6.25.13 Adam's Star Spangled Week in New York!

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Adam’s Broadway Visit
6.24.13 by Q3

Four musicals, a major movie premier and a Star Spangled Banner performance created for Broadway. It’s been one amazing week for Adam in New York!

Rock of Ages ‏@rockofages 17 Jun
@adamlambert Thanks for partying with us! \m/

Motown The Musical ‏@motownmusical 19 Jun
Great to have you at MOTOWN, @adamlambert

Adam Lambert ‏@adamlambert 19 Jun
@kinkybootsbway was SOOOOO great!!!! Go see it!!!
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Pippin the Musical ‏@pippinmusical 20 Jun
@adamlambert Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for coming!

Plus the World War Z Premiere

Adam Lambert and friends after World War Z Premiere Vine 1

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And singing the most entertaining version of the SSB ever at Broadway Bares.


@adamlambert: Such a treat to sing at Broadway Bares last night! t.co/bJrUf8K1Ew


Video by Sam Bernero



BROADWAY BARES 23 Raises Record-Breaking $1.4 Million!
Monday, June 24, 2013; 07:06 PM - by BWW News Desk

BROADWAY BARES 23: UNITED STRIPS OF AMERICA, a randy road trip of modern-day burlesque featuring 220 of New York's sexiest dancers, raised an all-time record high for the fourth year in a row on Sunday, hitting $1,430,241 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The 23rd edition of the consistently sold-out annual show celebrated America's fruited plains and mountains majesties with a host of spectacular stripteases. As more than 6,000 people packed Roseland Ballroom for two performances on June 23 they discovered and uncovered beach babes in California, a sexy Chicago speakeasy, sassy sister wives and a nearly naked groom in Utah, a sensual under sea adventure in Maine, rowdy cheerleaders riding stripped down Texas cowboys and more.

With this year's record total, the 23 editions of BROADWAY BARES have now raised more than $11.3 million for Broadway Cares. Last year's 22nd edition of BROADWAY BARES raised $1,254,176. BROADWAY BARES started in 1992 and featured seven dancers stripping on a bar, raising about $8,000.

This year's edition of BROADWAY BARES was directed by Nick Kenkel (Catch Me If You Can, Peepshow, Legally Blonde).BROADWAY BARES was created by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots) who serves as executive producer. It was produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS led by Producing Director Michael Graziano.

Max von Essen and Michael Cusumano portrayed a bi-coastal couple who set out on separate, sexy journeys through a dozen states. The electrifying performances they encountered in BROADWAY BARES 23: UNITED STRIPS OF AMERICA included:

· An opening number that transformed the classic beauty pageant into a sexy drag show fantasy with two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber and Lesli Margherita (Matilda The Musical) serving as co-hosts each revealing a decidedly naughty side. For the third year, the opening was written by Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar (Elf, The Wedding Singer). Kenkel choreographed the number.

· A trio of beautiful bikini-clad babes turned a quiet day at a California beach into a high-energy party, much to the chagrin of a by-the-book lifeguard, played by Daniel Robinson (Hairspray). After saving drowning damsel-in-distressAllyson Carr (Mamma Mia!) from "shark-infested" waters in the Derek Mitchell-choreographed number, the lifeguard lightened up - and loosened up - until he was left holding only a strategically placed rescue buoy.

· Broadway veteran Jim Newman (Hands on a Hardbody) found himself in stripped-down trouble with his sassy sister wives when he tried heading down the aisle with a new bride. Choreographed by Michael Lee Scott, the comedic number poked fun at fabled two, three, four and five-timing Utah men.

· Grammy nominee and American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert made a surprise appearance at the midnight show, delivering a roof-raising rendition of the national anthem that led into a gritty, Georgia-based military boot camp number choreographed by Jon Rua. A host of muscled men in fatigues, led by Julius C. Carter (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), used each other as weights before stripping down to white cotton shorts and dancing a racy and bouncing version of barrack calisthenics.

· A lost night in Las Vegas had von Essen falling victim to a beautiful hustler. After hitting it big at the craps table, his evening, cleverly choreographed by Al Blackstone, included surprise encounters with Siegfried and Roy, a buxom female Elvis impersonator and a mesmerizing illusionist. The forgetful night ended with von Essen ended wearing nothing but a tight set of handcuffs and a well-positioned money bag.

· A Latin-influenced ballroom dance championship in Miami revealed a fiery competitiveness as couples vied for the trophy. Choreographed by Marcos Santana, the series of one ups-manship turned into a hair-pulling fight between the ladies that ended with a handsome duo finding a steamy salsa dance for themselves more to their liking.

· A bevy of bosomy cheerleaders lusting after three deliciously hunky cowboys showed that everything really is bigger in Texas in a boot-scooting, bare-bottomed boogie choreographed by Peter Gregus.

· A legendary mermaid lured ship captain Ryan Worsing (Chicago) into the sensual waters off the Maine coast as 10 muscular men created the ocean's tides in a hypnotic, underwater striptease choreographed by Paul McGill.

· Timothy Hughes (Chaplin) portrayed a randy drum major leading an all-male Nebraska marching band through its paces in a number choreographed by Mark Myars and ending with a flying human fireworks display, created byArmando Farfan Jr. and his aerial troupe The Living Art of Armando, and a ground-based picnic celebration choreographed by Marc Kimelman.

On their respective road trips, von Essen and Cusumano each had unexpected "rest stop encounters." Cusumano ran into a Texas version of 2013 Tony Award winner Billy Porter, wearing a pair of red cowboy boots he described as "kinky." Von Essen was propositioned by Tony winner Alan Cumming, a fanny pack-wearing Tea Partier quoting Macbeth while looking for love in all the wrong places.

Rock of Ages' Kate Rockwell tore up a fiery rendition of "I Drove All Night," surrounded by three sensual couples eager to make it home, expressively choreographed by Wes Veldink.

Motown the Musical's Eric Lajuan Summers and Tony-nominated Charl Brown brought the show to its patriotic finale, singing a soulful combination of Neil Diamond's "Coming to America" and JAmes Brown's "Living in America." To close the evening,Sieber led the show's famous "rotation" where the entire cast appears on stage to receive individual tips from audience members.

In all, 13 extraordinarily talented choreographers contributed to the evening's numbers.

A pre-show performance by The Skivvies (Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina) provided a mash-up of more than a dozen Americana-themed songs.

Judith Light, this year's Tony Award-winner for Featured Actress in Play for her role in The Assembled Parties, saluted the dancers and applauded the event's sponsors. A longtime friend and supporter of BC/EFA, Light reminded the audience: "Safe sex is hot sex. And we can best love each other by always remembering to protect each other."

Presenting sponsor M•A•C VIVA GLAM delivered a $250,000 check, presented by M•A•C senior make-up artist Fatima Thomas, on behalf of Nancy Mahon, M•A•C senior vice president and executive director of the M•A•C AIDS Fund. Thomas saluted the extraordinary skills of 70 M•A•C make-up artists who volunteered on the show.

BROADWAY BARES is the hotly anticipated annual event combining the naughtiness of burlesque and the razzle-dazzle of Broadway. The 2013 edition was held at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street), with two performances on Sunday, June 23. Photos and video from the show will be available soon on broadwaycares.org and broadwaybares.com.

The presenting sponsor of BROADWAY BARES 23: UNITED STRIPS OF AMERICA is M·A·C VIVA GLAM and the event is generously sponsored by United Airlines.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $225 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

Broadway Cares awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic.

For more information, please visit Broadway Cares online at broadwaycares.org, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/BCEFA, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/BCEFA, watch us on YouTube at youtube.com/BCEFAtv, pin us on Pinterest atpinterest.com/BCEFA and tag us on Instagram at instagram.com/BCEFA.

Link to original article: broadwayworld.com/article/BROADWAY-BARES-23-Raises-Record-Breaking-14-Million-20130624




STAGE TUBE: Adam Lambert Sings 'The Star Spangled Banner' at BROADWAY BARES 23!
Monday, June 24, 2013; 06:06 PM - by Stage Tube

From sea to shining sea, this year's BROADWAY BARES crisscrossed the country in a racy, raucous road trip, exploring the United States as the 23rd annual edition of the immensely popular modern-day burlesque show delivers BROADWAY BARES 23: UNITED STRIPS OF AMERICA. Produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES 23 arrived last night, June 23, at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street, NYC).

Adam Lambert performed "The Star Spangled Banner" to open the festivities, and you can watch him sing below!

BROADWAY BARES combines the naughtiness of burlesque with the razzle-dazzle of Broadway and has been a smashing success since its inception in 1992. The event, featuring the hottest male and female dancers on Broadway, has become one of BC/EFA's signature events. The first Broadway Bares featured just seven dancers performing choreographed stripteases on a bar and raised more than $8,000. Through 22 editions, BROADWAY BARES has raised more than $9.8 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

BROADWAY BARES was created by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), who also serves as executive producer. It is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, led by Producing Director Michael Graziano. This year's edition is directed by Nick Kenkel (Catch Me If You Can, Peepshow, Legally Blonde). For more information and merchandise, visit broadwaybares.com.

{Sam Bernero video here in original article – posted above on this page}

Read more about STAGE TUBE: Adam Lambert Sings 'The Star Spangled Banner' at BROADWAY BARES 23! by broadwayworld.com




WATCH: Adam Lambert Rocks The Star-Spangled Banner

Adam Lambert, as if you could get any more perfect than you already are!

The ridiculously amazing singer took the stage at Broadway Bares last night to bust out the most amazing rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner since Whitney Houston stunned us in 1992. And thanks to a glorious person on YouTube, we get to watch it!

He’s just there, on his own, belting that song out and it’s amazing. Y’all, Adam Lambert makes us happy. Check out the video and tell us how much you love it in the comments! Where does Adam’s version rank on your list of favorite Star-Spangled Banners? Cause it’s basically number 1 for me.

Link: socialitelife.com/watch-adam-lambert-rocks-the-star-spangled-banner-06-2013




More Adam News

This week at theme parks: Adam Lambert, Space Shuttle Atlantis, more
By Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel
9:26 a.m. EDT, June 24, 2013

There is just a handful of special events at Orlando-area theme parks and attractions this week, but they're pretty meaty.

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+ The Summer Concert Series continues at Universal Studios on Saturday with a performance by former "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert, known for singles such as "Whataya Want From Me" and "If I Had You." Show time is at 8 p.m., and the concert is included in regular Universal Studios admission. More info: UniversalOrlando.com.

Link: www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/blogs/theme-park-rangers/os-adam-lambert-space-shuttle-atlantis-disney-20130624,0,998075.post



Universal Orlando Adam Concert expected to be the busiest of the season

June 29 – Adam Lambert (official site, @adamlambert)

IMPORTANT We expect this to be the busiest concert of the season, as Adam has some very serious and devoted fans. As a result the line to get the best concert viewing spots will likely start when the park opens. If you want to be one of the fans close to the stage when Adam performs, plan on getting to Universal Studios Florida at 9:00am and getting in line — maybe 10:00am at the latest. Keep reading to learn more.

Link: www.orlandoinformer.com/universal/summer-concert-series-2013/




Adam's T-Shirt bid at $2,250!

Adam Lambert's Shred of Hope Shredder - one-of-a-kind autographed t-shirt

Time left: 2d 03h (Jun 27, 2013 01:00:48 PDT)

Current bid: US $2,250.00

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Adam currently has the highest bid. Michael Stipe's Shred of Hope Shredder - one-of-a-kind autographed t-shirt
is in second place at $2,025.



“American Idol is a genre”
6.24.13 by Q3

I came across an interesting article about Kidz Bop in my Google News (which is completely Adam-centric). It contained this comment by Leonard Nevarez, a professor at Vassar College who teaches a course called Musical Urbanism.

With 11 songs covered over 23 volumes, Kelly Clarkson is the most-covered artist in Kidz Bop history. Add in Jordin Sparks, Adam Lambert, Daughtry and Clay Aiken, and you’ve got an entire CD’s worth of Kidz Bop-covered songs from American Idol veterans. Part of the reason Idol veterans dominate Kidz Bop tracklists is because they dominate the Top 40. Nevarez believes that at this point, American Idol is not just a platform, “it’s a genre” — and one that is well-suited to the Kidz Bop audience.

“It’s a kind of music that kids want to hear,” Chenfeld says. “It’s obviously not a style of music, but a way of listening to music that they actually have long been familiar with. When you think about who sells records today, the American Idol model, the Disney star model, it makes sense.”

It made me start to look at radio airplay charts for the past 10 years. It is shocking how much of the music is from reality TV artists and from Disney TV shows.

Link to entire article: news.radio.com/2013/06/24/kidz-bops-american-dream-sanitizing-top-40-one-hit-at-a-time/



Boots and a Jacket!

I think it is Eber's "fault" he is always in jackets!

Adam Lambert @adamlambert        Dad teaching how to walk in boots. pic.twitter.com/yFMFRsEMoV






Rumor Mill

There was a post on Queenonline….


And, of course, a rumor was born.

As far as I can tell Adam is not announced as a presenter at the 2013 EMAs. I am not sure what the post on QueenOnline is based on. Here is the list of announced performers and presenters: tv.mtvema.com/show No Adam.

It may be that the original poster at QOL has a secret source or a crystal ball but as of now, mark this one RUMOR.

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