Will Clay get a Money Note or Two?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Does anyone think they will give Clay Aiken more to sing when he enters SPAMALOT?
There are TV ads about him in the show airing already.

[BrianIdol]

doubt it........

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Does his role sing?

I can hardly remember a thing about that dreadful, horrendous excuse for a Best Musical Tony winner, especially in a season that included THE Unforgettable LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Amen, Foster.

I LITERALLY have never found a show so forgettable. All I remember is A) thinking we'd be hearing "The Song That Goes Like This" and "Diva's Lament" a LOT, and B) thinking, "Christian Borle is AMAZING!"

All 3 of the Tony nominated musicals that year were more meritorious than the winner, and Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Piazza will wind up being more important in the long run.

[sing_dance_love]

I can't help but feel that Piazza was ahead of its time. SO many great works were unappreciated on their debuts.

Ah well... I loved it, at least.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Every single Tony Award that SPAMALOT won belonged to PIAZZA.

Best Musical
Best Director
Best Featured Actress

The Tony voters took those awards and threw them in the garbage.

[thevolleyballer]

Oh, now, WBAF, as far as Best Featured Actress goes, they were two completely different ends of the spectrum, you know that. I agree with that idea that Piazza was just an anachronism that didn't belong in that year of awards. But I definitely have to defend Sara Ramirez, because homegirl kicked ass in the role.

Meanwhile, I agree with the crowd that Spamalot is definitely forgettable. Don't get me wrong -- it's a fantastic, fun, fluffy show -- but within a month, everything about it just flies out of your head.

[Yankeefan007]

Clay gets to sing "You Won't Succeed on Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews."

Can't wait to see how that plays.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Are there any big screamy/belty moments?

Perhaps it would have been a smarter move to put him in as The Lady Of The Lake?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Definitely agree Foster. I was bored to death when I saw it last year. I was wondering what the hype was all about.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Hey, I agree with all the points that have been stated about PIAZZA and Supt. Actress too.
But that is water under the bridge as they say.
My question is why bring in someone who's fans will come expecting to hear him sing and then don't get that?
The show is loose enough to make some changes and I was womdering what the possibilities are.

[JRybka]

As much as I love The Light in the Piazza, I have to say that Sara Ramirez totally kicked in the role of Lady in the Lake. You just KNEW it was a star turn in the making.....

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Perhaps I would have just KNOWN if she would have just SHOWN up at the performance I attended.

[Mattbrain]

Ok, I'm not gonna lie. I saw Spamalot and laughed my ass off BUT, and this is a big BUT, as far as quality goes, Piazza was definitely the better show. It was the show that really made me more openminded about the theatre.

[NYCblurb]

He's not getting any new songs,
but he has received platinum memberships
to these special online closet-hubs:
MANHUNT
M4M
ADAM4ADAM &
GAY.COM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Not to mention an Equity Card.

[madbrian]

I thought Spamalot was, by far, the weakest of the four nominees for Best Musical that season. Piazza, Scoundrels, and Spelling Bee were all much better.

[HoshiForever]

to the OP. I hope not.

[Yankeefan007]

I saw Spelling Bee with the replacements - whoever's in it now, plus Mo Rocca (well, his understudy). I don't know if it was the cast, but I felt it was an incredibly weak show.

Piazza didn't do it for me one bit - though I will say Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara delivered fantastic performances.

Dirty Rotten was hilarious, featuring a breakout performance from Norbert, and solid work from Lithgow, Scott, etc.

Having seen Spamalot with the original cast, twice (both Curry and Ramirez were present), I will say there was something special about it. It was this huge nostalgia trip that audiences - and the critics - loved. It's organized chaos, brilliantly staged and acted. Sara Ramarez deserved her Tony, but I do completely understand why many don't agree.

[JoeKv99]

"Light in the Piazza" was the most overrated pretentious piece of crap I have ever seen in my life. Different strokes, I guess.

[EponineAmneris]

I wish Clay well, but I DOUBT they will alter anything of the role for him.

Wow. Um... Wanna Be A Foster, you sure are bitter

I *LOVE* SCOUNDRELS, SPAMalot and PIAZZA with all my heart. I would have been happy with any of them winning. Can't get with BEE at all- Sorry, spellers

By the way, Brad Oscar joins the cast as Sir Bedevere on December

[Wanna Be A Foster]

[Mattbrain]

I also enjoyed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Loved it, in fact.

[JKlock]

I have absolutely no interest to see him in this role so I'm glad I'll be seeing Spamalot the week before Clay begins his run.

[TheActr97J]

"Light in the Piazza" was the most overrated pretentious piece of crap I have ever seen in my life. Different strokes, I guess.

It's comments like that, which lead me to believe that the show is ahead of its time. Geuttel is a genius. The score is, for my money, one of the best of the last 25 years. In every regard, it was one of the most beautiful, sweeping, romantic pieces that I've ever had the good fortune to witness on a stage.

SpamAlot is a mess. It's a second rate jukebox musical of Monty Python sketches. All three of the other nominees that year will go on to be FAR more important in the American musical canon. I will defend Sara Ramirez's win though. Kelli gave a moving, richly textured performance, but Sara was a force of nature on that stage. It really was, as someone said, a true star-is-born turn. The two performances are hardly comparable, but were both equally deserving in their own right. I give Sara even more props for making that turd of a show tolerable to sit through.