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Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard Announce Cast for Broadway Christmas Concert

The American Idols will play the Imperial Theatre.

Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard will star in a Christmas concert on Broadway.
Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard will star in a Christmas concert on Broadway.
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Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken have announced the complete cast for their new Broadway Christmas concert, Ruben & Clay's First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show (or, Ruben and Clay's Christmas Show).

Joining the American Idols at the Imperial Theatre December 7-30 will be Farah Alvin, Ken Arpino, Julian Diaz-Granados, La'Nette Wallace, and Khaila Wilcoxon. The creative team is set to include Ken Arpino and Jesse Joyce (writers), Jonathan Tessero (director), Lisa Shriver (musical staging), Ben Cohn (musical director), Rob Bissinger (scenic design), Paul Miller (lighting design), James Brown III (costume design), Bruce Landon Yauger (sound design), and Jason Lee Courson (projection design).

Studdard and Aiken reunite onstage for the first time since the second season American Idol finale in 2003, which named Studdard winner and Aiken runner-up. Tickets will benefit the National Inclusion Project, the leading voice for the inclusion of children with disabilities. The concert will feature Christmas songs, hilarious scenes and sketches, and a live band.