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He was known for reaching his fans through his TV performances, but now Sanjaya Malakar will be testing out his abilities on the stage. He will be a special singing guest in the Intiman Theatre’s production of Black Nativity in Seattle. Season one’s Karma Johnson will also appear, along with season three’s Leah Vladowski (who competed as Leah LaBelle). Each "Idol" alumnus will be singing a solo during the two performances at the annual holiday production.
The three singers are alumni of the Total Experience Gospel Choir. Karma appeared in Black Nativity in 2001, and Vladowski made her debut at age 12 in the first five runs, 1998-2002.
This year’s 10th anniversary production begins Nov. 28 and opens Dec. 1 for a run through Dec. 28.
As noted on Playbill.com, the first act "retells the Christmas story through the words of the great American poet, Langston Hughes." The second [...]

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Blake Lewis is thankful that his runner-up status on "Idol" will most likely help to make his debut album a success. As he reports to Billboard via Yahoo!, "Being on ‘American Idol’ was the lottery ticket. It’s one of the most amazing experiences I’ll never have again ever in my life. I’m not a big fan of television at all, but it’s an amazing way of communicating with people. I tell people that all I was put on this earth to do is communicate my art to people, and what better way to do that (than) on ‘American Idol."’
Blake is also very proud of the amount of creative control he had in putting this album together. He co-wrote 12 of the 13 tracks for the CD, Audio Day Dream, which is due out on December 4th. Billboard also reports that Blake created "specialized intros and outros" [...]

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