“Spamilton: An American Parody” – The Phoenix Theatre Company
Theater Review – June 15, 2019
“SPAMILTON” SPOOFS “HAMILTON” WITH HUMOROUS JABS AND SLAMS
SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY”
Hormel Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre Company
Phoenix, AZ
If you know current and historic Broadway musicals well, you will adore Gerard Alessandrini’s “Spamilton: An American Parody” that opened recently in a smashing touring production at The Phoenix Theatre Company. The musical spoofs Lin-Manual Miranda’s hit musical “Hamilton” and a spot-on company draws every comic nuance from the show.
Alessandrini previously wrote the popular “Forbidden Broadway” spoofs that ran a long time off-Broadway. Although Spamilton” lampoons “Hamilton” it lambasts but never ridicules the show and, like the “Forbidden Broadway” … Continue Reading