Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Spamalot, Billy Elliot the Musical, Jersey Boys, Keating!, The Light in the Piazza, The Color Purple, See What I Wanna See, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, All Shook Up, Little Women, Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar, Thrill Me, Yank!, I, Keano, Lennon, The Likes of Us, Waiting For The Moon, Altar Boyz, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Dessa Rose, Le Roi Soleil, The Misadventures of the Wholesome Twins, Good Vibrations, Strike!, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Anne & Gilbert, Camp Blood: The Musical, The Andrews Brothers, Fellowship!, Besame Mucho El Musical, Saving Aimee, The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical, Thalidomide!! A Musical, The Pursuit of Persephone, Behind the Iron Mask, Insignificant others. Excerpt: Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre. Eric Idle, a member of the Monty Python team, wrote the musical's book and lyrics and collaborated with John Du Prez on most of the music. Idle explained the title in a February 2004 press release: I like the title Spamalot a lot. We tested it with audiences on my recent US tour and they liked it as much as I did, which is gratifying. After all, they are the ones who will be paying Broadway prices to see the show. It comes from a line in the movie which goes: "we eat ham, and jam and Spam a lot." The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004-2005 season and received 14 Tony Award nominations. During its initial run of over 1,500 performances it was seen by more than two million people and grossed over...