'Spamilton: An American Parody' Will Spoof The Beloved Musical On New Hope Stage

NEW HOPE, PA — The hit musical Spamilton: An American Parody is coming to the Bucks County Playhouse this month, in its latest stop on a list of cities that's included New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and London.

As the name might suggest, Spamilton is a comedy spoofing Lin-Manuel Miranda's lauded show Hamilton. Performed by a versatile cast of eight, the musical offers a crash course in everyone’s favorite Broadway blockbuster including celebrity satires and pop culture zings accompanied with hip-hop on the piano.

Coming to New Hope at the end of January as part of the Bucks County Visiting Artists Series, Spamilton promises to "stage a singing, dancing, comedy revolution in Bucks County!"

“Hip-hop, Broadway showtunes, Viennese waltzes — is there anything this guy can’t write?" Marilyn Stasio of Variety wrote in a review. "No, not Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, but Gerard Alessandrini, whose ingenious parody Spamilton simultaneously salutes and sends up Miranda and his signature musical.”

Alessandrini is the creator of Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood and the winner of numerous awards including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre.

“This smart, silly, and often convulsively funny thesis, performed by a motor-mouthed cast that is fluent in many tongues, is the work of that eminent specialist in Broadway anatomy, pathology, and gossip, Gerard Alessandrini," Ben Brantley of the New York Times said.

Performances will be Jan. 28 and 29 at 8 p.m., with matinees Jan. 29 and 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets to Spamilton start at $45 and are on sale online or by calling the Box Office at (215) 862-2121.

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