Tidbits 3/19

Broadway.com - Spamalot celebrates 3rd anniversary with 3D glasses that do, well, nothing:

Eric Idle's hilarious Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot celebrated its third anniversary on March 18 at the Shubert Theatre. So how do King Arthur, Sir Robin, the Lady of the Lake and their court of madcap medieval knights celebrate such an occasion? Well, by going 3-D! The sold-out audience were given special glasses for the event, along with a special edition, collectible certificate of achievement. What did the glasses do? Nothing, which was the Python-esque point of the joke. Click on to see Spamalot leading players Jonathan Hadary, Clay Aiken and Hannah Waddingham sporting their stylish specs in celebration of their show's big day!

TheaterMania -

And now for something completely different. Spamalot cast members Clay Aiken, Hannah Waddingham, and Jonathan Hadary celebrated the third anniversary of the smash Broadway musical by donning 3-D Glasses at the Shubert Theatre.

• Ecorazzi - Clay Aiken "urging New Yorkers to participate in The Tap Project, a UNICEF program aimed at providing clean water to children in developing countries -

  The Tap Project will take place in select New York City restaurants during World Water Week (3/16 - 3/22). During that time, restaurants will ask their customers to pay $1 for each glass of water that would normally come free with the meal. That dollar will then be donated to UNICEF where it can provide safe drinking water for a child in a Third World country for 40 days.
  
  So go see Clay in Spamalot on Broadway and on your way stop off at an eatery for a glass of the good stuff.

• Just Jared - on the Tap Project -

  Longtime UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken continues to rock out his blonde hair as he talks up the Tap project, which helps UNICEF provide safe drinking water to children around the world.
  
  The 29-year-old American Idol alum encourages people to eat out during World Water Week (3/16 - 3/22). During that time, New York City restaurants will be asked to pay $1 for each glass of water that normally comes free with their meal. One dollar provides safe drinking water for a child in a Third World country for 40 days.
  

• New York Times - Clay mention in article about NCAA basketball -

  My first CBS N.C.A.A. tournament seminar wrapped up with a family-style dinner at New York ’s Sambucca Restaurant. Munching calamari in a room with Dick Enberg, Jim Nantz, Billy Packer, Bill Raftery, Verne Lundquist, et al., I felt a bit like Clay Aiken at Woodstock.

• News Durham Region - article about songwriter Brad Stella who has worked with Clay -

  After working with the casting director for the hit show Rock Star he worked with the Mark Burnett camp and wrote and recorded with singer Ingrid Michaelson, Universal Music, Clay Aiken and other artists.

• Comments on last night's American Idol 7 performances:
• Radar -

  American Idol is getting freaky. And not just, like, Clay Aiken freaky. Take the cartoonishly cute Clay and slap weird liberal arts college bread-locks (think the end of Joe Dirt), a guitar, and some uncomfortably snug distressed boot-cut denim on him, and you have the pop Frankenstein that is Jason Castro

• TV Fodder -

  But don’t get too comfortable, because there were really only two that stood out. The first belongs to Mr. David Archuleta, who had me biting my fingernails in suspense as I waited anxiously to see if he was going to reclaim his past glory, or forget all his words again and curl up in the fetal position. Thank goodness it was the former, as David belted an awesome version of “The Long and Winding Road.” I give the kid props for using last week’s crash-and-burn performance as motivation to come back and try again. And try he did. Once again, I felt like I was watching a mini Clay Aiken (didn’t his song tonight remind you of Clay’s performance of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” back in Season 2?)

• Florida Times Union - what celebs were doing before they became famous - "Clay Aiken worked as a YMCA counselor in North Carolina."

• Carolina On My Mind celebrates St. Patrick's week.