Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett to make Broadway debut in SPAMALOT

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The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python’s Spamalot will ordain a new knight of the Round Table on 23 January, with Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) embarking on his Broadway debut in the role of Sir Robin until 28 April.

Bennett will replace Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie who plays his final performance as Sir Robin on 21 January, ahead of starring in Once Upon a Mattress at New York City Center from 24 January–4 February, before he rejoins a prior television commitment.

Bennett joins a cast led by two-time Tony Award nominee Alex Brightman as Sir Lancelot, three-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald as Patsy, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart as King Arthur, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as The Lady of the Lake, Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Jimmy Smagula as Sir Bedevere, and Nik Walker as Sir Galahad, with David Josefsberg, Graham Stevens, Daniel Beeman, Maria Briggs, Gabriella Enriquez, Michael Fatica, Denis Lambert, Shina Ann Morris, Kaylee Olson, Kristin Piro, Drew Redington, Tyler Roberts, Anju Cloud, Darrell T. Joe, Lily Kaufmann, and Charlie Sutton.

Spamalot features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, and music by Idle and John Du Prez. Josh Rhodes returns from the Kennedy Center production to direct and choreograph on Broadway, with set and projection design by Paul Tate dePoo III, costumes by Jen Caprio, lighting by Cory Pattak, sound by Kai Harada & Haley Parcher, music direction by John Bell, and casting by JZ Casting,

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