Damn it. I just had a lot typed out and it got lost. Oh, well.
Tonight was a really perfect (for the most part) culmination of an incredible year, theatre-wise; lots of silly, random, wonderful things, great people and... Adam.
First little ironic thing: the waitress was saying what kinds of drinks they had... Sodas, juices --> pineapple juice. I cracked up laughing. Etheb was like "she'll have pineapple juice." I just had to. Some interesting jokes ensued.
Anyway, the show. Adam was so much better tonight that he was last time, perhaps the best I have ever, ever seen him; he seemed much more comfortable up there, and had a lot more energy. It always makes me so warm and fuzzy, seeing how happy he is up there. He really is simply a joy to watch. He's proving himself as a truly BRILLIANT musician, and there is one HELL of a rock star in there. He sang the new CD in a different order this time, but did the song Model Prisoner instead of Mother's Child. He said he¡¦d had a lot of requests for stuff from the old album, so yay. His encore was Maybe This Time from Cabaret (preceded by "y'all like showtunes?!"), which made my weekend; I mean, Kander and Ebb probably never intended for the song to be accompanied by a Fender, but it was a spine-chilling rendition. He also did Beautiful Song for the encore, and ended up returning again to do Glory because people kept screaming for it. There were a lot of VERY young fans there tonight, who were (unfortunately) clearly pissing him off, but he was good about it for the most part. They were inexplicably loud and obnoxious, and rocked out to Book of Endings lost in oblivion as to what it was about. Interestingly enough, after the song he addressed the controversy that's been surrounding it; he said it's "very tongue-in-cheek," then left it alone. Anyway, these "muppets" would NOT stop screaming "GLORY, GLORY!" After Maybe... he was like "I'll do Glory next time!
but he came back out again and said "you talked me into it! You want it, you got it!" It was still beautiful, but it's not as special when you've got thirteen-year-olds screaming for it. I'm glad I was sane when I was fourteen. VERY glad. They were rather embarrassing... and annoying. The other thing that¡¦s always interesting is to hear him speak about his music. He¡¦s not the most articulate, but it's really touching to hear this stuff from him, because it's so heartfelt.
Okay, so show ended, and we trotted off backstage. Funny story... TGIF literally walked into Cybele. We waited until the crowd cleared, and were just about to go over to him. She had just finished talking to someone, and was about to go in the opposite direction that we were headed. Neither she or TGIF were paying particular attention. I was right behind her, and tried to tell TGIF quietly that we didn't need any collisions tonight; alas, well, it was kind of funny. Apologies abound.
Anywho, Adam took off RIGHT before we got to him. This is the other thing that bugged me; some woman who apparently works for him came out. This is the "boobs" QM was referring to. This woman may as well have not been wearing her shirt. She was HORRIBLY condescending and counted how many people wanted pictures and autographs, paying no mind to the fact that maybe some of us just wanted to talk to him. Then she asked that we refrain from individual pictures since he had family and friends waiting; understandable, of course, and I have several anyway, but she was such a b*tch about it ("Next time come earlier and we'll let you get individual pictures"), playing him off to be a diva and such. Maybe I'm just spoiled in the fact that I've had a lot of really personal meeting with him, but it was kind of bothersome. Oh, well. I didn't let it bother me too much.
Adam appeared a few minutes later, and everyone hesitated as to who would go first. I think I went up to him second. A friend of mine had given me a RENT OBC playbill. "Hey, my friend is on a mission to have all of you guys sign this, so, could you help him out with that?" Adam laughs a little: "Well, good luck to him with that!" He said Jesse was supposed to be there, but couldn't make it. (Oh, yes. Sherie Rene Scott and Schele Williams were there...I had such an AIDA freak out moment, but couldn¡¦t muster the courage to go talk to them.) Anyway, me: "great show, by the way." Adam thanked me, then TM Cara, etheb and I went to take a picture with him. *squeal* We all thanked him, and he put a hand on my shoulder and thanked us for coming. Yay. We were just about to leave, and etheb stopped walking. I guess she had seen Adam coming around the corner to head back to the bar, and was like "do you want your hug?¡¨ I was just about to say "oh, no... it's okay. Don't worry," but before I could even open my mouth, she was like "Adam, could she have a hug?" I turned around and found him literally right next to me, still just about to tell her not to worry about it... he grinned and said "sure!!" and before I knew it I was wrapped up in his arms. I was so surprised... all I could say was "aww, thank you!" Adam: "thanks sweetie!" YAY!
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 11/28/04 at 01:35 AM
