Editing Monty Python's Life of Brian (section)

===Music===
With the success of Eric Idle's musical retelling of ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', called ''[[Spamalot]]'', Idle announced that he would be giving ''Life of Brian'' a similar treatment. The [[oratorio]], called ''[[Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)]]'', was commissioned to be part of the festival called [[Luminato]] in Toronto in June 2007, and was written/scored by Idle and [[John Du Prez]], who also worked with Idle on ''Spamalot''. ''Not the Messiah'' is a spoof of [[Handel]]'s ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]''. It runs approximately 50 minutes, and was conducted at its world premiere by [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]] music director [[Peter Oundjian]], who is Idle's cousin.<ref name="Brian gets Musical">{{cite news|author=CBC Arts |date=18 October 2006 |title=Python gang reunited as Spamalot opens in London |publisher=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/python-gang-reunited-as-spamalot-opens-in-london-1.597258 |access-date=18 October 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030024206/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/18/python-gang.html |archive-date=30 October 2006 }}</ref> ''Not the Messiah'' received its US premiere at the [[Caramoor International Music Festival]] in [[Katonah, New York|Katonah]], New York. Oundjian and Idle joined forces once again for a double performance of the oratorio in July 2007.<ref name="Messiah US Premiere">{{cite web |first=Vivien |last=Schweitzer|date=10 April 2007 |title=''Not the Messiah'', Eric Idle's Comic Oratorio, to have U.S. Premiere at Caramoor Festival|publisher=[[PlaybillArts]]|url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6298.html|access-date=8 May 2007}}</ref>