Jane Lynch, Greg Louganis and Sam Harris among the stars at “Spamalot” opening night in Hollywood

What a wonderful night at the theater earlier this week.

Caught the opening night performance of Monty Python’s Spamalot which kicked off a one-week engagement at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

I invited my journalist pal Mariel Garza as my guest and she was the perfect choice because she really knows her Monty Python and was able to appreciate the show at an entirely different level than I was.

And I enjoyed this hilarious telling of the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table plenty!

We had terrific seats, just two rows behind Jane Lynch who was accompanied by her wife Lara Embry and their young daughter.

I’ve interviewed Jane many times but had never mentioned to her that I saw her perform in The Real Live Brady Bunch at a theater in Westwood back in 1992 (She played Carol Brady).

She got a kick out of that and said she was looking forward to a rare night out at the theater with her family.

“We don’t go to plays a lot,” Jane said. “My daughter loves plays so we’re thrilled to be here tonight. I used to do a lot of sketch comedy here in LA for free.”

Inside the theater, we were two seats away from me was Dancing With the Stars pro Louis Van Amstel. Since the new cast was just announced that morning, I asked Louis which celebrity he had been paired with and was surprised to find out that he would not be participating. I wanted to find out more but the show was about to start.

Before the lights went down, I spotted Olympic great Greg Louganis on the other side of our row, actor Chris MacDonald in the row in front of us and actress Beverly DeAngelo who came over to greet Jane Lynch.

I spent some time covering the red carpet before the show and enjoyed chatting with the great JoAnne Worley (pictured, left) who told me she had just finished filming a guest spot on ABC’s The Middle.

JoAnne,  a terrific live performer best known for her years on Laugh In, is always a fun guest star. When I spotted actress Lea Thompson on the red carpet a short time later, I thought about when JoAnne guest starred on Lea’s Caroline in the City sitcom in a hilarious episode involving a celebrity sandwich.

Members of the Spamalot cast also did a quick appearance on the red carpet. The cast was led by Arthur Rowan as King Arthur, Brittany Woodrow as The Lady in the Lake as well as cast members Michael J. Berry, Adam Grabau, Jacob L. Smith, Kasidy Devlin, Thomas DeMarcus, James David Larson and Joe Beuerlein who all have multiple roles in the production.

Lending some old-fashioned movie star glamour to the proceedings was the always impeccable Anne Jeffries who, believe it or not, is 89 years old.

She was a Broadway star in the late 40s and early 50s then starred in the TV comedy series Topper in the mid-50s. She later had a recurring role on Falcon Crest and played socialite Amanda Barrington for many years on General Hospital.

I’ll tell you, Miss Jeffries should give lessons in how to handle yourself like a star to a lot of today’s younger actresses – starting with Lindsay Lohan.

It was also great to see the multi-talented Sam Harris on the red carpet.

I had not seen Sam in awhile and could not help but notice that he was looking quite slim! He told me he has lost 25 pounds! And he was gorgeous before!

Sam is a Broadway veteran who first came to fame as the winner of the original Star Search competition in the early 80s. He’s also BFFs with Liza Minnelli.

I did a nice little interview with Sam that I will share down the road.

Anyway, Mariel and I had the most terrific time at the show, had our picture taken on the red carpet on our way out and sang all the way to the car.

The show runs through March 4.

For tickets and more information, go to www.BroadwayLA.org.