Spamilton

Spamilton
An American Parody
Broadway promotional poster
MusicVarious
LyricsGerard Alessandrini
BookGerard Alessandrini
BasisHamilton
by Lin-Manuel Miranda
PremiereJuly 19, 2016: Triad Theatre, New York City
Productions2016 Off-Broadway
2017 Chicago
2017 Culver City
2018 Off-West End

Spamilton: An American Parody is a musical parody of the Broadway show Hamilton. Written by Gerard Alessandrini, creator of the parody revue Forbidden Broadway, Spamilton also parodies several other musicals, including Gypsy, Chicago, The King and I, Assassins, Camelot, The Book of Mormon and Sweeney Todd, and personalities, like Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Carol Channing and Liza Minnelli.

The show, directed by Alessandrini, had its first preview on July 19, 2016, and opened on September 8, 2016, at New York's Triad Theatre. Originally scheduled to run 18 performances, it was extended at the Triad until May 28, 2017. It moved on June 2, 2017, to the 47th Street Theatre, near the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is presented. The production ran into 2018.[1]

A Chicago production of Spamilton opened at the Royal George Theatre on March 12, 2017. A production ran at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City from November 5, 2017, to January 7, 2018, shortly before a national tour.[2] US tours continued into 2024.[3]

A production played in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory running from July 24 (previews from July 12) to September 15, 2018.[4]

  1. ^ Clement, Olivia. "Spamilton to Close Off-Broadway", Playbill, November 19, 2017
  2. ^ Clement, Olivia. "Spamilton Will Play Around the Corner from the Broadway Home of Hamilton and Tour the U.S.", Playbill, April 11, 2017
  3. ^ Wright, Joshua. "Forbidden Broadway Cancels Broadway Run Due to 'Crowded' Season", BroadwayWorld.com, April 26, 2024
  4. ^ "Spamilton to Play London's Menier Chocolate Factory | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-04-30.