NewsPHOTO CALL: Christine Ebersole, Jordan Roth, Betty Buckley, Beth Leavel and More Step Up in Support of Clay Aiken Congressional BidTony Award winners Betty Buckley, Christine Ebersole, Beth Leavel and producer Jordan Roth are among the Broadway luminaries who are rallying to help support Clay Aiken in his North Carolina congressional run. Members of the Broadway community gathered in New York City for an Oct. 1 fundraiser for Aiken's campaign.
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Matthew Blank
October 02, 2014
Aiken, who is running on the Democratic ticket, became a household name in 2003 as runner up on "American Idol," and later appeared in the Broadway production of Spamalot in 2008.
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Christine Ebersole, Jordan Roth, Betty Buckley, Beth Leavel and More Step Up in Support of Clay Aiken Congressional Bid
Christine Ebersole, Jordan Roth, Betty Buckley, Beth Leavel and More Step Up in Support of Clay Aiken Congressional Bid
Tony Award winners Betty Buckley, Christine Ebersole, Beth Leavel and producer Jordan Roth are among the Broadway luminaries who are rallying to help support Clay Aiken in his North Carolina congressional run. Members of the Broadway community gathered in New York City for an Oct. 1 fundraiser for Aiken's campaign.
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Monica Simoes
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Playbill President and CEO Philip Birsh, Judith Birsh and Clay Aiken
Monica Simoes
Philip Birsh and Jordan Roth
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Clay Aiken greets some guests
Monica Simoes
Clay Aiken and Philip Birsh
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Christine Ebersole and guests
Monica Simoes
Christine Ebersole
Monica Simoes
Monica Simoes
Clay Aiken
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Betty Buckley and Jordan Roth
Monica Simoes
Clay Aiken
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Beth Leavel, Christine Ebersole and Philip Birsh
Monica Simoes
Jordan Roth and Betty Buckley
Monica Simoes
Christine Ebersole, Jordan Roth, Betty Buckley, Clay Aiken and Beth Leavel
The openly-gay performer turned his art into activism in recent years, taking on a UNICEF ambassadorship in 2004 as well as creating the National Inclusion Project and being appointed a two-year term on the Presidential Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Aiken is currently running on the Democratic ticket in North Carolina's 2nd congressional district in his home state of North Carolina after winning the Democratic primary in May.
"How exciting that a great voice on Broadway could become a great voice in Congress. We're all proud to support one of Broadway's own," Jujamcyn president and producer Jordan Roth said.
The Library of Congress launches its yearlong America 250 celebration with a series of concerts and conversations about American music, all free and open to the public.
