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

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!

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.

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

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.

Bump.

Did anybody else see him last night?

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

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.

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