I went to the Duke concert the other night as well. Despite it seeming that the audience was mostly theatre majors, Adam mentioned the roles he played on Broadway while tuning for those who weren't familiar with his career. In regards to the other poster's comment about Cabaret, Adam just said that his role in Cabaret was most likely his dream role to play. The concert wasn't nearly sold out, due to poor promotion, but the crowd that was there was wonderful. I'm sure if word of the concert had reached the other surrounding universities that the house would have definitely been packed! Adam interacted a lot with the fans. Adam sung songs from both of his albums as well as a new song, I believe. Based upon reading reviews of his past shows, it seems like Adam has changed up most of his jokes, minus the one about the audience mostly including two kinds of people: females and gay men. Adam sung the song he wrote for Cybel, joking about how it got him laid. He then proceeded to explain that he didn't like make-up sex because he always tends to hold a grudge from an argument, making it mad sex instead of make-up sex. The post from IMDb pretty muchly sums up all the other conversation Adam made so I am not going to be redundant and repeat it. Adam was pretty partial to the F word during the concert, which I was surprised he used so loosely since there were a few kids in the audience. Adam of course sung Glory, which has to be one of the most beautiful arrangements ever. I was able to record him singing the whole song on video, and despite its semi-crappy quality, I am at least glad I have something to remember the concert from. A question and answer session followed the concert. For some reason I could have sworn one of the questions asked was why Adam changes his hair color so much, but for the life of me I cannot remember the answer-it kind of leaves me to believe I dreamed this question instead! A few questions dealt with asking Adam to sing songs. A girl asked him to sing a song from Aida, and Adam was unable to remember the lyrics so he had the girl come up on stage and sing "Enchanted Lives" with him. It was such a sweet moment! Adam was also asked what he did to prepare for some of his roles, such as Roger, and he replied that he wasn't a method actor so he really didn't do much to prepare. One audience member asked if Adam had read Anthony Rapp's memoir, and Adam said that he did not and didn't have a good reason besides the fact that he is just lazy. When asked about Rent 10, Adam said that most of the cast wasn't really excited to be doing it in the first place until they had started rehearsals for the show and actually got back into doing the show again. Someone asked about Goyband and he said that it is currently in editing and that the movie will be taken to festivals where they will try and get it picked up by a movie label to be released. As for his next album, Adam said it will be recorded this summer. After the question and answer session, Adam came outside for awhile and signed a few things for us fans out in the cold. It was definitely an awesome experience and if he ever does another concert in the area, I will be sure to check it out. I don't know how useful any of my review would be to you guys, but just thought I'd share!
Edit: Adam also asked during the concert if anyone reads the "Broadway Chatboards." No one answered, so he didn't elaborate, but he said his wife and mother constantly nag on him to stop reading them! It kind of made me wish that I had shouted out that I do read the boards, but I suppose you're just left wondering if you're too shy to speak up!
Updated On: 1/21/07 at 10:02 PM