Although cast members in Wheaton Drama’s production of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” must sing, dance and act, they also must have a sense of humor, according to the show’s director, Peter Lemongelli.

Humor is one of those things that’s hard to explain – you either find something funny or you don’t. In his autobiography, John Cleese of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” fame addresses why humor is an ...

2. A reunion of Monty Python’s Flying Circus any time soon. 3. To be able to watch “Monty Python’s Spamalot” on a couch in your underpants. Broadway still discourages attire that casual, but the ...

CNN asked about religion and humor and put together this fun video, which includes some great images–and clips (from “The Colbert Report” and two Monty Python films.) Also, an article that talks about ...

Editor’s Note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Let’s see how far this goes ...

With swallows carrying coconuts, giant wooden rabbits, and mere flesh wounds, an irreverent helping of “Spamalot” is being served at the Mahalia Jackson. Scott Suchman “Spamalot” is, as the title says ...

It's often thought that comedies don't age very well. They frequently depend on mining the social mores of their day for laughs, and as those mores change over time, so does an audience's ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

If you’re looking for a fix of Monty Python, or even “The Princess Bride”-style humor, the Shakespeare comedy “Bill,” directed by Richard Bracewell, might scratch the itch, but it’s a poor facsimile ...