With ‘The Spamalot Diaries,’ Monty Python’s Eric Idle Details the Process of Bringing the Show to Broadway

Idle, working along with longtime musical collaborator John Du Prez and director Mike Nichols, was the engine in transforming a cult movie, ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail,’ into a theatrical milestone.

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Eric Idle. Via Wikimedia Commons

Eric Idle in Conversation With Alan Zweibel
Symphony Space
October 8

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