What's Hot From Spamalot 3/19

Today we have a very hot and thorough recap posted by lilred at The Clayboard:

• QUOTE(stripedshirts @ Mar 19 2008, 12:26 AM) ahhhh, so it's Happy Birthday Spamalot, it made 3 yrs this month At the box office, the candy dishes were filled w/ Green Apple Tootsie Rolls, which the tkting agents had fun handing out in honor of St. Patty's Day yesterday.
  
  I see a few reports rolling in from tonight's show, which I saw. And it was a very good show based on the 3 yr. anniversary, the little added gift of 3 D Glasses & a dopey 'Certificate of Achievement in Showing Up Monty Python's Spamalot' I tried on the glasses to read the certificate, & the letters did appear to jump off the page. At the bottom corner of the certificate, is a print no. of the series....mine read 3/1675. I wonder if really that many were distributed tonight, as it was a full house.
  
  A few things to report:
  
  - Clay was dancing as if he's got springs on his feet...very bouncy. His dancing is getting so good that he can never say he can't dance. & he's gotten so creative w/ pantpooping too - no 2 soils are alike, & he's even gone into stuttering the 'oh - h - h's' while hand on butt.
  
  - During the Knights of Ni, some of the audience got ahead of Rick Holmesby yelling 'Ni Ni!' which almost threw Rick off for a moment - he lost concentration & looked at the audience for a moment, surprised. Then went back into routine. I don't know if fans are the culprit this time around. That was the only interruption in the entire show.
  
  - Micheal O'Donnellas Patsy tonight did not possess the lovable 'pow' that David Hibbard has when annunciating his lines and comic timing. He is however, a fluid dancer - very light on his feet & a decent singer. Also during the Dumb Guard scene, he didn't act drunk - he acted as if he has acid indigestion & constipation. Not quite as funny as David would've done.
  
  - Don't know if the fans in the front row noticed, but after Brother Maynardsaid "& now the Congregation will sing "Hymn no. 101, Get Your Hand Off My Knee You Dirty Old Bastard" - the Killer Rabbit Puppet stuck its head above the daisies & mouthed the lyrics along w/ the knights before ducking back behind the cover. I caught that & it was the stupidest/funniest moment of that scene.
  
  At the Stage Entrance...
  
  - Since Rick seems to have the most creative control over random material during Knights of Ni, I asked just where/how he decides what to use, since he's been ripping on Spitzer for the past week. He said he just chooses whatever catches him, as Spitzer's been good fodder. He may start on McGreevynext. Uh oh....can't wait to hear just what Rick will do that that former governor. Sex & politics, scandal & pop culture have made good recipes for Rick
  
  - Tom Deckmandidn't have his wool cap on tonight when he came out to greet fans @ the Stage Entrance. His hair is cropped very short. The guy seriously looks like a living cartoon - they should make trading cards of this guy because his facial expressions are priceless. He hung around for about 5 minutes chatting & posing for pics, then practically sprinted towards Bway as if late for an appt.
  
  - Micheal O'Donnell stepped out, looked around, said hello. Then took off w/o signing autographs.
  
  - Hannahwas the last to come out. She is a total goddess....had to kneel down for most of the photos since most of us were barely up to her shoulders. As it is revealed the new Galahad will be played by Bradley Dean, she says he's a 'good chap' & looks forward to working w/ him. I'll still miss Chris Sieber just the same - he just embodies Galahad so well & such a great sense of humor. He came out during Curtain Call w/ 3 D glasses on. When Clay walked over & saw him w/ them on, he pointed & laughed.
  
  And it looks like the understudy for Clay & Brad Oscar will return next month to cover for King Arthur & Sir Lancelot:
  
  April 17 - 19, 2008
  Anthony will play the role of Lancelot for four performances in MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at the Shubert Theatre Thursday through Saturday.
  
  April 8, 2008
  Anthony will play the role of Lancelot at this week's Tuesday evening performance of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at the Shubert Theatre.
  
  April 3 - 6, 2008
  Anthony will play the role of King Arthur for six performances in MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at the Shubert Theatre Thursday through Sunday.
  
  - from www.AnthonyHolds.com
  
  I want to say once again, that Clay's got a beautiful butt. Very generous w/ his booty flashes & much appreciated at how slowly carefully he plants the butt down onto the piano stool.