What the Monty Python musical succeeds most at in this revival, playing at The Bushnell through Dec. 14, is in parodying traditional Broadway musicals.

"Spamalot" creator Eric Idle discusses the Broadway revival's fresh approach and universal appeal as the national tour launches in Cleveland ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Idle sometime gazes up into the heavens and wonders about something if we ever make contact with aliens: Will they have a sense of humor? “I think the answer must be yes, because ...

Recently, there has been more drama in the Kennedy Center’s offices than in its performance spaces. That was certainly the ...

In 1969, five young British comedians and one young American animator came together to make a television show. Without much of an idea of what they were going to do, they were given a series by the ...

Writers (L-R) Ian MacNaughton, Michael Palin, unknown, Graham Chapman, and Neil Innes in a script conference for BBC television show ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’, 1974. (Photo by Chris Ridley/Radio ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

An English newspaper once described a soccer star as having “developed splendidly and then aged as well as could be hoped for.” That might sum up another U.K. icon, Monty Python. Because while it’s ...

Monty Python writer and actor Neil Innes has died aged 75, his agent has confirmed. The comedian and musician died of natural causes Sunday night, agent Nigel Morton said. Innes was known for his work ...

Some of Monty Python's most famous film scenes, including the Black Knight, were almost cut - because the stars thought they were 'too silly, dull or offensive', the movies' editor has revealed.

“Why are we here? What’s life all about? Is God really real? Or is there some doubt? Well tonight, we’re going to sort it all out. For tonight is the Meaning of Life!” It’s with this stirring opening ...

They redefined comedy in the 1960s and films like ‘Life of Brian’ and ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ are amongst the best ever made. The writer/director has a fairly modest combined box office haul ...