Clay Aiken Makes it to Broadway
When I first saw Clay Aiken perform on “American Idol,” I thought, “This guy will never make it as a pop star . . . but he needs to be on Broadway.” He doesn’t have the traditional sex appeal that you need to have in the music industry. But on Broadway, they need character actors, people with charisma that can translate on stage, and people that can really sing. He seems to have all three.
Although his acting experience has been small, I saw him playing a supporting role on “Scrubs” a few years ago and his performance was really excellent. I didn’t even notice that he was Clay Aiken until the end of the episode when he did a special musical number, which would have been cheesy except that it was “Scrubs” and for some reason they can get away with that stuff.
Mr. Aiken will be playing Sir Robin in Spamalot, which is described by its tagline as “a new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail.’” The play is created by Eric Idle, legendary cast member of Monty Python, and composed by Python’s musical collaborator, John Du Prez. Legendary director of the stage and screen, Mike Nichols, directs the play.
To see this new cast member in a play created by these legendary comic minds you can find your Broadway tickets online.
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