The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 306

It was way back in that first NY Times article about the cast then and now, the one which created the big ruckus about "atrocious" Broadway material. Buried in that paragraph was the sentence "But I can't wait to get back to it."

ETA: Wait, I went back to check, and it's actually in the Playbill interview. The exact quote is "I can't make a living doing theatre. But I can't wait to come back"

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 09:40 PM

He can't make a living doing theatre? Hasn't he been doing it for ten years now? I realize he's had CD deals in the process, and now the Rent movie, but I doubt he's taking in tons of money from his independent CD deal. I love the guy, but it sounds like he secretly wants to be a movie star... which really, who wouldn't? I don't blame him in the very least. I'm just afraid he's going to fade into obscurity and not use his best talent (his voice) as much as he should.

Anyone know how much he made doing the Rent movie?

You really have to be *extremely* lucky to make a living just doing theatre. It's hard.

I wonder if he doesn't want stardom. Sometimes I can't figure him out. Whatever he does, I hope he never stops singing.

I had such a weird thought... trip while I was watching Rent last night. I was thinking how strange it is, that these people are now only projections on a movie screen, and how conditioned I am to having them there in front of me. But on a grander scale, that most of the time when I watch a movie, the people in it are just that to me. Most of the time when I watch a movie, I'm watching an image of a person who doesn't even know I exist. It was so weird to watch Rent and have a mixture of the two things.

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I want to see him play an intimate club setting again. So, so badly. He's totally electrifying when he does that.

I'd be sad if he went and got to the point where he was marketable on his pretty-boy looks, got by on his good-enough acting skills, and abandoned the music. THAT'S what makes him special. And that's the kind of "stardom" we're he'll get lost to boring mediocrity in a sea of pretty men.

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If Emcee does the music, I'll write the book. Emcee, do you still practice your trumpet?

I sort of know what you mean about the mixture of reality and media. Walking through the theatre district and seeing all the marquis (I have no idea how to make that plural) was SO weird. I read about these shows every single day and then to just see them plopped down like it's normal...

Strange.

Nope. I was only there a day and a half. I was hoping to swing a second show, but my mother wouldn't hear of it.

Not as much as I should, nia. :-/

It was just weird, because to me -- these are actual people. To Bob down the street, they're just some movie actors.

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I guess I always see them as both, somehow.

Can't you audition again, Em?

I hate playing in front of people, but I enjoy playing, though I'm taking a break now because I have so much work.

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What's your old band teacher going to be up to while you're home over break?

I think you should go for it, if you really want to continue playing. Bad performances/auditions are the worst (and believe me, I'm had more horrific piano recitals than I care to remember)but you'll never get over your fear, if that's your problem, unless you continue.

Heh, wow. That's good advice! Too bad I never listen to myself.

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That makes sense... it would be weird, but if you really want to do this, email him and tell him honestly that you miss playing, you're horribly out of shape and that you'd like a few lessons. You don't have to tell him that you've only picked it up once. Before you meet again, you can practice a bit, too, just to get your lips working right again.