BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS!

[Rob]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS!#1

Posted: 10/20/11 at 8:47pm

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[adamgreer]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #2

Posted: 10/20/11 at 8:56pm

Oh, those are what those songs are supposed to sound like!

As much as I disliked the show, I actually want to see him. He already sounds like a vast improvement over his part-time predecessor.

[shrekster224]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #2

Posted: 10/20/11 at 9:25pm

Wow! He sounds great! His interpretation already seems like it will be a lot different from Chad's, so I can't wait to see him in it. The score really does sound different! During Memphis Lives in Me there were a few similar-to-"One Song Glory" moment's- it's hard to disassociate that voice.

[aasjb4ever]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #3

Posted: 10/20/11 at 9:27pm

Damn! He sounds great! I'm glad he hit the money note at the end of "Memphis Lives in Me" instead of doing that riff Chad does.

[broadwaybabytn]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #4

Posted: 10/20/11 at 9:27pm

Wow that is miles above Chad.

[Mattbrain]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #5

Posted: 10/20/11 at 9:40pm

That was awesome!

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[inlovewithjerryherman]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #6

Posted: 10/20/11 at 9:46pm

I prefer Kimball. I think Pascal will be great though!

[CATSNYrevival]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #7

Posted: 10/20/11 at 9:59pm

They should have waited to film it. :-P

[CurtainPullDowner]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #8

Posted: 10/20/11 at 10:01pm

HOCKADOO is right, (I don't even know what that means) that guy (and that voice) are still dreamy,
what is he like 41?
Updated On: 10/20/11 at 10:01 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #9

Posted: 10/20/11 at 10:04pm

I wonder if he'll be able to continuously hit those notes though. Clearly, it’s a bit of a problem for Chad.

[TheatreFan4]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #10

Posted: 10/20/11 at 10:32pm

I was expecting that to be awful, but damn. Makes me want to see it with him. He still looks too old though.

[PianoMann]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #11

Posted: 10/21/11 at 11:52am

I saw Memphis with the original cast once and thought that was more than enough. But after this, it almost makes me want to go back and see Adam and Montego!

[AC126748]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #12

Posted: 10/21/11 at 1:01pm

For a guy in his early forties who's been singing rock scores for nearly twenty years, his voice sounds amazingly fresh. I still don't think anything would get me back to the Shubert though.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[bwayfan7000]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #13

Posted: 10/21/11 at 1:11pm

It really is great to hear a bit of the score (though I'm not a huge fan of it) sung well. I think Chad was in good voice at the beginning of the run, but it's a high score and it probably messed with his voice, a la Laura Bell Bundy in Legally Blonde. Let's hope Adam can make it through his run without damaging his voice.

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

[showinoff]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #14

Posted: 10/21/11 at 1:27pm

He sounds great, but I worry for his voice. He 'hit' the last note, but clearly lost it. This is the start of his run. Eek. I pray for his chords.

<< Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin making vocal love... I adore these two.

[Bettyboy72]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #15

Posted: 10/21/11 at 1:30pm

To all the people knocking Chad's voice-he sounded amazing at the beginning of the run. Adam is fresh-give him time for the score to shred his voice too.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[AC126748]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #16

Posted: 10/21/11 at 1:56pm

Pascal has years of experience singing high, vocally demanding rock scores (RENT, AIDA, and his own original music). With the exception of LENNON--through which he struggled greatly and missed many performances--Kimball does not. His sound is more traditional Broadway. He DID sound awesome at the beginning, but that didn't last long. This gives me hope that Adam will be able to handle the demands of the score over a sustained run.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[ReggieonBway]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #17

Posted: 10/21/11 at 2:52pm

I never cared for Chad in the role - never bought his singing or Huey's relationship with Felicia - but I was still worried about Adam in the role. I was very VERY pleasantly surprised. He has some support issues, but his vibrato is much fuller than Chad's ever was.

That said, I still can't stand his voice in RENT.

[phantom39]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #18

Posted: 10/21/11 at 4:46pm

Wow, surprisingly good! MUCH better than Chad's last few months

"Movies will make you famous; television will make you rich; but theatre will make you good." - Terrence Mann.

[luvtheEmcee]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #19

Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:24pm

I knew he'd sound great, but even I did a little double-take at HOW great he sounded when I watched this. Flying home in a few weeks and will be there at least once during my visit. I hope he can sustain sounding this wonderful. I'm optimistic that he will.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[goldenboy]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #20

Posted: 10/22/11 at 1:16pm

I saw Memphis early on with Chad Kimball and was blown away by his performance


I also enjoyed Adam Pascal's take on the song in the clip.

Is it possible they are both good? Does this always have to be a contest?

Two actor singers who got their shows without nepotism, tv shows, reality shows, and on merit alone. How rare is that?

Kudos to both Chad Kimball and Adam Pascall.

[broadwaybabytn]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #21

Posted: 10/22/11 at 1:23pm

Check out this interview with Adam. Lots of talk about Memphis, and some news about a recording Adam has made of Memphis Lives In Me. He says he may go for that note 5 times a week.

Video Updated On: 10/22/11 at 01:23 PM

[dragonlp86]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #22

Posted: 10/22/11 at 2:37pm

I might be one of the only ones who is not a fan. At least of this particular performance; I'll give him time to get into the role.

[kikki327]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #23

Posted: 10/22/11 at 3:14pm

I saw Memphis for the first time in June...and fell in love. There is just something so magical to me about Chad Kimball's performance as Huey...he is so believable and so heartbreaking. In my 5 times seeing it since I have seen one of Chad's understudies and the show had a completely different dynamic. He just didn't do it for me. I feel like Adam might be the same way....i see Adam "playing Huey" and Chad's understudy "playing Huey" but when I see Chad...he just IS Huey. I've never experienced an actor make such a transformation into their character the way I do with Chad. I dunno....agree or disagree, but I for one will miss Chad tremendously. Thank god for the DVD.

[hyperbole_and_a_half]

BWW TV: HOCKADOO! Sneak Peek - Adam Pascal Sings MEMPHIS! #24

Posted: 10/22/11 at 5:22pm

If Mr. Pascal also chooses to lose Kimball's "accent" -- which was like a weird combination of Alcoholic George W. Bush, Forrest Gump with a meth addiction, and Corky from Life Goes On -- I might have to revisit Memphis.