{"id":242996,"date":"2026-04-10T03:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242996\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T03:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:11:24","slug":"fort-worth-arlington-heights-grad-returns-home-for-spamalot-at-bass-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242996\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Arlington Heights grad returns home for \u2018Spamalot\u2019 at Bass Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Major Attaway prepares to take the stage at Bass Hall as King Arthur in \u201cSpamalot\u201d<\/a> he reflects on time with his aunt \u2014 among others.<\/p>\n

And if that seems like an interesting connection for a Monty Python musical, it just goes to show the impact the legendary comedy troupe has had on all ages.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs early as middle school I was a big fan of Monty Python. My aunt and I watched a lot of British comedies on KERA together and that was one of our favorites,\u201d the 2005 Fort Worth Arlington Heights graduate recalled.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s a part of that same comedy that used to bring them laughs together as \u201cSpamalot\u201d is coming to Bass Hall April 28-May 3 as part of the Performing Arts Fort Worth\u2019s Broadway at the Bass Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the connection to Monty Python didn\u2019t stop with his aunt. Turned out, his high school theater teacher was also a big fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cMrs. Hunter had the entire Monty Python collection,\u201d Attaway said.<\/p>\n

So, when his school did a one-act play called \u201cThe Beggar\u2019s Opera\u201d and she included something from Monty Python \u2014 the iconic coconut \u201cdance\u201d (the act of banging coconut shells together to simulate horse hooves). It was featured in the 1975 film \u201cMonty Python and the Holy Grail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI did the coconut dance across the stage and it was so much fun,\u201d Attaway said. \u201cTo this day that is one of my favorite memories.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has a lot of local memories in a theater career that includes working at Bass Hall with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra when he was younger, along with performances at Casa Manana with Casa Kids and the Jubilee Theatre.<\/p>\n

And there was, of course, his playing the Genie in \u201cAladdin\u201d on Broadway. In fact, he played it longer than anyone else ever, with over 1,500 performances from 2017-2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that got tired was my body,\u201d he said, chuckling. \u201cPlaying that role was very humbling. Having people come from across the world to see me in that role was very enlightening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voice of Pokemon, Dragonball Z<\/p>\n

While he\u2019s best known for his theater work, Attaway is a versatile performer. As a voice actor, he\u2019s voiced many characters in Anime, video games, narrations, teaching materials and even museum exhibits.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been the voice of characters in \u201cPokemon,\u201d \u201cDragonball Z,\u201d \u201cBorderlands 3\u201d and many others.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the base it\u2019s still storytelling,\u201d he said of voice work.<\/p>\n

In fact, he said it\u2019s not uncommon for him to do voiceover work in that daytime and perform in a show that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something about telling a story that I know is going to be rewatched,\u201d he said. \u201cI remember watching certain movies with my parents when I was young and loving the narration. All of that is with me when I step into a booth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among his TV and film credits are the Netflix original series \u201cOrange is the New Black\u201d and the film \u201cCarter High.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attaway said he had never seen \u201cSpamalot\u201d before being cast as King Arthur.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d seen clips, but I don\u2019t recall ever seeing the whole show,\u201d he said. \u201cBut to not see it in person was a benefit. I got to really craft it from just my love of Monty Python and the character.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell written humor is timeless. King Arthur is on this journey trying to accomplish something normal (find the Holy Grail), while everyone around him is outlandish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attaway said the long-running success of Monty Python\u2019s humor comes down largely to being smart and having perfect timing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that is universal. When it\u2019s right, it\u2019s always going to be funny,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Major Attaway prepares to take the stage at Bass Hall as King Arthur in \u201cSpamalot\u201d he reflects…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11372,116,118,117,23058,11440,92927,62576,92747],"class_list":{"0":"post-242996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-bass-hall","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","11":"tag-fort-worth-news","12":"tag-fort-worth-symphony-orchestra","13":"tag-king-arthur","14":"tag-major-attaway","15":"tag-monty-python","16":"tag-spamalot"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}