Russell Beale, who is an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, made what Ben Brantley of The New York Times called ''a dazzling Broadway debut'' last year in the Royal National Theater of Britain's New York production of Tom Stoppard's ''Jumpers.'' His other National Theater roles include Iago in ''Othello,'' Pangloss in ''Candide'' and Hamlet.
'Spamalot' Anoints New King The British actor Simon Russell Beale is to begin a run as King Arthur in the Tony Award-winning ''Monty Python's Spamalot'' at the Shubert Theater on Dec.