Monty Python’s “Spamalot” is embarking on a quest to hit more than two dozen cities over the next nine months, and Cleveland is the first stop. Based on the cult comedy classic “Monty Python and the ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

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, ...