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The cast of the hit Broadway revival on how to make sure the audience laughs. Plus, Cobie Smulders, Rachel Dratch, and Montego Glover walk the red carpet.

The first Broadway revival of Eric Idle and John du Prez’s musical is at the St. James Theatre.

Back in the 1970s, the British comedy troupe Monty Python would often dryly announce, “and now for something completely different.” Well, not much is different about the revival of “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” the musical that’s based on their 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” that opened Thursday night at the St. James Theatre. It’s more or less the same as it was when it premiered 18 years ago, only not as special or exciting.

“Spamalot” returns to Broadway, and the Python-faithful will love it, even it feels a little lost in comedy time. Plus, Dianne Wiest plays a woman seeking fame in “Scene Partners.”

Spamalot opens on Broadway tonight, and it's safe to say the Middle Ages haven't been this funny since, well, the last time Spamlot opened on Broadway nearly 20 years ago.

In the first Broadway revival of the Monty Python musical, the old bits are verbatim but the clowns are running the circus.

It’s a lesson that school officials can learn the easy way or the hard way: Schoolhouses are not churches.

‘Spamalot’ returns to Broadway, and the revival of Eric Idle and John Du Prez’s Monty Python musical is a big, fat, raspberry-blowing bait and switch. And that’s a good thing.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python's Spamalot celebrates opening knight tonight at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street).   Read the reviews!