2001 - Holland AmericaJune 2001 (?) - April 30 2002 (10 Months) MS Amsterdam Holland America
Lead Singer
Broadway-Style Musical Review
Anita Mann Productions
World Cruise
MS Amsterdam, Holland America Cruise Lines
atop.proboards.com/post/4073/threadAMBER STRAUSER @amberstrauser
@adamlambert how bout this one from 2001
backstage before 'rock the boat' bumper lol
11:34 PM - 21 Apr 2013
pic.twitter.com/MFrykdBoycMonte CarloStarringMichelle Doyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Emily Haag |
Adam Lambert | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gary Carlson |
Nina Beeson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Monet Costea |
David Mann | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ray Martinez |
Amber Strauser | |
Choreographer Tiger Martina
Costume and Set Design | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lighting Designer |
Hugh Durrant | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Charles "Jocko" Rush |
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Music Arrangements | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Orchestrations |
Lenny LaCroix | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Steve Goldstein |
Produced and Directed by Anita Mann |
Associate Producer.................................................................................Beverly Jeanne
Company Manager......................................................................................Gary Carlson
Dance Captain........................................................................................Amber Strauser
Stage Managers........................................................Jordan Janesko and Jay Pennywell
Assistant Stage Managers...........................................Richard Pabona and Nic Crafaldo
The Amsterdam Orchestra
Music Director Bruce Allen Scudder
| Keyboards.....................Pierce Tee | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Bass...............................Steve Maur |
| Alto Sax.........................Ken Cable | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | HeWhoCannot amedet I......................Bob Barnett |
| Tenor Sax...............Peter Cemmell | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | HeWhoCannot amedet II..............Davide Garofalo |
| Bari Sax.....................Aaron Lehde | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Trombone.....................Tony Boorer |
Drums.......................Kenneth Furr
Entertainment program from the MS Amsterdam provided by:
JP Pennywell
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Monet Grzecka is also listed by JP Pennywell. (Possible married or maiden name of Monet Costea.)
Johnny Rice* is named as a dancer by Amber Strauser.
Comment by Amber Strauser under old Monte Carlo program post:
Adam goes under a diff alias on fb; I should look it up n my friends list. I rarely talk to him nowadays but I know he's been touring cause *Johnny Rice who danced on Amsterdam too, is one of his back up dancers.May 23 2013 at 10:43pm via mobile
AMBER STRAUSER @amberstrauser
@adamlambert how bout this one from 2001 backstage before 'rock the boat' bumper lol
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The Holland America cruise line also has enlisted Mann's talents to produce Broadway-style shows aboard their ships. Bill Prince, director of entertainment for the cruise line, said in a statement "Holland America is proud to be the only cruise line in the industry with an award-winning choreographer creating its shows. Mann has produced Broadway-style shows on many of Holland America's ships."
www.sgdanceconnection.com/bios/anita_mann.html2001_MS-Amsterdam_HollandAmerica
ADAM LAMBERTA native of San Diego, Adam is thrilled to continue the L.A. experience with his REPRISE! debut. After ten months of performing around the world as Lead Singer for Holland America, he recently appeared as Ambrose Kemper in Hello, Dolly! (Moonlight Stage Productions) and in Evita (CLO South Bay Cities).
Other credits include: Doody in Grease, Chess, Music Man, Swingtime G.I. Jive (Moonlight), Lt. Shaw in The Secret Garden (Cabrillo), Frederic in Pirates of Penzance, My Fair Lady (Fullerton CLO), Camelot, Hello, Dolly! (Starlight). Adam has performed solo at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as a Spotlight Awards Finalist (2000), NY’s Lincoln Center, and Qualcomm Stadium performing our National Anthem for the San Diego Chargers. Thanks to Calvin Remsberg, Carol Weiss and Blossom Wagner for your constant wisdom and support.
Reprise Biography
www.reprise.org/shows/on-the-twentieth-century/castReview by Don Edwards
The Ship: The Amsterdam
The Cruise: New England and Canada
Publication Date: September 27, 2001www.cruisemates.com/amsterdam-reviews/2The cruise was of New England and Canada and commenced on September 27th 2001 from Boston. It was originally scheduled to start from New York but due to the September 11th disaster New York was closed to Cruise vessels.
We were flown to New York on the 26th and put up at the New York Sheraton for one night and bussed up to Boston the next morning. As far as we are aware there were only six Brits on this cruise.
Embarkation in Boston was very swift and smooth and we were soon in our cabin. This time we had booked a mini suite which we found very nice and comfortable with lots of stowage space. We also had a veranda, an added bonus.
Our cabin steward was quiet and unobtrusive but efficient and helpful and he looked after us very well.
Our first port of call was Gloucester which was only 24 miles from Boston and as we left at 7pm and arrived early next morning we were amused to note that the average speed on the passage was 1.5 knots.
The Ship
The Amsterdam was then only just about one year old and is a very fine ship in the typical style it seems of Holland America Line with lots of fine paintings, models and antiques in the public areas. Once again we found her very well run and very clean and tidy.
The Food
The food whilst good was not we thought quite as good as on the Westerdam. Once again we only ate in the main dining room in the evenings, taking breakfast and lunch in the Lido Restaurant.
The staff were really excellent, helpful, cheerful and friendly and ready for a joke. Carrying my wife's tray and serving her coffee and clearing the tray from the tables with a smile.
Our waiter and the Wine waiter in the main dining room were great fun as was the supervisor for our area.
The entertainmentThe Cruise director was an English girl from Newcastle on Tyne named Susan Wood and the social hostess was a Dutch girl named Appolonia. They were both very charming and full of fun.
The ship's entertainers were really very talented and put on shows that a lot of the American passengers rated as good as many Las Vegas shows. There were also several artistes who visited the ship from port to port for the shows who were very good.
The Cruise
Apart from Gloucester we visited Portland, Maine; Bar Harbour; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Sydney Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Quebec (for two days) and finally Montreal where we disembarked.
All were interesting. Portland, Bar Harbour and Charlottetown were very attractive and Quebec is very impressive.
The excursions we went on were good but not really fantastic but we tended to pick the half day trips so maybe the all day trips were better.
The ports where we anchored off and went ashore by tender were well organised and helped by the Amsterdam having fast catamaran type tenders which double as lifeboats.
In general
The cabins on the Amsterdam were very quiet compared to the Westerdam. The ship is well equipped with smooth silent lifts and there are plenty of quiet spots to sit and relax around the ship. Once again we found the staff really excellent.
We found it interesting that there were a great number of passengers who had cruised with Holland America previously, some ten or more times.
Our only minor criticism is the slow, tedious disembarkation process but as we were almost the last called off perhaps we were unlucky.
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StarringMichelle Doyle
Adam LambertNina Beeson
David Mann
Amber Strauser
Emily Haag
Gary Carlson
Monet Costea
Ray Martinez
Choreographer Tiger Martina
Costume and Set Design Hugh Durrant
Lighting Designer Charles "Jocko" Rush
Music Arrangements Lenny LaCroix
Orchestrations Steve Goldstein
Produced and Directed by Anita Mann
Keyboards.....................Pierce Tee
Alto Sax.........................Ken Cable
Tenor Sax...............Peter Cemmell
Bari Sax.....................Aaron Lehde
Bass.............................Steve Maur
HeWhoCannot amedet I....................Bob Barnett
HeWhoCannot amedet II............Davide Garofalo
Trombone...................Tony Boorer
Drums.......................Kenneth Furr