“Spamalot,” Broadway’s hottest show, drawn from the 1975 cult film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” has managed to tap into a rare, highly prized Broadway demographic: men; specifically, the kinds of teenagers and 20-somethings who find jokes about fish, flatulence and the French absolutely sidesplitting and who normally wouldn’t be headed to the theater unless dragged by a girlfriend, school trip or court order…

“It seems so far that ‘Spamalot’ has the potential to become a show for young guys like ‘Wicked’ is for young girls,” said Jed Bernstein, the president of the League of American Theaters and Producers…

Mr. Nichols said he hoped that his audience would be permanently converted. “The excitement is having gotten some of those men back who might have approached the theater like it’s modern dance and not without provocation,” he said. “It’s nice to have them back.”

- The New York Times

And I smile.

I have seen Spamalot… and I will say that it is definitely way near the top on the list of “the must fun I’ve had as a member of a Broadway audience”… probably tied with Avenue Q.

Maybe theatre’s not dead.