October 20th, 2007
There’s a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where King Arthur and his knights must answer three questions to cross a bridge or be cast into the chasm. That scene did not make it into the Broadway musical Spamalot (which I saw today) nor did the mystical guardian show up at the 520 bridge to give me a fighting chance to get across. I know I could have answered the questions! My name is Eva Moon. My quest is to get to the theater before the show starts. My favorite color is green. No purple. Aaaaaaughhhhh!
We left in plenty of time. But as we approached the bridge, a sign breezily announced that the bridge would be up for boat traffic from 1:30 to 2:00 pm. Boat traffic! Of course curtain was 2:00. I blame the Huskies. The only reason they raised the bridge was to allow rich boat owners to get to the stadium. I hope they lose. Again.
We headed south on 405. The long way around. But the traffic gods smiled on us and we took our seats just as the lights went down.
Spamalot is a shamelessly silly musical. Not many surprises, but a few. Overall a fun and entertaining afternoon, but a little too calculated to be great. There are a couple of good numbers, the best being “The Song That Goes Like This”:
Once in every show
There comes a song like this
It starts off soft and low
And ends up with a kiss
Oh where is the song
That goes like this?
Where is it? Where? Where?
A sentimental song
That casts a magic spell
They all will hum along
We’ll overact like hell
For this is the song that goes like this
Yes it is! Yes it is!
Now we can go straight
Right down the middle eight
A bridge that is too far for me
I’ll sing it in your face
While we both embrace
And then
We change
The key
Now we’re into E!
*hem* That’s awfully high for me
But as everyone can see
We should have stayed in D
For this is our song that goes like this!
I’m feeling very proud
You’re singing far too loud
That’s the way that this song goes
You’re standing on my toes
Singing our song that goes like this!
I can’t believe there’s more
It’s far too long, I’m sure
That’s the trouble with this song
It goes on and on and on
For this is our song that is too long!
We’ll be singing this til dawn
You’ll wish that you weren’t born
Let’s stop this damn refrain
Before we go insane
For this is our song that ends like this!
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