Great Recaps From Spamalot This Weekend

I gotta give the fans credit for bringing back some awesome recaps of Spamalot and pictures from the Stage Door. The Clayboard has a great thread for each week of Spamalot, so I thought I'd share some bits and pieces from this thread so you can see what's going on at Spamalot this past week. Enjoy!!

• From Toni7Babe (via another fan) - She thought he couldn't be any better than he was opening weekend but he is! Says she seems much more comfortable on stage and his dancing is effortless. Says there is more ad-libbing from Clay. In the scene where they bring out the Wooden Rabbit (it was a rabbit, wasn't it?) Clay is lying on stage next to the rabbit and hugging it! Says his delivery in the tower scene is even better than before!
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  Toni7babe was right up at the barrier so she asked Clay a question - "Clay, do you have a favorite part of the show? What's your favorite scene?" He initially replied "I'll have to think about that. I'm not sure." But she wasn't taking that for an answer and said "Oh, come on. I bet you have a favorite scene." Clay's reply? "The part where I get to lay down for 5 minutes and rest."
• Clayshines, From Clayversity - I just got back from the show. It was a last minute decision to go - I took a bus into the city all by myself for the first time. I was terrified! But I am so glad I did!!! I had so much fun!.....Tyra sat on the right side of the theater for the first half and then sat third row center orch. during the second half. She was three seats away from me. She sure is beautiful! She enjoyed the show! At the end of the show when the players were coming out and taking their bows, Tyra jumped up and gave Clay a standing ovation when he came out. What a fun sight to see!!!.....I could tell when he spotted Tyra in the audience and then at the very end during the sing along Tyra waved at Clay and Clay waved back at Tyra. Very cute! After the show she was immediately escorted up onto the stage and through the curtains to backstage.
• Ruffian5230 - I just got home from my trip to NYC today!! We decided last night to go when we pulled up FRONT ROW CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DUDE that guy amazes me! How does he manage to get better and better with every passing day?!?! I can't believe how much he has changed in the 2 weeks since I saw him last. He is so animated and so "into" the role!! Clay has made that role his. Clay Aiken IS sir Robin!!!!!
• Allforlovetoo - Just thinking about the last few days puts my heart in a twitter! Our original plans were to fly into NY on Thursday morning, see the sights of NYC for the day and attend the show on Friday night only. WHAT WERE WE THINKING?? After reading all the recaps and feeling the excitement on opening night, we simultaneously (literally) agreed there was NO way we could be in NYC , a few blocks from Clay, and not see the show on Thursday night too! We were lucky enough to locate front row seats, left orchestra on the Spam site for Thursday night! We were so close to the stage that there were a few opportunities during the show where we could have reached out and grabbed Clay's…....................foot! (Ah' said foot!! TeeHee) We also got rather dizzy having to stretch our necks back so far trying to keep our eyes locked on that tower window straight up above us, but there was no way we were going to miss a second of Clay. What can I say ladies but this: if you have a smidge of a chance to see this show, beg borrow, sell, (I would say steal but I don't think Clay would approve of that) anything to get you there!!!! It was my first time to a Broadway show, and what an experience! My jaws hurt from laughing so hard! Clay got lots of laughter and reaction to his lines and the biggest applause at the end. His facial expressions are priceless. And it sounds like he's getting better show by show. He may technically be a newbie to Broadway, but you would never know it by watching him on stage. He definitely fits right in with the rest of the cast. Lots of NJU's on Thursday night. There were also many men throughout the theater. We think we females were outnumbered for once! The group of guys behind us laughed non-stop. This is your chance ladies to bring your "significant other" to a show to introduce him to Clay's talents......It was really cool to see the look on Clay's face during the finale…..all that applause coming from NJU's. Yay! Oh yes, it did seem like once in awhile, the "4th wall" would come down for a few seconds and he would take a quick peek at the people in the audience rows that he could see from the stage, searching for a familiar face.
• Tiggy52Winkle - He has really added so much more to his performance since opening weekend when I last saw him. As the guy in the tower he is playing with the strap on his helmet and it's so cute. He looks so relaxed in the next scence where he is collecting money for the dead bodies. So relaxed, in fact, that he dropped the money the other guy handed him but he just bent down, scooped it up and went right on about his business. (we've seen that quick scoop action in concert when he's dropped the mic!)...He used a totally different facial expression as the drunken guard and it was even funnier than the first shows. The faces of each character he plays are so different that it is truly amazing and another sign of the true acting talent that Clay possesses in spades! When he is run through with Lancelot's sword and falls flat out you can see his chest moving up and down and it's enough to make you fall flat out too! His feet are turned out even lying on his back playing dead!.....Brother Maynard is hysterical and he uses this high pitched voice that adds to the hilarity. When he comes riding in with the minstrels playing and singing "Brave Sir Robin" the look on his face is just priceless. So smug and confident. But as the song progresses with the nasty ways that he's not afraid to be killed the expressions he pulls and the looks in his eyes will make you roar...Clay looks positively gorgeous at the end of the show dancing around in that white tux. Yummmm! His dancing seems so effortless and every turn and clap are spot on. Not a single misstep. He looks like he is just having the time of his life up there and I know that we could wish nothing more for him. Lots of men in the audience, couples who are out on dates, young people, the majority of people were NJUs (not just us). We talked to the couple that sat behind us; he was a big Python fan from way back but his companion really wasn't into it....we told her she would be by the end of the show. Well, she laughed the entire time and thoroughly enjoyed herself. It's so much fun watching people react to the show and to Clay in particular. His big number always draws lots of applause, laughs and cheers from the audience. The whole cast is wicked funny and talented and it just makes your heart swell with pride and admiration to see Clay more than holding his own with these seasoned professionals. Broadway is not for mediocre talent and that is a huge testament to Mike Nichols confidence in Clay that he chose him with literally no acting background for a major role in this show.
• From washgirl at the CV - Sat. review....I went up to NYC with a good friend. She's been to a couple of the Christmas concerts with me, but doesn't find Clay particularly sexy (silly girl). But she's a pretty good sport about letting me gush. First off, we did the alley line at yesterday's matinee. Afterwards, she kept saying how handsome he's become and how strong his face is. Yeah, Baby! And then into the show where I sat behind the tallest man in the theater. If anyone heard a woman guffawing at the top of her lungs, that was my friend. I kept hearing "That's Clay Aiken. That's the guy from American Idol." all around me. Mr. Tall Guy was there with his wife. They both seemed to be in their late twenties. And it was HE who kept pointing Clay out to his wife every time Clay appeared in a different role. He was laughing so hard he kept putting his face in his hands. I tell you, you leave that show happy, but spent from laughing! My friend told me she jealous that she doesn't get to see it again. She also told me that she thinks Clay lives a profound life. And that does sum it up, doesn't it?