Clay Aiken and the Clay Nation are in celebratory mode this week.
Clickable graphic by AmazingCA,Timeless Tour photos by Invisible926.
Fans Celebrate Broadway, Award
Throughout Clay Cyberspace, it's party time!
Clay Aiken will return to Broadway for a special performance on Feb. 7, and the National Inclusion Project, the charity the singer co-founded with Diane Bubel in 2003 is the #1 finalist for a $50k grant in December's Pepsi Refresh Challenge.
Three days after the Broadway performance Clay begins the Tried & True Tour in Miami, FL, ending in San Francisco 22 concerts later.
The singer posted his appreciation and bravos in a blog at his official fan club site: Huge thanks on the opting for Pepsi Refresh. You guys really came through in a big way!
Although the Pepsi winners won't officially be announced until Jan. 23, the Inclusion Project looks mighty fine atop the winners' circle.
Double click on this image to view all December finalists,
many of which partnered with the NIP via reciprocal voting.
The Thank You Widget below contains the NIP alliances and partners still in the running. Voting only takes a few minutes if you copy/paste the same comment for each. I remember how touched we were when former winners returned to help the NIP with voting.
Below is a possible comment:
The National Inclusion Project is voting for you daily. Thank you for helping us win in December. Good luck this month!
Designed by Scarlett, the widget will remain in the Carolina blog's sidebar throughout January. Supporters can also access the links/text numbers at the widget's home base.
Spamalot graphic by cindilu2 captures current Broadway excitement.
Clay Aiken (Spamalot), HBO's "True Blood" star Denis O'Hare (Tony winner for Take Me Out) and Tony winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret, CBS's "The Good Wife") join a line-up of performers in BROADWAY BACKWARDS 6 for a star-studded, one-night only event at the Longacre Theatre in New York City on Monday, Feb. 7.
Produced by Broadway Cares, the 8 p.m. show will benefit BC/EFA and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City.
BROADWAY BACKWARDS will feature some of Broadway's biggest names singing songs originally written for the opposite gender: women singing songs written for men and men singing songs written for women.
By keeping all of the lyrics intact, including the original pronouns, each song takes on an entirely new dimension, sometimes with hysterical results and sometimes with immensely touching results.
BROADWAY BACKWARDS will give its audience a chance to see and hear some of the most treasured songs of the Great White Way in a whole new key.
BROADWAY BACKWARDS began as a grassroots concert performed at the Center in 2006. In subsequent years, the event grew quickly, performing Off-Broadway at 37 Arts, followed by Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre and last year at Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont.
With more performers to be announced, the current line-up also includes Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid), Len Cariou (Tony winner for Sweeney Todd), Kevin Chamberlin (The Addams Family), Robin De Jesus (La Cage aux Folles), Jose Llana (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tony winner for In the Heights), Debra Monk (Curtains), Bobby Steggert (Ragtime), Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera) and Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy).
Tickets can be ordered here. The link includes a Longacre Theatre seating chart. For the complete story, see Broadway Cares.
Photo links to 2008 Debut Weekend Slide Show
The above Spamalot January 2008 Debut Weekend Slide Show features photos by Irishbookgal, Toni7babe, Scrpkym, Solitaire30, Butterflyshine, BigAppleforClay, as well as professional photographers J.Pellegrini, Steven A. Henry, Joan Marsh, and Bruce Glikas.
Have a wonderful week, Clay Nation!Caro
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