The dark ages of medieval England are rather bright in the hilarious musical “Spamalot.” With strong-willed knights, a determined king and a beautiful Lady of the Lake, “Spamalot” appeals to audiences of all ages as they go on their quest to find the Holy Grail. 

Monty Python’s “Spamalot” tells the storied tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail with the help of an eccentric cast of knights, creatures and holy hand grenades. Based on the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (1975), the comedic musical invites audiences to enter the world of Camelot loaded with pop-culture references, thus, Spamalot. 

Audiences are welcomed into an impressively detailed drop curtain designed to resemble a castle’s wooden gates. French soldiers, a bunny and even the Lady of the Lake appear on the curtain, previewing the characters included in the musical. Right before the overture, an announcement jokingly tells audiences to keep their phones on and take tons of photos, setting the musical’s sardonic tone from the very start.

The show opens with the history of King Arthur and England, but once all the knights of Arthur’s Round Table come together, that’s when audiences cannot stop laughing. The knights — Sir Lancelot (Chris Collins-Pisano), Sir Robin (Sean Bell), Sir Galahad (Jack Brewer) and Sir Bedevere (Ellis C. Dawson III) — give charismatic and animated performances through their interactive dance numbers. 

Sir Galahad is gifted with knightly abilities by the Lady of the Lake, played by Amanda Robles, as they sing “Come With Me.” The song playfully spoofs “The Phantom of the Opera” — the two characters drift through a boat as a chandelier swings above them. The highlight is when the characters break the fourth wall to call out the keyboardist, Jonathan Gorst, for letting the song run on too long. 

The pop-culture references woven into the dialogue are brilliantly funny. “Knights of the Round Table” features snippets of Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” and “Golden” from the Netflix animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” (2025). 

The best part of the first act is the Frenchmen, operating on a 5-year-old’s sense of humor. The main taunter — listed simply as French Taunter on the playbill — tongue-trills to the Universal Studios theme song. The Frenchmen resurface in “Run Away!,” and “Spamalot” skewers French stereotypes gleefully, drawing on “Ratatouille” (2007) and Eva Colas, the Miss France contestant at Miss Universe 2018, whose shrieked “France!” and became a viral meme.

All of the knights play multiple characters throughout the musical’s 21-person cast. The act two showstopper is when the Lady of the Lake breaks through the curtain midway through the second act. Audiences have not seen the Lady of the Lake since Act 1, so when Robles steps back onstage singing “Diva’s Lament,” she is playing both herself and her character at once — Robles the actress complaining that Robles the Lady of the Lake hasn’t had enough stage time. 

The Lady of the Lake aids Arthur as he pursues the Holy Grail by starring in a Broadway show. All works out, though, as the Lady of the Lake marries Arthur, revealing he has been in a Broadway show the entire time. 

With that revelation, the Holy Grail is finally within reach. The Grail is not located onstage, though — the actors come off stage into the audience, finding the Grail in the first row of the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. The lucky audience member shares the stage with the full cast as the actors celebrate their bravery with a serenade. 

The entire cast delivers. Idle’s comedic musical is a night full of high-energy performances, and audiences will not be disappointed by Monty Python’s “Spamalot.” They will, as promised, laugh-a-lot.