The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Spamalot

There's probably an argument to be made that we don't need another Spamalot revival. It's not been too long since the last one and this new revival isn't trying to do anything different or new with the material. It's just the same show with a new generation of comic geniuses, but there's something kind of fun in that. To see the shoes once filled by Tim Curry, Christian Borle and David Hyde Pierce now filled by folks like James Monroe Iggleheart, Ethan Slater, and Michael Urie is kind of fun (also, in Chris Sieber's role is Nik Walker, who I've been following since he was in highschool, so that's fun for me). I don't think it'll run forever, but it's fun and fun for now, and I hadn't seen any full song yet, so I was excited for this performance.

This performance was exactly what I thought it would be, which was a vaguely goood time. Nothing to change the world, but something to bring the new world to. The people are funny, the song is a classic, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. It was a good reminder to us all that even with a pro like Leslie Kritzer, trying to lip-sync scatting is hard.