Urie gave listeners a glimpse of the shenanigans that threaten their poker faces. “There’s this part where [co-star] Ethan Slater, as a mime, is miming dropping a baby off a balcony and it makes me laugh every night,” Urie says.

Daily Mail.Cleese continued: “He was a dentist, he had a huge laugh. A famous laugh.

There was a lot of star power at the Broadway opening of Spamalot!

“Spamalot,” which just began previews at the St. James Theatre, has been only up for a few days in previews and tickets are already surprisingly affordable for such a high profile show.At the time of publication, our team found tickets going for as low as $40 before fees on Vivid Seats.Given that seats for other comedic musicals on the Great White Way like “Book of Mormon” and “Gutenberg” typically fetch higher prices, this very well might be the Holy Grail of deals.Especially when you consider the talented cast on display.At all shows, fans will be treated to an ensemble featuring “Saturday Night Live” alum Taran Killam, “Ugly Betty” star Michael Urie and upcoming “Wicked” film adaptation cast member Ethan Slater (who is romantically tied to Ariana Grande).Plus, so many more.So, if you want to slap coconuts together, see flying cows and have a great “knight” on the town, here’s everything you need to know about catching “Spamalot” on Broadway.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.After debuting on Halloween night, “Spamalot” has settled into a classic eight-show a week groove.However, just like their Monty Python forebears, the show eschews tradition.Rather than going dark on Monday, “Spamalot” performances run Monday through Saturday; there are no shows on Sunday (at least for the next two weeks).After that, things get a bit more conventional.Matinees are on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m.; once Sunday shows come into play, they’ll start at 3 p.m.Want to find the show that makes the most sense for your wallet and schedule?Check out a complete calendar including all “Spamalot” at the St.

With just weeks left to go until the nail biting return of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, show hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been getting up close and personal with a few jungle residents ahead of the series launch.The latest jungle inhabitant the Geordie duo were faced with, was a large python, who first met the pair while they filmed a promotional video for the new series. Sharing the clip on Instagram, both Ant and Dec could be seen nervously handling the snake in question with the help of a trained handler, as they both anxiously allowed the reptile to coil around their arms.