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SPAMALOT Leads Tony Nominations With 14

Monty Python's Spamalot, an offbeat musical spoof inspired by those quirky British cutups and their film MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, grabbed 14 Tony Award nominations last Tuesday, including a nod for best musical.

Close behind with 11 nominations each were two other, very different musicals: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, about a couple of scam artists working the French Riviera, and The Light in The Piazza, a complex, lushly romantic tale of love at first sight.

All three will compete for the musical prize, along with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a small, sweet show about youngsters learning how to win and lose.

The 14 nominations for Spamalot included nods for director Mike Nichols as well as for the show's King Arthur (Tim Curry), and its Lancelot (Hank Azaria).

The nominees for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre are: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek); The Light in the Piazza (Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel); Monty Python's Spamalot (Music: John Du Prez and Eric Idle, Lyrics: Eric Idle); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Music & Lyrics: William Finn).

The Tony Awards, with Hugh Jackman as host, will take place June 5 at Radio City Music Hall with a three-hour telecast by CBS. The nominations in 25 categories will be voted on by 758 members of the theatrical community. www.tonyawards.com