Monty Python’s SPAMALOT
“Christopher Sutton shines in multiple roles. His dancing as Not Dead Fred is seriously amusing, and his Herbert is a soft-singing, pink-slippered marvel who is a dead ringer for Georgia Engel's Georgette of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" fame.”
Claude Peck -Star Tribune
“Christopher Sutton is outstanding as Herbert - a damsel in distress - but he’s also the Historian, Not Dead Fred, a French Guard and a Minstrel.”
Jim Dorman -The Patriot Ledger Boston
“This is one of the very few touring musicals that casts, first and foremost, for comedic chops and there is, therefore, a hilarious performance from Christopher Sutton as Prince Herbert...”
Chris Jones -Chicago Tribune
“Finally, in this colorful array of zany performances there is some sensational comedic work provided by Christopher Sutton as the delicate, fragile, and very pale "Prince Herbert." Sutton has soothing tenor vocals that turn his solos into audience-pleasing numbers.”
Pegasus News -Dallas.
“The show's MVP has to be Christopher Sutton, who plays six roles, including a not-quite-dead plague victim and the not-quite-closeted Prince Herbert. Besides bearing a striking physical and vocal resemblance to Monty Python vet Eric Idle (who wrote “Spamalot's” book and lyrics), Sutton utterly captures the freewheeling spirit of Monty Python's lunacy.”
Allan I. Ross -City Pulse
"Star performances from Charles Shaughnessy, Broadway diva Rachel York, and Christopher Sutton, who gives beautiful voice."
BroadwayWorld.com
“Christopher Sutton’s Prince Herbert is a genius study in daffy male effeteness, making Michael Jackson seem positively butch by comparison. Sutton exudes sweetness and silliness in equal heapings, creating a male ingénue who is entirely lovable.”
Kaizaad Kotwal -Gay People's Chronicle.com
“Christopher Sutton puts on a clinic in comic acting as he smoothly segues from role to role, first playing the stuffy Historian who narrates the show, then bringing down the house with his comic complaints as Not Dead Fred, and finally camping it up as the cross-dressing Prince Herbert.”
Raleigh -North Carolina
“Christopher Sutton plays several roles with such distinctness, flair, and cunning, that he may have managed more than one paycheck. A brilliant chameleon, he is spectacular as Prince Herbert, whose heart beats to a different drummer, and equally fabulous as Not Dead Fred, who keeps being dragged to the plague-town death-carts despite the fact that he’s…well, you guessed it.”
Tim Treanor-Washington D.C.
“Christopher Sutton stands out with hilarity for his every gesture, whether in the plaintive delivery of Not Dead Fred or as the strange, fey and beautifully voiced Prince Herbert.”
Lisa Bornstein -Denver
“Many of the brightest moments come from Christopher Sutton, who has clearly studied the original Python movies and nails his two best parts: a potential soldier who's "Not Dead Yet" and Prince Herbert, who's in need of rescue from an overbearing father.”
FrederickNewsPost -Maryland
“Perhaps the two most memorable performances are turned in by Christopher Sutton as the achingly funny über-gay Prince Herbert (and other roles, including your classic Not Dead Fred) and Rick Holmes as Herbert’s love interest Sir Lancelot (the unlikely lovebirds stopping the show with their sequined-jockstrap disco club mix “His Name is Lancelot”)
Los Angeles -Entertainment Today
“A great bit is Christopher Sutton (Not Dead Fred) singing – “I’m not dead yet!” Sutton is just wonderful in every part that he plays in this insane musical. What a great talent...”
Lee Hartgrave -San Francisco Golden Gate
“Christopher Sutton couldn't have brought more fop to his hilarious study of simpering Prince Herbert, and it's a measure of the attention to detail in Spamalot that the voice of God is supplied by none other than John Cleese.”
Peter Birnie -Vancouver Sun
“Another high point involves Lancelot’s attempt to rescue a “damsel” in distress who turns out to be a prince with a penchant for breaking into song. Christopher Sutton is subtly effeminate as the musically inclined Herbert.”
Richard Ades -The Other Paper
“The second act is a series of hilariously silly sketches, one of which revolves around the outing of Sir Lancelot after the damsel in distress he rescues turns out to be an effeminate man (Prince Herbert, played by a very funny Christopher Sutton.)”
-The Marquette Tribune
“Standouts include Christopher Sutton in several roles, including the song-loving Prince Herbert.”
-Talkin' Broadway
“Sir Lancelot and Christopher Sutton as Prince Herbert are really delicious; the plot twist that pairs them romantically is hysterical and leads into choreographer Nicholaw's most joyfully giddy production sequence.”
Talkin' Broadway -Seattle
“With great showmanship, Christopher Sutton is a hoot in several roles including Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert.”
Talkin' Broadway -Cincinatti
“Christopher Sutton does a wonderful job as the Minstrel and Not Dead Fred, and does a bit of enjoyable scene-stealing as Prince Herbert.”
John Lariviere -Talkin' Broadway
“Christopher Sutton steals scenes (as Not Dead Fred, Historian and Prince Herbert) and whisks away with a flounce or a perfectly timed line in “Here Are You” and “His Name is Lancelot.”
-The Reading Eagle
“Sutton is delightfully winsome as Not Dead Fred and the fruity Prince Herbert.”
-San Francisco Examiner
“Some of the humblest characters in the show have some of the greatest scenes: including Christopher Sutton as Not Dead Fred (also the Historian and swishy Prince Herbert), who originates a bit that recurs throughout the musical.”
-Dayton Daily News
“Christopher Sutton plays the Historian at the beginning of the musical who sets the scene, and then comes back in a hysterical portrayal of Prince Herbert, a rather effeminate lad who has some "interesting" scenes with Lancelot.”
-The Observer
“His (Gary Beach) following ultimately comes to include the uniformly strong performance of Christopher Sutton, whose dainty Prince Herbert brings to mind the great Jack Gilford”
-Palm Beach Daily News
“Christopher Sutton swishes appealingly as distressed Prince Herbert.” -San Francisco Examiner
“Christopher Sutton plays the bubbly, feminine Prince Herbert as well as the show-stealing Not-Dead Fred and the show-opening Historian.”
Sue Merrell -Grand Rapids Press
“She's joined in her rebellion by the chameleon-like Christopher Sutton, who essays a number of roles from Not Dead Fred to a Minstrel, before teaming up as Prince Herbert with Sir Lancelot for a gay old frolic in another part of the forest.”
John Colbourn -Toronto Sun
“Christopher Sutton as Prince Herbert, Not Dead Fred, and a host of other characters, bore a striking resemblance to Eric Idle. It amazed me that they did, in some cases, find people who physically resembled the original Monty Python crew.”
Artsnet -Tampa Bay
“Many in the large supporting cast offer a rotating series of individual showcase turns. Christopher Sutton, a veteran of last year's tour, sings and dances loose-limbed as Drop Dead Fred (a plague victim) and later as the gay Prince Herbert.”
Jack Zink -Miami
“It does help that Richard Chamberlain is surrounded by a large, energetic singing/dancing cast, including some very talented people -- particularly Christopher Sutton as the Historian, Not Dead Fred, and Prince Herbert.”
The Edge -Chicago
“and the hilariously agile Christopher Sutton (Prince Herbert) seems to be having great fun.”
Hedy Weiss -Chicago Sun Times
“All cast members play multiple roles, perhaps the most versatile being Christopher Sutton as the outrageously effeminate Prince Herbert and the timid Not Dead Fred. He seems blessed with the spirit of earnest silliness that the parts require.”
Aisha Motlani -Milwaukee
“Making it all work is a great cast. Christopher Sutton’s roles are carefully crafted, as he plays a bunch of Idle-like roles.”
Denis Armstrong -Ottawa Sun
“Christopher Sutton does a jaunty jig to prove that “I’m Not Dead Yet” when he climbs out from a bunch of corpses. (A move which prompts the lively sale of “I’m Not Dead Yet” T shirts in the lobby.)”
Mal Vincent -Virginian Pilot
“You won’t be able to take your eyes off Christopher Sutton in multiple roles, including Not Dead Fred/Minstrel/Prince Herbert; he’s a physical clown with superb comic timing.”
Paul Lamar -Schenectady
“The conversion to Broadway brings expected tweakings: the fractured story made famous on screen here comes very loosely framed by the commentary of a nebbishy historian (Christopher Sutton, one of a hard-working multi-character ensemble.)”
-San Francisco
“Christopher Sutton is especially versatile in a vast number of roles, including the stuffy historian/narrator, pasty-faced Prince Herbert, the minstrel and the aptly named plague victim Not Dead Fred.”
Pam Kragen -San Diego
“And Christopher Sutton is the flowing Prince Herbert, longing to be found by love.”
-Boston
“a terrific, and terrifically hard-working, cast, from the protean ensemble to such principals as Christopher Sutton as Not Dead Fred and the fabulously flighty Prince Herbert...”
Elizabeth Maupin -Orlando Sentinel
“Standouts in the talented cast included Christopher Sutton, an Idle look-alike, as mincing Prince Herbert.”
Bob Fischbach -Omaha World-Herald
“There's also a Peter Allen-esque coming-out number, "His Name is Lancelot," in which brave Sir Lancelot discovers his true sexual orientation, with a little assist from Christopher Sutton's demure Prince Herbert, and in one of Spamalot's funniest songs (a holdover from the movie), a soon-to-be-corpse -- loose-limbed Christopher Sutton -- sings, "I Am Not Dead Yet."
J. Wynn -Rousuck Baltimore Sun
“and Barrymore Award-winner Christopher Sutton (a favorite for years at the Walnut Street Theatre) is entertaining in a variety of silly roles.”
Mark Cofta -Philadelphia City Paper
“Choice comic characterizations abound, including Christopher Sutton's mincing Prince Herbert.”
Les Spindle -Backstage West Ahmanson
“As Wednesday’s opening coincided with news about the continued ban on same-sex marriage, the show’s wedding between the sweet, song-filled Prince Herbert (Christopher Sutton) and Lancelot proved timely, and the line, “In a thousand years’ time, this will still be controversial,” got the night’s biggest laugh.”
Leslie Katz -San Francisco Examiner
“The cast of characters had to be having fun with this production and the talent was apparent as many of them switched roles from scene to scene. Christopher Sutton’s Price Herbert was quite endearing, even if he did out the very handsome Sir Lancelot.”
Brenda Holmes -Indianapolis
“Christopher Sutton, whose Prince Herbert looks a bit like Eric Idle -- if the Spamalot creator went in for blond wigs and pink shoes, knows how to shine in the spotlight and bravely does so.”
Christine Dolen -Miami Herald
“MSU alumnus Christopher Sutton is, without a doubt, the funniest person in the show, playing five different characters - the Historian, Prince Herbert, Not Dead Fred, the French Guard and the Minstrel. He dances around with a monstrous basket of fruit on his head, he plays a gay man, he is dragged around stage and he even manages to wear pink fluffy slippers and keep a straight face. This is probably the most hilarious series of characters I have ever encountered in a musical.”
Detroit News
“Christopher Sutton's Prince Herbert is simply hysterical.”
Sarah Marshak -Sun-Sentinel
“The actors are constant hams, which could give the expectation that the singing skills might not be equal to the shtick. Wrong. There are some wonderful strong voices, in particular Christopher Sutton as Prince Herbert doing a lovely falsetto.”
Bernadette Johnson -Hartford Spotlight
“Musical highlights are numerous, from the "I Am Not Dead Yet", sung by the soon-to-be corpse Not Dead Fred (Christopher Sutton) (who brilliantly multitasks the roles of the foppy Prince Herbert and one of the overripe French guards and dittyful /dutiful French minstrels.)”
Pati Buehler -Broadway World
“Here, it's Prince Herbert (adaptable Christopher Sutton, who plays five other roles) who longs to be rescued.”
Star Tribune Minneapolis.
“Christopher Sutton is a ton of fun in "Not Dead Fred," the Minstrel, Prince Herbert and the Historian.”
Pam Harbaugh -Florida Today
“Lancelot is pure family; his rescuing of the fey Herbert (brilliantly portrayed by Christopher Sutton) leads to His Name is Lancelot, the funniest coming out scene in theater.”
Steve Berman -The Edge
“Christopher Sutton (Prince Herbert,) is exactly like the "distressed Prince" from the movie and does an amazing job of being a little girly man.”
Greg Smith -Denver
“Christopher Sutton is a complete scene-stealer in several roles, including Prince Herbert.”
Juliet Wittman -Denver Theatre Center
“The cast is full of delightful performers, including Christopher Sutton, who plays a stuffy British academic, Not Dead Fred, Sir Robin’s graphic minstrel and Prince Herbert, the golden-locked lad who just wants to sing his song.”
Chad Jones -San Francisco.
“The cast is outstanding, topping one that came through New England last winter because of key substitutions. Wonderful in a variety of roles, including Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert, is the loose-limbed, wide-eyed and high-voiced Christopher Sutton.”
Kathi Driscoll -Boston
“Christopher Sutton is deliriously funny as Not Dead Fred and the flaming Prince Herbert.”
Judith Egerton -The Courier Journal
“Happily, Mr. Beach is also part of a madly funny company including Christopher Sutton as the madly dancing Not Dead Fred and romantically pining Prince Herbert.”
Christine Dolen -The Miami Herald
“and Christopher Sutton's willlowy Prince Herbert are among the enjoyable featured turns.”
Everett Evans -Houston Chronicle
“Audiences may bust a gut listening to Christopher Sutton as Prince Herbert serenade his white knight"
Jessica Novak -Baltimore Examiner
“Christopher Sutton is a chortle as Not Dead Fred, Prince Herbert and others. (Note: Sutton was last seen here during the 2004 Ryder Cup in a revue called "Golf" at Meadow Brook Theatre.)”
Martin F. Cohn -Detroit Free Press
“Also wonderful in a variety of roles, including Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert, is the loose-limbed, wide-eyed and high-voiced Christopher Sutton.”
-CapeCodTimes.
“Christopher Sutton steals several scenes, most notably as the "I’m not dead" guy and Prince Herbert.”
Mark Lowry -Fort Worth Star Telegram
“Christopher Sutton plays the historian with sufficient stuffiness and is charmingly animated as plague victim Not Dead Fred. But his best role is that of Prince Herbert, a tortured soul forced by his father to marry a princess. Herbert snaps out of his mopey mood when a handsome Lancelot (Matthew Greer) shows up, and it’s a real treat to watch Sutton and Greer flit around the stage.”
Danielle Hatch -Journal Star Peoria
“We saw eye to eye on Christopher Sutton, who has a genius for willy-nilly ninnies such as not dead Fred, the poor chap who wants off the corpse wagon in the classic "I'm Not Dead Yet" sketch, and the prancing Prince Herbert, who helps Sir Lancelot get in touch with his inner dancing queen.”
Karen D'Souza -San Jose
“and the hilariously agile Christopher Sutton (Prince Herbert) all seem to be having great fun.”
Hedy Weiss Chicago Sun Times
“Christopher Sutton is a hoot in several roles including Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert.”
Scott Cain -Talkin' Broadway
“Still, "Spamalot" wouldn't be much without the Python's original gags - with Not Dead Fred (played by Fenton-bred actor Christopher Sutton), the French taunter, the Knights of Ni, a certain killer rabbit and the Voice of God (supplied via prerecording by original Python John Cleese). They're pulled off as well live as on film. Animated exhibitions are inspired by Terry Gilliam's original Python art and are particularly funny during intermission. On this first national tour of Spamalot, Sutton makes the best of his six roles. He's most notably seen as the show's erudite narrator, The Historian, and as Prince Herbert, who brings out facets of Sir Lancelot's personality heretofore undiscovered by Arthurian scholars.”
Ed Bradley -M-Live.com