The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part 14, version 2.0 — Page 175

I liked "This Life" as well, and was surprised they didn't play that, or "Flavor of Atonement" and "The World Cannot Wait", but then that might have been too much newer material for one show. Although...there's almost none of Civilian's songs, and no Model Prisoner.

Hopefully the credits will be more specific than "all written by Adam Pascal and Larry Edoff". I like the way Bon Jovi does it, with the writers listed with each song. That could work for something like Me and Larry.

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I think I'll wait until I'm in a better mood to seek out any new songs. Or, I don't know, just forget about it until I'm already on the bus to New York.

I never actually have dreams with Adam Pascal in them. Two nights ago, I had a dream where Adam was mentioned in an interview question. To Adam Goldberg. Who was running for president, and being asked whether or not Adam Pascal had given him any advice on fatherhood and what schools to put his kids in.

Yeah. I don't get it either, but it was good fun to have someone refer to Adam Goldberg as "Mr. President" in a hopeful manner.

I liked the show. I wasn't crazy about it, but I thought it was quite good. It's a definite improvement on Bright Lights, Big City, where the scores is this sort of schizophrenic mix of very evocative, poetic lyrics and lyrics that are blunt to the point of sounding ridiculous, even though they get the point across. There are a few of those moments in AiTW, but not enough to be a significant issue -- it also has a lot of great things going, musically. It's pretty dark and edgy -- moreso than I expected, even knowing some of Goodman's other works. I found it a little tough to follow at times without any setup dialogue, especially because some of the actors were playing more than one role, but it wasn't a big problem. I'd never seen Adam do something quite so dark before, so that was a little jarring, but I thought he sounded awesome. I don't typically enjoy Lea Michele, but I will admit that she has a beautiful voice, and that was able to shine in this setting. I loved Toby Lightman's voice, and Melissa Errico was fantastic as always -- the other two guys were nothing special, really. I'm glad I went.

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I felt the same way of liking but not loving the concert. As an aside, I actually like Bright Lights, Big City a lot more than I liked what I heard tonight, but I'm a sucker for the 80s coke motif.

I liked most of the songs in themselves, but that's what they were - songs in themselves, with no real overarching plot line. That's fine for a concert, but if Goodman ever wants to get this work produced, he really needs to collaborate with someone to compose a bit of dialogue. Some of the characters, including the one Adam played, aren't given too much depth with the songs alone.

I liked most of the music a lot, and loved the way Adam threw himself into his part. His character had the most energetically angsty material, except for that lovely duet. Having read a summary of the 2006 version somewhere already, I kind of knew what was supposed to be going on, but anyone who hadn't certainly couldn't tell. (Greg Naughton and Toby Lightman are married, but she hooks up with Adam's character and Greg hooks up with Melissa Errico, who has lost her husband during 9/11.) If Goodman feels uncomfortable with plot and dialog, perhaps he needs to hook up with a good playwright. I think the material has potential, but would be so much stronger with some plot and dialog to flesh it out.

Updated On: 1/14/08 at 10:19 PM

I noticed, oddly, Adam doing a lot of heavy sighing randomly during the show, lol. Overall it definitely has potential, it didn't go too hardcore into the issues but didn't sugarcoat them either. Get some more plot development in there and I can see it flowing nicely. However, I think it would be a long time still till you see a 9-11 type show ON broadway, but maybe a good run at 2ST or something.

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I thought that Adam might be getting over a cold or something, but it didn't interfere with his performance. His sound was a little drier than I'm used to.

For the most part, I enjoyed the concert. I definitely would've preferred some dialog, though.

Twas nice seeing Adam back on the Zipper stage.

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He rolled up his sleeves. That's as much as he's gonna give you.

I noticed that, too.

I really liked the music, but I agree with you all that it was hard to follow the plot by the songs alone - but I didn't really expect to. Adam did a fantastic job performing the songs in character. Seeing him do that so makes me want him back on a Broadway stage.

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I'm glad you all enjoyed it. It does sound a bit more intriguing now.

GG, glad you had fun the other night!

I had mentally prepared myself to not leave my house today because of all the snow, but now it seems like I may actually make it into the city, therefore breaking my two year streak of buying tickets for non Rent related Adam shows and not being able to ever go. I don't even know what to make of this!

a little over an hour....theater is pretty small, and no they do not come out because that is the reason people pay to go to the post reception.

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