NEW YORK — “Monty Python’s Spamalot” tops the nominees for the 50th annual Drama Desk Awards with 12 mentions, followed by “The Light in the Piazza” with 11 and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” with 10.

A complete list of nominations for the 59th Annual Tony Award: Best Play: “Democracy”; “Doubt”; “Gem of the Ocean”; “The Pillowman.” Best Musical: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”; “The Light in the Piazza”; ...

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, ...

“Spamalot,” the musical comedy billed as “lovingly ripped off” from the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” won 14 Tony nominations Tuesday in the race for Broadway’s top honor. “Dirty Rotten ...

John Cleese never disappoints. The towering silly walker supreme of the Monty Python troupe greets us at the opening of the iPad Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days app by sarcastically congratulating ...

HEADS UP, ladies! Two feel-good flicks have been turned into musicals, and they’re headed your way. First, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” will try to snatch your purse when the show is presented by the ...

As the British comedy troupe celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, Entertainment Weekly looks at the lasting influence of Monty Python's ideas on the funniest folks who followed them. Broad ...