What's Hot From Spamalot 3/17

Today in "What's Hot From Spamalot", I thought we'd start with a few pictures that are setting the boards on fire! See if you agree!!

Taken by slowandeasy at CV (courtesy of Eleid at The Clayboard)




What's that? Oh, you say you liked that last one? Then how about one like it from Tonibabe at The Clayboard, only a larger version!


Happy now?????

Here are some more of our great fan reports, all from The Clayboard:

• From lilred:

  Here's a nice recap from CV:
  
  QUOTE(irishbookgal @ Mar 16 2008, 03:56 PM) After show report from toni!
  
  Clay did do the stage door! EEEE!! Clay was wearing his blue NC hoodie, sweatpants, and sandals. Verra, verra nice backside! He was gorgeous! Clay was very chatty and friendly at the stage door. There was a nice crowd but not as huge as yesterday.
  
  2nd half was great as always.
  
  Bottle dance was tremendous, the best that toni has seen yet. She said before he goes to the piano he goes to the end of the stage now and holds out his hands for applause and jumps up and down when he sees the piano. He then motions with his finger for the applause to stop.
  
  The tunic flip today was so high you could see part of his back! Toni said you could hear some moans and gasps coming from the audience.
  
  The Knights of Ni did the Rod Stewart Do You Think I'm Sexy...it'll cost you $4500...the Elliott Spitzer thing. The King didn't say his line "oh artists formally known as the knights that say ni"...today he said something like "oh knights that now apparently appear to be client 9..." The Knight then said "Touche".

• From Okclayhoman:

  Evening intermission report:
  
  I just got off the phone with Okcclayfan.......she says Clay looks and sounds absolutely wonderful...definitely in his element.........Appears to be a full crowd.......lots of men and families and young people and all are enjoying the show........Tom is there and is adorable as usual but Clay is having a ball on that stage........she will call me back after the show and at the stagedoor...... Linda just could not say enough about how wonderful he is......she knew he would be but seeing him live upon the stage is like nothing she could have envisioned......The crowd is loving him!!!!!
  
  She is really at a loss for words...his dancing is just wonderful........he flows now.......not having to think so hard about what he is doing.....she says the crowd seems a little quieter than at the matinee but they are still enthusiastic.......as she said......what more can she tell us that we don't already know...Clay Aiken is a star.......and having the time of his life up there on that stage!!!

• From Joy2talk2U:

  From CV...
  
  QUOTE(tugger;710267) OMG!!!! Sue is on the phone right now.....she said the play was hysterical tonight!!!!! Prince Herbert was so funny that Lancelot couldn't continue....he was laughing so hard!!!! Clay was laughing so hard during the guard

• Exerpts from Tiggy52Winkle:

  ...The full cast was there today and it was packed in all sections of the theater. Lots of men and the ones around us were thoroughly enjoying the show. Where to start? I've seen the show quite a few times and it just amazes me how much Clay just continues to grow as an actor and changes things up to keep them fresh for the audience and himself. The tower scene is so funny. He's got a much dirtier face than when I saw him last on 3/1; still playing with the helmet strap that is so cute. His facial expressions are always changing as well as the way he delivers a few of the lines. When he was talking about the bird having to beat its wings 43 times a second he flittered his hands really fast to simulate what he was saying. So funny! When he sang the line in the not yet dead scene about being afraid he'd simply run away (from all the fighting in Camelot) he hugged the triangle to his chest and looked very worried. He also, did more jumping at any sudden noise or movements from the guys laying on the cart as they started singing. Cleared his throat a bit before uttering "Good!" when Lancelot told him there'd be lots of fighting. He is so in character all the time and plays this part and Sir Robin with such vulnerability. He makes you believe in that short space of time that he IS the character he's playing, the sign of any great actor. In the scenes where he soils his pants, OMG! He really grabbed his butt and made it seem very believeable. Much more realistic than I'd seen before....Clay had his tongue hanging out doing the slo-mo riding and was really doing some sexy riding on that horse! OH WOW! That part alone is worth the price of the ticket!!! He tied up his horse tonight and that's the first time I've gotten to see that. Awwww...love the way he dismounts, too! Lot's of looooooonnnnnggg leg action....The stomping and bottle dance are absolutely deadly. His eyes are just like green, smokin' laser beams, no lie. They absolutely sizzzzzzzzzle!!! Clay got great applause for his big number and it's just music to our ears because the audiences are not mainly fans. He is winning people over like knocking down bowling pins. STRIKE!!! Sorry I'm skipping around but just writing things as I think of them....He did a lot of shoulder shimmy action today and it will make you weak in the knees in a hurry! During the finale I saw him making all these faces and smiling and making eyes.....I glanced over at Hannah and she was giving it right back to Clay! Some major flirting going on between those two! Maybe just for looks but heavens she just married the King and she's already flirting with Sir Robin??? Has she no shame??? LOL! It was sure fun to watch. Tom was hysterical and had Lancelot laughing so that he couldn't deliver his lines for a few seconds. Clay as the guard, what can I even say? He is just so funny as that character that there are no words. The faces that he makes are absolutely priceless and you laugh until your stomach hurts. Just brilliant. As Brother Maynard he has really changed it up. Not touching the glasses much tonight but pausing, looking up over his glasses and then reading some more from the book. When he starts skipping the audience just roars!....Cut to finale....he seems to love it. Very animated and lots of shimmying and shoulder action! Took forever for us to get out to the stage door this afternoon and I got a spot about 3 deep into the crowd at the far end of the line. I'm tall and have long arms so reached over several heads to get Clay to sign my Linda Huber print #14! It is an absolute treasure now! Very large crowd!

• Here are a few more pictures you will enjoy. The first one is obviously a play on words "Ni cell phones in lobby"! The second shows a "Sold Out" sign, a beautiful sight!! And the last is of a very large crowd at the stage door over the weekend.
  
  
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  And finally, some more great pictures from Toni7babe: