What's Hot From Spamalot 3/6

Here are some reports from Thursday's show. Canuck2010 at The Clayboard brings these to us.

Starhorse from CV:

The Patsy sub is pretty good but seemed to mess up the coconuts when he first came out.

The king messed up his line in the beginning...and paused....

In Camelot when the girls are swinging their "thingies" for want of the right word...Clay is off on the side with Chris and Clay was talking to Chris and kicked his leg up...and then turned to Chris and said "OW" like that hurt.

At the end when the girls are on top of the dice table...he helped one of the girls down and they held hands and they both shimmied together...and they kept doing it until God came down... (where is that shuttle?????)

Seems like there are a lot of people there from work or something...the people behind her all seem to know each other.

There is a lot of cheering for Clay the minute he comes out....more than when she went on Tuesday night. She thinks that there are a lot of fans there tonight.

It's pretty full.

Orchestra is pretty full from she can see and the Mezzanine is pretty full too! Outside the theater two limos were parked...but has no idea why or what they are there for. Patsy is out tonight...there is a sub. It's crowded...there was a huge line again to get in. There are a lot of guys in the audience. They just let people in. And from katy4clay I'M HAVING A FIT!!! I just missed a call from Claysrainbow as they were going into the theatre and she said 3 out of the 4 of her group were interviewed outside under the marquee about Clay, by AMERICAN IDOL! OMG I can't believe I missed this call and of course now, she isn't answering! I'm leaving messages to call at 1/2 time with details!!! Maybe that's what the limos were about? AI executives?

From Katy4Clay at CV:

7 fans were interviewed, all ages, for American Idol Extra, in front of the Shubert, under the Clay Aiken sign. They wanted to know who was there more than once, etc. Full house inside. The limos are there every night but gone when they go to the stage door.

From irishbookgirl:

I just talked to terter and she's loving it!! Her favorite so far is "Knights of the Round Table". She said he's just too cute and very good at chasing after the girls. She also said he can dance like nobody's business!! She also loved the scene with God and the grail.

Her DH is having fun and enjoying the show. They are in the balcony and it looks to be about 1/3 or so full up there. Lots of cheering and color Playbills again tonight. She was able to meet smitten before the show! She also talked with Claysrainbow but left before they were interviewed.

Here's a great review from scrpkym at The CB:

Well, I just made it home from my mini-vacation to NYC. I'm glad you all enjoyed the pics I posted from the last two nights. I wish I could just move to NYC for the next two months and take pics of him every night!!!

I'm not very good at recaps, which is why I usually just stick to the pics, but I wanted to mention a couple of small change ups I noticed. It's been mentioned many times, but every time I see the show, Clay seems to get better......even when you think he couldn't possibly do it better. I love noticing all the little differences and watching for the ad-libs especially when he's not on mic. I loved the way he delivered the line "African swallows are non-migratory so they couldn't carry a coconut back ANYWAY", with emphasis on "anyway".....so cute! And he also changed up some emphasis in the Not Dead Yet scene too. He said "I can't take him like THAT!" when the emphasis used to be more on "can't" It's just small little changes, but they make a big difference.....especially since he's just much more comfortable and natural in his delivery.

During the French taunter scene, he is so funny when tying up his horse. On Tuesday, Patsy seemed to be worried about Clay's horse, so Clay made this action as if to say "It's okay -- he's okay" and then pet the horse. Very cute! And then during the "le vache" part, Patsy's line is "what could they possibly do with a cow?" and Clay makes a milking motion with his hands and says "milk it?" with this confused look on his face. OMG! Soooo cute!

His big number is AMAZING!!! I loved how he warmed up before he started playing the piano. He floated his fingers above the keys, but kept moving them around....as if he wasn't sure where he was going to start playing. It was very funny!

And the guard scene is THE BEST!!! I laugh more and more at that every time. He's just sooo silly! And now when he starts to leave the room with Herbert's father, he does this little hop-kick before he starts to walk -- soooo cute! I LOVED THAT!!!

And he changed up the finale too. You've all seen the video from the TV footage where he says he's found his grail....."MUSICAL THEATER" He used to do it with his legs spread, arms out and knees bent. Well, now he's doing it with all his limbs pulled in before he bursts into his song and dance.

I'm sure there is much more.....more than I even noticed. I LOVE THIS SHOW! And I can't get enough!

Here's a few more new pictures from The Stage Door.