Spamilton: An American Parody is a musical parody of the Broadway show Hamilton. Written by Gerard Alessandrini, creator of the parody revue Forbidden Broadway, Spamilton also parodies several other musicals, included Gypsy, Chicago, The King and I, Assassins, Camelot, The Book of Mormon and Sweeney Todd, and personalities, like Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Carol Channing and Liza Minnelli.
The show, directed by Alessandrini, had its first preview on July 19, 2016 and opened on September 8, 2016 at New York's Triad Theatre. Originally scheduled to run 18 performances, it was extended at the Triad until May 28, 2017. It moved on June 2, 2017 to the 47th Street Theatre, near the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is presented.
A Chicago production of Spamilton opened at the Royal George Theatre on March 12, 2017. A production is set to open in Culver City in November 2017 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, shortly before a national tour begins.
A production will open in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 24 July (previews from 12 July) to 8 September 2018. Casting and full creative team are to be announced.
Video Spamilton
Musical Numbers
Recordings
Original Broadway cast album (2017)
The original Broadway cast recording for Spamilton was released by DRG Records on March 3, 2017.
Maps Spamilton
Original Casts
Becca Brown was an Offstage Cover replacement, as well as Michelle Lauto's replacement, in the Chicago production.
The show has the most racially diverse cast of any of Alessandrini's productions.
Critical response
Spamilton has received positive reviews from critics. In his review of the Off-Broadway production, Ben Brantley in The New York Times called it a "smart, silly and often convulsively funny thesis, performed by a motor-mouthed cast that is fluent in many tongues". Frank Scheck, in his review of the Off-Broadway production for The Hollywood Reporter, wrote the musical "is so infectiously fun that it could easily run as long as its inspiration."
Marilyn Stasio in reviewing the Off-Broadway production in Variety, wrote, "Like the original show, the pants are tight, the boots are shiny, the bosoms are uplifting and the vests show just enough chest to look manly. Switch-hitting as director/choreographer, Alessandrini assigns his performers signature moves that make each character look authentic, if ever-so-slightly goofy. Getting those physical details right lays the groundwork for the witty character impersonations to come."
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail both attended a performance. Miranda praised the parody, saying, "I laughed my brains out."
Awards
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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