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The Spamalot diaries
- Title
- The Spamalot diaries / Eric Idle.
- Author
- Idle, Eric
- Publication
- New York : Crown, [2024]
- ©2024
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 188 pages; 19 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Anecdotes.
- Local note
- Signed copy.
- Contents
- To New York City for the first read -- Anxiety and final rewrites before rehearsal -- New York rehearsals begin -- November in New York -- December in Chicago -- The New York opening.
- Call Number
- JMC 25-1
- ISBN
- 9780593800485
- 0593800486
- 9780593800492 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2024014680
- OCLC
- 1428196938
- Author
- Idle, Eric, author.
- Title
- The Spamalot diaries / Eric Idle.
- Publisher
- New York : Crown, [2024]
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Summary
- "On March 17, 2005, Spamalot debuted on Broadway to rapturous reviews for its star-studded creative team, including creator Eric Idle, director Mike Nichols, and stars Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Sara Ramirez, John Cleese, and more. But long before show was the toast of Broadway and the winner of three Tony Awards, it was an idea threatening to fizzle before it could find its way into existence. Now, in The Spamalot Diaries, Eric Idle shares authentic journal entries and raw email exchanges--all featuring his whip-smart wit--revealing the sometimes bumpy but always fascinating path to the show's unforgettable run. In the months leading up to that opening night, financial anxieties were high with a low-ceiling budget and expectations that it would take two years to break even. Collaborative disputes put decades-long friendships to the test. And the endless process of rewriting was a task as passionate as it was painstaking. Still, there's nothing Idle would change about that year. Except for the broken ankle. He could do without the broken ankle. Chronicling every minor mishap and triumph along the way, as well as the creative tension that drove the show to new heights, The Spamalot Diaries is an unforgettable look behind the curtain of a beloved musical and inside the wickedly entertaining mind of one of our most treasured comic performers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Note
- Signed copy.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Idle, Eric Spamalot diaries First edition. New York : Crown, 2024 9780593800492 (DLC) 2024014681
- Research Call Number
- JMC 25-1