What's Hot From Spamalot 2/20

In today's "What's Hot", we have some smokin' hot closeups of Clay at the Stage Door. These were taken by Clayphan76 from The Clayboard, who has been to 17 Spamalot shows! Now that's one lucky lady. Lucky for us too, since she is sharing these gorgeous photos with us:



Here's some more great closeups from ClaytonAikenFan86, also from The Clayboard:




Here's a review from WhoseLineBabygirl2006 at the CB:

ok heres my recap....now i'm gonna try (keyword: try) to remember everything to the best of my recolection!! it went by so fast it was hard to keep up!

I have to say the cast did an amazing job, they are excellant. I had 10th row and it was the closest 10th row i've ever had the theatre is small!! Clay seems to be in his element up there, he looked very comfortable up there, if he was nervous he didnt show it! I dunno what hes talking about when he says he cant dance he is full of it because from what i saw last night hes got everything down pact!!! When he was doing the bottle dance omg the look of determination on his face was priceless i honestly i felt like crying i was so proud of him. The tower scene it actually took me a few seconds to realize it was him up there since his face was a little smudged up, but it was cute that whole bit was just hysterical. Off stage he yells "bring out your deeeeaaaaaaaaaaaddddddd....bring out your deaaaaaaaddddd!" he yells it a certain way that you have to go see in order to fully understand i found that to be really cute. Not Dead Yet Fred was hysterical the look on his face when the other guy drags him onstage is funny, its like a catonic stare in his eyes he doesnt blink he just stares off into space saying "but i'm not dead.....i feel fine....i'm getting better" Loved the song Not Dead Yet because when all the "dead" people start singing the look on Clays face is like "what the heck??" The part where the guys are singing about him being mutilated his facial expressions go from cocky brave to what the h___?? as soon as that guard enters the scene Clay lets out a little yelp and goes "Oh no....." and walks out like hes soiled himself moaning and groaning as he does so. The Knights of Ni did the Borak Obama thing something about being 15 points ahead or something like that. during the drunken guard scene he was so good at acting drunk and stupid i really dont know how he keeps a straight face throughout that part but he did an excellant job with acting drunk, and then when he was run through with the sword he fell down "dead" must have missed his mark a little bit because he lifted his head up for a few seconds then "died" lol, yes i found it mesmorizing to see him lying there and seeing his stomach rise and fall softly, i just wanted to go up there and cuddle with him! and you all know how much i love his laugh during the killer bunny with the fangs(that thing is serously weird and freaky lol) the guards start telling the knights that the bunny was dangerous and the knights start laughing and you can hear Clay giggling and then he goes "whats he gonna do??? nibble your bum?" then lets out a loud giggle and says "its not like your bunny made me soil my pants or anything....." then he gives a look like yeah i just did, looks down and looks at the King who tells him to go change. During the winning grail thing some guy was picked(not sure if he was a Claymate or not) but when he went up there Clay extended his hand and when the guy didnt shake his hand Clay gave a look like "oh...whatever...." during the end of the finale curtain call i got up and went to go to the backstage doors, i was right up front!!! i think we waited at least 10 minutes not even before he came out, he got to me and he says "i didnt sign yours yet??" i'm like nope! he takes mine signs it and says "there you go!" cant remember if i said thank you out loud or not but it was cool. the whole night was just amazing!! i had a blast and i would love to go see him again!! and those pictures dont do him justice!! omg hes so much hotter in person!

Bubbles1904 at the CB gives us some really great information concerning a chat they had with an employee of the Shubert Theater...a chat where he told them how impressed he was with both Clay and Jerome:

I'm still working on getting some pictures up but thought of some other things about our weekend in NY. We arrived Friday early afternoon and headed to the Shubert to check it out. Took pictures of the area and all the Spamalot signs, especially with Clay's name on it. The lobby of the theater was open so we went in to look around. One man was sitting in the ticket area so people could come in and buy tickets, which they did while we were there. When the person buying tickets left, we went over and talked to him and another man that was there. Not sure what his position was but he seemed to be more than a ticket seller. They had new pamphlets about Spamalot with Clay on the front so we asked if we could have one. He said sure. Then we talked to him about Clay. He had a Clay button on. He was very friendly and very, very complementary about Clay and how impressed he was. Not only how well he does in the play but the man himself (as if we didn't know already). It was great to hear from someone who works in that business day in, day out, about how wonderful Clay was to everyone. He mentioned he is doing so well he has no doubt he will be on Broadway again. That sure made the start of our Clay weekend wonderful. He even mentioned how impressed he was with Jerome. He said he's seen other bodyguards around but they just sit in corners and play with their cell phones. When Jerome is not with Clay, he sits back and reads books. The man talked to him about the books and offered to get him some of his own because it was stuff he himself read. This all says a lot about Clay and who he has around him.

If you get the chance, go to the theater at off hours and talk to the people that work there. It is very insightful to what goes on at Broadway theaters. There was a display of the items they were selling in that lobby and we asked if we could take pictures and they said sure. Wouldn't have done it during show times, but was great to get inside lobby pictures. While I took a couple pictures, someone came in and we heard Clay's name so once she was done with her purchase or picking up of tickets, we asked her if she was a Clay fan. She definitely was and had come to NYC from Germany. Sounded very American but was here to see Clay and other shows. That was fun and exciting too. We hadn't even seen the show yet but were definitely enjoying ourselves.