What's Hot From Spamalot 3/14

Its another What's Hot From Spamalot weekend, which means there usually is quite alot of hot items to report, what with two shows on Saturday and Sunday.

As always, we have some great fan reports from The Shubert. All fan reports come from The Clayboard.

Thursday night, Clay did not come out the Stage Door. Our first report gives us some information as to why he most likely did not.

• From crazyglue91152:

  d4kkks and I were also there last night (3/13) and when Jerome came out to tell the fans that Clay is not coming out, I immediately told d4kkks that we should go home already but she's still busy talking with clayngel so I went ahead and walked by myself along 44th St....then stopped when I saw the black SUV in front of one of the exit doors of Shubert Theatre. I then put down my bag of Spamalot goodies and put on my winter stuff slowly...one at a time...the hat, the scarf, the gloves plus the IPOD earphones....and then Jerome opened the door and Clay came out wearing his green sweatshirt with his hoodie on his head and went straight to the SUV....I said "Goodnight Clay"....and then right after him, a couple followed him inside the van....so I think the reason he didn't do the stage door last night was because he had some guests to entertain...maybe they're going to have dinner somewhere. I went back to the Stage Door and told d4kkks and 2 other Clay fans with her because they're still wondering if there was something that embarrassed him that night that made him decide not to do the Stage Door but were relieved to know that's not the case and we went to our rides home with a smile on our faces for having another great time with our BF who's getting better and better, more funnier and sillier every time we see him at Spamalot. Oh what a Knight, indeed! See you again our dearest brave Sir Robin next week.

• Here's a nice long report brought to us by lilred who found it at CV:

  wandocleo at FCA
  
  ...I'll tell you mostly about what I observed tonight because I was so enthralled on Tuesday that I could hardly control myself much less my memory. We were in the center section row C on Tuesday and in row B right beneath the tower tonight, so we were looking right up into Clay's face. I was watching his long fingers. When he talked, he was playing with the strap on his helmet. Then, when he started to ignore King Arthur, he turned away (like ignoring him) for a moment and his fingers wrapped around the corner of the window. He used his hands a lot when he was talking. When he was talking about the swallows he had his fingers fanned out and made like a bird-flying, with the hands mimicking wings.
  
  When he was talking about becoming a Knight with Lancelot, he says "It's not all dressing up and dancing" and he kicked his leg up behind him. So cute.
  When the "Not dead yet" guy is singing, Clay stands there with his mouth open and gaping, looking totally shocked. He's wearing brown scuffed shoes, by the way. I checked them out up close...
  
  ...When Sir Robin came back out as a knight, he was wearing black shoes that had blotches of silver all over them. (Not that I have a foot fetish.)
  When Clay was dancing, his feet were lifting up as he was rocking back and forth.
  When the dancing girls came out swinging the ball things (What ARE those things?) Clay looks just gleeful-big goofy grin and we could hear him say "Oh, look at that." Honestly, he does joyful glee SO well.
  
  Later, in the Vegas scene after he takes his glass he is just running around with his mouth open in a state of ecstasy. He was over to the side with Sir Galahad and he was shimmying like the girls were doing with such joyful abandon and then he kicked up his leg and grabbed at his hip as though it hurt...
  
  ...When the BIG FEET of God descend from the sky, Clay put his head down and hands over his eyes. When he talked about someone swallowing the grail, his hand touched his chest. I loved when Clay was waving that torch around and tottering over the mountain looking just so confused and scared. When he did the slow motion, Clay bent WAY lower than the others. We're talking serious thigh control here. His riding through the 4 seasons was funny as he shivered for winter, tongue out for summer, and hands up to protect himself when the guy came with the water.
  
  In the French taunter scene, Clay threw his leg over and talked to his horse. It was so sweet. In the scenes where Clay gets scared or nervous, he tends to put his left gloves to his mouth and sort of chew on a finger. When the GIANT wooden rabbit came out, Clay said, "OH WOW" and grabbed the rabbit. Later, when they realize that the rabbit is inside the French castle, and they aren't inside the rabbit, Clay rubbed his face in dismay...
  
  ...Clay just rocked on "You can't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews." He looked SO serious during the stomping and dance. Then, when he gets the yarmulke and the cane to dance, he called out "Papa, can you hear me?!" as he started to dance.
  
  Clay is a great drunk-weaving a little, lower lip sort of out, glazed look on his face. The whole scene was just so funny. When Lance came running in and stabbed Clay, he opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue and fell over.
  
  Rabbit scene-Clay was laughing like crazy at the rabbit until it got vicious.
  Brother Maynard was funny, as always. He just sort of tottered out and pushed his glasses up a couple of times when he was reading. Clay looked so happy at the end and did his filled with glee look.
  
  Both Tuesday and tonight the houses were packed. There may have been a few stray empty seats, but I didn't see them and there were people all the way to the top of the balcony both nights. VERY appreciate crowd. Everyone got big cheers, but I think the biggest cheers were for Clay.
  
  Clay came out to sign but I couldn't get near him on Tuesday because there were so many people. He didn't come out tonight. Not sure why. I couldn't hear what Jerome said-again BIG crowd of people waiting. I'm sure many were disappointed.
  
  (This report may travel.)

• From Clayngel:

  Back from another Spamtastic evening!
  
  I got a Standing Room ticket tonight and my spot was next to d4kkks! My goodness we had so much fun! Since we've both been to multiple shows we giggled when little things were changed up by Clay or others in the cast and we just enjoyed the show so much. It was great to have someone else to share it with because we were both standing there alone. We also both reminiced over our "Best Peasant" experiences. We were a bit fangirly but it was fun!
  
  Clay seemed very enthusiastic tonight and added a bunch of little nuances to his performance. It was actually a bit different from the way he has been doing things recently. He loves to change things up! He looks so comfortable dancing now and adds extra dance steps in at random moments. He did a considerable bit of shimmying tonight!
  I also enjoyed watching him during the French Taunter scene because he was having such cute reactions to the taunting. He just keeps adding more and more to the show everytime I see it. No two shows are ever the same!
  
  I've definitely decided that my favorite Clay-scene is his exchange with Herbert's father as the drunken guard. It is absolutely hysterical and gets funnier every show. I think this scene really shows off his comedic timing ability and he is able to be so goofy and funny.
  
  Clay's big number got a huge response! People were laughing as he sat down at the piano to play and I think that fueled him up a bit because his stomping and the bottle dance were very energetic! The last few shows I have noticed that he sings his big on-top-of-the-piano notes a bit differently than how he started. He now sings them more like how he sings his glory notes and a bit less operatic. I think it works and it's nice to hear him sing like him for a minute. If that makes any sense.
  
  At curtain call Clay got the loudest applause and a bunch of people throughout the audience stood up when he came out. I didn't think they were all Claymates either, so it really seemed like he is winning over the NJUs!

• And here are some more pictures from the Stage Door for your viewing pleasure: