Adam not Radames in Previews?
Adam not Radames in Previews?
#0Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:23pmI just heard that Adam Pascal didn't play Radames in the previews of Aida. Who played Radames originally and why did he leave/get cut etc.?
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:24pmBroadway previews?
#2re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:27pmIf you mean the pre-Broadway production, then Radames was Hank Stratton.
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:29pmYeah, Eponine. Depends which previews you're talking about. Adam didn't do the Atlanta try-out, but the show was changed drastically between then and Chicago (when he got on board) anyway. He missed a few performances in Chicago because of injuries he sustained when the tomb fell.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#4re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:32pm
Emcee, tell us about the tomb falling. 
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:33pm
No, it's sad!!!!
I'm thumbing through the big AIDA book now. I know there's a passage where Adam talks about getting the job, and who he replaced, etc. *searches*
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:34pmTHE TOMB FELL?
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#7re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:36pm
PLEASE, Emcee. Don't ruin my good day! 
#8re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:36pm
Okay, yes. In the Chicago production, the tomb did the same thing it did on Broadway (closed around the center) but it was on a scissor lift, something like fifteen feet above the stage. The scissor life malfunctioned, and the tomb fell. No serious injuries, but Adam and Heather had to go to the emergency room, etc. It sounds like it was really scary. 
*keeps looking for passage*
I KNOW it's here.
#9re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:39pmAny other neat stories in the AIDA book that you would like to share?
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:40pm
"'Aida' previews continue after weekend accident"
Variety article
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:40pm
There's an Aida book? Where can I get it?
I live in Florida...which sucks. Would Barnes and Nobles or Borders have it?
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:44pmI've seen it at both.
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:44pm
The only thing in the book about the tomb falling is like one paragraph. Adam talked quite a bit about it on both of his Chatterbox appearances. I think they cancelled a bunch of the performances he and Heather would've missed, so they only ended up missing one or two.
The passage about Adam joining after Atlanta isn't what I thought it was, either; I had thought it was more specific, but it's really about the changes he helped the character to undergo once he joined the cast. You know the "He wasn't interesting enough. There was no reason for Aida to fall in love with him. I mean, he's the enemy! bit.
Incdendiary, yeah. It's definitely on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I got mine from BN.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:01pm
Emcee, I love ya! *bows* I shall check on Saturday! Media clips? *pouts* I want some.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:26pmI nearly just bought that book on Amazon.com but thought better of it. $30 ouch. I'm asking for it for my birthday. :)
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:28pmIt's beautiful. YAY birthdays!
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#18re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:29pmIs it in the Disney on Broadway book or an all Aida book?
#19re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:29pmWe'll see if I can actually wait that long. I just know I'm gonna crack and get it anyway.
#20re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:30pm
There's an all AIDA book, BT11.
click me!
#21re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:31pmI just heard of the book and I wanna buy it now. Too bad I'm broke. Lol. I remember when that whole tomb fiasco thing happened. That's pretty scary, to have something that big fall on you. I'm just glad that Adam and Heather weren't injured badly.
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Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:33pmI got mine used on amazon in perfect condition for five bucks...
#23re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:33pm
It didn't fall *on* them, it fell down with them in it. So, they basically fell fifteen feet onto the stage.
#24re: Adam not Radames in Previews?
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:34pmohhh ic. oops. my bad. but ouch, that must've been painful
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