ADAM PASCAL to Hold Concert at Boston University!!!- Page 3

[AttendTheTale]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 12:34am

Adam Pascal will also be doing a concert at Stonehill College (a small liberal arts college about 20 min south of Boston) on 4/1/06. I'm not sure what the policy is on outsiders (as an alumni, my guess would be it is only open to students/faculty and guests of students/faculty) but I thought I would let you all know!

[misto625]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 12:37am

Wow I keep having to defend myself. I never said I expected an hour of showtunes. I expected a mix. I wanted to hear some from Model Prisoner and Civilian as well, mainly the title tracks, I just don't like them as much. One Song Glory was the song from Rent, so no plural. Just single. I can tell rock songs are more of his bent, I always knew that. That's what he did before Broadway and that's what he did after. Still to never actually say in his concerts anything about his time on Broadway was weird, and he spent more time in Aida than Rent, so I'm just saying. In case you can't tell, I became a fan of his through Aida and not Rent. I had never even heard of him before Aida.

I'm not saying he shouldn't make solo albums outside Broadway. I like Heather Headley's first album a lot. I have not heard anything from her second album yet. I like Susan Egan's albums too, it all depends on the genre. I knew Ghostlight/ Sh-K-Boom were connected, didn't matter so much as long as everything got released. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a great score and I thank them for producing it.

Edit: BU students filled it up on their own to standing room.

Updated On: 4/1/06 at 12:37 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 12:42am

And I keep having to clarify. And defend him.

I didn't mean "an hour of showtunes" seriously. I was exaggerating. Being facetious.

The title track of Civilian is difficult for him to do without his band. He didn't do it the last time he played an acoustic set like what he did at BU, either.

I misread about the Rent songs, sorry. I thought you said he did another one in the middle.

I didn't accuse you of saying he shouldn't make solo recordings...

This is like the Kelly Clarkson/American Idol debate. He's not required to mention Broadway. He's singing Broadway music, for God's sake! Besides the fact that while Broadway got him this recording contract, it didn't give rise to his songwriting abilities. There's a difference. But people seem to want to interpret everything the guy does as not being grateful enough for what he's got. His fans, nonetheless. Be supportive. Is it hard?

For the record, I didn't know who Adam was before I saw Aida, either. That's fine if you like that better, but it's not an excuse for making such a big deal of another branch of his career.

Updated On: 4/1/06 at 12:42 AM

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 1:00am

I don't see how any songs from Aida would be appropriate for him to perform solo. The only good songs are either sung by women or were duets. Fortune Favors the Brave is, to be quite honest, kind of cheesy and I can't imagine it flowing well with his personal stuff- especially in a college concert setting.

I can understand that as an Aida fan, you're disappointed, but what you were obviously expecting doesn't make sense for Adam.

[WickedRentLuv]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 1:31am

I'm going to his show Monday at St. Joseph's in West Hartford, CT...just wondering if there are any photo or album signing opportunities? Probably not, but I'm curious anyway.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 1:34am

Some schools are having official meet and greets. I don't know if that school is. I also don't know if not having one means you won't be able to catch him at all. If you do, he'll willingly oblige.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 10:03am

Bump.

Did anybody else see him last night?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 8:15pm

Bumpity.

Anybody? Bueller?

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 4/1/06 at 10:05pm

I have plans to see him at IU. I'm way excited!!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:57am

luvtheEmcee, I think misto is trying to point out that also the ads kind of misled the concert..."songS from Rent." He's not making a big deal out of another branch of his career, just that he thought there were going to be a couple of more showtunes. And I think he knew that you literally didn't mean "an hour of showtunes," but he just meant that he never said he expected most of the songs performed to be showtunes. Obviously, looking at your sn, you must be a big Adam Pascal fan so you're going to keep "defending" him, but there's nothing wrong with making an assumption that perhaps the show was going to be a tiny, tiny bit more balanced. Truthfully, I didn't really like the covers of the Broadway songs I saw him do. "Maybe This Time," was okay...he has a killer voice. However, I didn't really like "Maria" at all. But the covers of the Broadway songs he did do were more in his style of music rather than "Broadway style."

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 1:13pm

Thought this kind of went along with the discussion here....

He has also released two rock albums, "Model Prisoner" and "Civilian," in keeping with his longtime love of rock music. In fact, Pascal had played in several bands in New York before auditioning for the part of Roger; his first in musical theater. But the fusion of these two aspects of his career has been something that, in the past, he had been uncomfortable doing.

"When I would go out and play my own music, I would tend to avoid that; hide it, in a way," he said. "I fought it for a long time, and it probably held me back. I'd never play Broadway tunes in my own set; that would've been like sacrilege to the rock and roll gods. I thought it would hurt my credibility in the rock community.

"It took me time to realize: I had no credibility in the rock community," he added with a laugh. "I wasn't in it, so what was I worried about? That really freed me up to do what I wanted to do, and not worry about being thought of as any particular thing. I'm embracing it much more now, and I'm proud of it."

His shows now reflect the balance between musical theater and rock that has made up Pascal's career. When he was recording his first album, it was while "Aida" was just beginning; his second album after leaving that show. Six months later he was given the "Cabaret" role, then returned to "Aida" to do the last several weeks of the show before it closed.

http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060402/ENT03/604020308/1031/ENT

Millie, I'm not condoning the false advertising. :) Then again, I don't think even that would make you expect it to be show-tune heavy, but that's besides the point.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 3:16pm

I didn't expect the show to be "show-tune heavy" and I doubt misto did either...he said he preferred Adam singing showtunes and wasn't a fan of his independent work, however.