BroadwayWorld/Phoenix is again delighted to welcome David Appleford as a guest contributor to its pages ~ as always, featuring his distinctive, well-balanced, and intelligent perspective on theatre.

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

Just as Mel Brooks lured inventive director-choreographer Susan Stroman to shepherd The Producers from screen to stage, Monty Python standard-bearer Eric Idle turned to Mike Nichols to bring the ...