Spamalot

SPAMALOT WAS AWESOME!
I loved it!
I saw it tonight (the 16th) at Palace Theatre in Soho, London. The cast was great, there were no problems (save one - I honestly thought it was part of the show until it dragged on for 20 minutes...), the lighting and sound was perfect, and it was in a theatre full of Englishmen. What could be better?
Behind me, there were two mothers and their children. They were all very young: probably all under 8, except for the eldest, the only girl, who could have been 8. The little boys were all really cute, talking about the show during the intermission and the unintended interruption with no real clue about what was going on since they had most likely never seen the movies or TV show. I, for one, have seen all the movies except the Meaning of Life, which wasn't supposed to be that great anyway, and I've seen every episode of the Flying Circus. I actually own the whole collection on DVD. They were amazing comedians, those Pythons. Of course, the humour was better, drier, in the real thing (the movies and TV show, not the musical), but the stage production was funny, well thought-out, and above all, funny. That's the most important thing. I would definitely see it again, but maybe after a few months during which time I've been able to watch the Holy Grail and the Life of Brian over again just to get the real thing once more.
It was a great show.

Another musical that I'm fond of, but which I haven't seen since I was eleven, is Les Misérables.
That is a great show.
I've read the book (unabridged. It's 1463 pages long, but I read the whole thing) and bought the soundtrack.
Really wonderful story worth hearing and seeing again and again and again and again and again......