Clay is Back on Broadway!

Today is the day! Clay is back in New York and Broadway welcomes him with open arms. Here are some articles and pictures:

BroadwayWorld.com
Clay Aiken Returns As 'Sir Robin' In Spamalot Tonight, 9/19
Clay Aiken will return to the scene of his triumphant Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python's SPAMALOT this Fall. Clay's debut on Broadway earlier this year was met with wild enthusiasm from both his legion of fans and the New York press. He will reprise the role of 'Sir Robin ' at the Shubert Theatre from September 19 2008 - January 4 2009. ...read more here."

Broadway.tv Blog
Broadway Celebrates CLAY DAY Today
"The moment has arrived. New father, Clay Aiken is returning to Monty Python’s hit musical Spamalot... read more here and see a special photo tribute"

And Clay was spotted attending the opening night for "A Tale of Two Cities":

TheaterMania
Attending the Tale
"Clay Aiken, Michael Berresse, Matthew Broderick, Celeste Holm, Constantine Marolulis, Susan Stroman, and Frank Wildhorn join James Barbour, Aaron Lazar, and Brandi Burkhardt for the opening night of A Tale of Two Cities.... click here and scroll down to see a picture of Clay"

And you can see more pictures of Clay on the red carpet at "A Tale of Two Cities" here on Contactmusic.com.

Also, a number of fan blogs have been celebrating Clay's return to Broadway. Here are some you should be sure to check out:

• Carolina On My Mind: Break A Leg, Clay!
  
• The ConClayve: Spamalot & Clay Aiken Redux
  
• Chexxxy's Pearls: Clay It Again Spam
  

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Clay on SPAMALOT: One More Day!

Tomorrow Clay will reprise his role as Sir Robin on Broadway in the funniest play in the world - SPAMALOT! Here is a cool ad:



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SPAMALOT Ads

Three more days and Clay Aiken will once again play Sir Robin in SPAMALOT on Broadway! Here are a couple of ads for SPAMALOT:



Don't miss seeing international superstar Clay Aiken in the funniest show in the world!

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Contests and Roasts!

Well, actually one contest and one roast. There are a couple of news items as we wait for Clay to start his run on Broadway. First, he has a new contest for his fans! Members of his Official Fan Club can enter by writing a new biography for him. The winning entry will be used as his bio in Playbill and the winner will also get two tickets to SPAMALOT and a backstage tour conducted by Clay Aiken! Cool! If you are a Fan Club member, you can check out the rules here. You have until September 19 to submit your entry.

Another news tidbit is that People reports that Clay is on the list of invitees to this year's Friars Club Celebrity Roast in New York! Apparently the honoree to be roasted is the Today show host, Matt Lauer. I hope we get lots of pictures!

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Clay Aiken and Jaymes Foster

It is interesting that there seems to still be some confusion about Jaymes Foster. Who is this person that Clay is raising his son with? Anyone who bothers to do a modicum of research, of course, knows that Jaymes Foster is a woman. So, anyone claiming that Clay is raising his child with some man named Jaymes is just being supremely lazy since they couldn't be bothered to find out who Jaymes Foster actually is. So, just to help out the more obtuse, I will post again the pertinent information about Jaymes Foster.

It was reported that Jaymes Foster gave birth to Parker Foster Aiken on August 8, 2008. You kind of need to be a woman to give birth. Really. And the article went on to say that Clay and Jaymes will be raising their son together.

Here is some biographical information about Colleen Jaymes Foster:

Now with over 20 years of experience working in the music industry, Jaymes began her career as a music publisher working for such music legends as Quincy Jones, David Geffen, 20th Century Fox in an creative executive capacity. She moved on to work beside her brother David Foster doing A&R for his Warner Brothers label, 143 Records working on multi-platinum hit artists The Corrs, plus ONE, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, and Renee Olstead. Additionally, Jaymes Executive Produced the soundtrack to the film "Message In A Bottle." She also was an on air Judge for 2 seasons of the US WB Network reality television show, Popstars, which discovered the platinum group Eden's Crush. Group member Nicole from Eden's Crush went on to become the lead singer of the multi-platinum artist The Pussycat Dolls. She is a previous Alternate Trustee for NARAS (The Grammys) and has served on the Television Committee for the CBS Grammy Awards 3 times. Jaymes has also stood on the Los Angeles Board of Governors. Her time is now spent producing projects for Peak Productions, a company she founded. Jaymes' first project for Peak was as Executive Producer for Clay Aiken's recently released CD , "A Thousand Different Ways," which just entered the Billboard album chart at #2. Next Executive Produced project to be released is Bianca Ryan who won the NBC Show, "America's Got Talent."

And as we know, she is also the executive producer of Clay's Christmas EP All Is Well and his newest album On My Way Here.

For more information about Jaymes Foster and her relationship with Clay Aiken. You should check out the blog "Clay Aiken and His Family".

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Help Protect Children From Malaria

The UNICEF Fieldnotes blog has posted a video by Clay Aiken asking for donations to help UNICEF and Malaria No More defeat malaria. In the video Clay talks about how bednets that have been treated with insecticide can help to prevent children from contracting Malaria. Right now the organization "Malaria No More" will match donations made to UNICEF for this cause.



Go here to learn more about Malaria No More and go here to make an online donation.

Link - Clay Aiken: Give the gift of growing up

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Clay Aiken Returns to Broadway Next Week!

On September 19 Clay Aiken is returning to Broadway to reprise his role as Sir Robin on Spamalot. How exciting is that? He is perfect for that role. Everybody should try their best to see him again! Here is a video of news clips from when he was on the show earlier this year. You can see bits of him performing on stage.



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Help Clay Support UNICEF by Joining His Cause on Myspace

There is a cool new gadget on Clay Aiken's Myspace page. It is an embedded application where you can join and donate to his "Cause" for UNICEF. Just go to his Myspace page, scroll down to the "Causes" section and click on the "Add this Cause to My Profile" button. You will be directed to install the application to your own Myspace page. After that you will be able to donate. Do it now!

Link: Clay Aiken Myspace

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Remembering When Clay Aiken Was On the MDA Telethon

It is hard to believe that it has been five years since Clay Aiken performed on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. I remember how wonderful he sounded singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and how appreciative Jerry Lewis was for the $30,000 the fans raised for the telethon. Here is a video from that broadcast. I'm glad that Jerry is doing so much better now.



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