Ethan Slater Out of Broadway's Spamalot For 2 Weeks

Tony nominee Ethan Slater will be out at Spamalot through January 21, according to a recent post on the actor's Instagram Story (the post is no longer active).

Slater personally acknowledged David Josefsberg and Michael Fatica in the Instagram post. The pair will cover Historian/Herbert in his absence.

Slater declined to identify the cause of his extended absence, but it is possible that he is taking the two weeks to resume filming for the two-part film adaptation of Wicked, in which Slater is starring as Boq.

In an interview with Collider last month, composer Stephen Schwartz confirmed that the actors had not been able to finish filming all of their required scenes due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, and that they would return to finish principal photography.

The revival of Spamalot opened November 16 at the St. James Theatre after beginning performances October 31.

The company currently features Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton) as King Arthur, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer (Beetlejuice) as The Lady of the Lake, Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress) as Patsy, Slater (SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical) as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Taran Killam (Hamilton, Saturday Night Live) as Lancelot, Jimmy Smagula (Billy Elliot) as Sir Bedevere, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie (Shrinking, Torch Song) as Sir Robin, and Nik Walker (Hamilton) as Sir Galahad.

Based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical follows King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table on their quest for the Holy Grail, complete with coconut-shell horse hooves, a run-in with the Knights Who Say "Ni!," and more.

The musical, which took home the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005, features a book by Eric Idle and a score by Idle and John Du Prez. Josh Rhodes directs and choreographs the revival after staging the production's premiere at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.

The production features scenic and projection design by Paul Tate dePoo III, costume design by Jen Caprio, lighting design by Cory Pattak, sound design by Kai Harada and Haley Parcher, wig design by Tom Watson, and music direction by John Bell. Casting is by JZ Casting. Matthew Lacey serves as the production stage manager, and RCI Theatricals serves as general manager.

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