He's Not Dead Yet: Monty Python's Spamalot Brings Holy Madness to Hollywood Pantages for Final LA Run

The Tony Award-winning comedy musical lovingly ripped from the classic film brings killer rabbits, flying cows, and non-stop Python lunacy to one of LA's most storied stages — for the last time

HOLLYWOOD, CA — March 24, 2026

Nobody expects the Hollywood Pantages.

And yet, here it is — one of Los Angeles' most magnificent Art Deco theatres, its grand interiors suddenly overrun with French taunters, murderous rabbits, dancing knights, and a Lady of the Lake with a voice that could shatter the Grail itself. Monty Python's Spamalot has arrived for its final Los Angeles engagement, and the city is laughing itself senseless.

The North American touring production of Spamalot opened at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on March 24, 2026, with performances running through April 12 — a three-week closing run that marks the touring company's last stand in Southern California before the curtain falls for good.

The Show That Started It All

Few musicals in the history of Broadway have arrived with such a built-in army of devotees. Spamalot — with a book and lyrics by Monty Python co-founder Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Idle — first galloped onto Broadway in 2005 and immediately conquered the theatrical world. The original production received fourteen Tony Award nominations and won three, including Best Musical, cementing its place as one of the most beloved comedies ever staged.

Now, more than two decades after King Arthur first trotted across the stage on imaginary horseback to the sound of clattering coconuts, Spamalot remains as riotously funny and defiantly absurd as ever — a testament to the timeless chaos of Monty Python's singular comedic genius.

Lovingly ripped from the 1975 film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the show follows King Arthur and his gloriously inept Knights of the Round Table on a quest through medieval England — encountering flying cows, killer rabbits, French taunters, rubbery shrubbery, and a Lady of the Lake who seizes every opportunity to remind the audience that she is, in fact, a Lady of the Lake.

A Night at the Pantages

The Hollywood Pantages Theatre — itself a cathedral of Old Hollywood glamour at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard — provides the ideal frame for Spamalot's particular brand of theatrical excess. Its soaring Art Deco architecture and legendary acoustics give the production a grandeur that only amplifies the comedy when the first cow soars across the stage.

The show runs 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission, and features a performance schedule designed to accommodate every kind of theatergoer: Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Tickets range from $30 to $580, with options for every budget across the Pantages' distinctive tiered seating.

The Songs, the Laughs, the Python

Spamalot is built on a foundation of musical numbers that have, improbably, become genuine theatrical classics. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" — originally the closing number of Monty Python's Life of Brian — becomes an irresistible, whistleable earworm that audiences leave the theatre humming for days. "The Song That Goes Like This" is a ruthless parody of the overwrought ballads that litter lesser musicals. "Find Your Grail" is, against all odds, genuinely rousing.

The show skewers Broadway conventions with the same forensic precision that Monty Python once applied to King Arthur's legend, the Catholic Church, and the entire concept of heroism — and it does so with a warmth that makes even the most relentless absurdity feel like a hug.

As critic Peter Marks of The Washington Post put it: "It's unfair to make me laugh this much. Spamalot is a tightly packed clown car speeding to musical theater nirvana."

Last Chance for LA

For Los Angeles audiences, the closing date of April 12 is not a suggestion — it is a deadline. This is the final opportunity to see the touring production at the Pantages, and given the show's history of selling out across the country, anyone hoping to catch the knights of Ni in action would do well not to procrastinate.

After all, as any true Python fan knows: those who delay risk encountering something far worse than a killer rabbit. They risk missing the show entirely.

And nobody wants that. Not even the Black Knight.

Performance Details

Show: Monty Python's Spamalot — North American Tour

Venue: Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028

Run: March 24 – April 12, 2026

Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes (one intermission)

Schedule: Tue–Thu 7:30pm · Fri 8:00pm · Sat 2:00pm & 8:00pm · Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

Tickets: $30 – $580

Ages: 8+