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Post by Q3 on Sept 4, 2011 15:34:20 GMT -5
He also had two call backs for Glee but they decided he was too old for the part. If he had been cast on Glee, he would have been type cast as "theater kid" forever. What a bunch of hooey. Cory Monteith is the same age as Adam but in the long run I guess I'm glad the producers passed on Adam. Glee seems to be loosing momentum with the movie flopping and all.  Adam is 2-1/2 months older!!! Adam said that he was told he was too old in an interview. I believe he was up for the "gay kid part" which was cast as a Sophomore vs. Cory's role which was cast as a senior. Of course Cory looks way too old to be in High School. In any case, I think that this would not have worked out as well for Adam. Would have led him back to musical theater playing other people. And we would not have FYE, AL and GNT or the amazing tour performances. I am happy with the universe's plan for Adam so far. Now, universe --- how about some new music!!????!?!??!!? |
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Post by Q3 on Sept 4, 2011 15:36:09 GMT -5
Regarding the two best friends that Adam auditioned with....
My guess on the two best friends is Danielle and Alisan Porter, but I do not believe this has ever been confirmed.
Maybe next Twitter Party someone can ask.
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Post by kanadiebonttell on Sept 4, 2011 15:39:21 GMT -5
I think it was a great move for him to audition for Idol because without Idol I do not think Adam would have had a shot. Can you imagine that. A world without Adam Lambert.  I'm sure glade he was found, as he inspired me(us) in so many ways, and most importantly made it fun for me to listen to Music Again!  |
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Post by 4Ms on Sept 4, 2011 15:46:45 GMT -5
This is the end of Part 2 of the Fred Bronson interview: You were in the ensemble, so you were on stage every night, even if you didn’t go on as Fiyero.Oh, yeah. I was an onstage cover. And we rehearsed it in Toronto for about a month before we opened and we ran there for about 2½ months. So I spent time in Toronto and then we went to Chicago. Spent a couple of months there and then here in L.A. a couple months and then San Francisco. And at that point, it was about six months into it and I felt, “I think I’m done,” and I got to this point where I thought, “This is what I’ve been working toward my whole high school career and my early 20s. This has been the goal, Broadway,” and I knew that I could probably go into the New York production the minute a track opened up but I wasn’t satisfied. Probably because I was in the ensemble. I’m not going to lie. It was probably a step down from “The Ten Commandments” situation. Bigger show but not as featured, not as much attention. Not doing what I felt I was supposed to be doing.How often did you get to play Fiyero?I went on as Fiyero a couple times and it was really fun. I thought I did well, but it was only a couple times. The guy hardly ever missed. So I dropped out. I thought, “I want to be a rock star.” During “Ten Commandments,” I had a friend who encouraged me to play around with Garage Band and come up with my own stuff, so it all happened at once. I started messing around with the idea of recording. I got really interested in that while I was on the road with “Wicked.”latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/08/adam-lambert-the-ultimate-interview-part-two.htmlThis is the beginning of Part 3: So you left “Wicked” to become a rock star?I came back [to Los Angeles] and took some promo shots and started rehearsing. We had a handful of songs. I don’t know if any of them were great, but it was a start. At the time, we believed in them. We did a couple gigs here and there. The band was called the Citizen Vein. We performed at the Knitting Factory one night, the Cat Club on Sunset, and a club in Hermosa Beach. We did three gigs and that was it and we recorded a couple things, like rough recordings, and I don’t know, it didn’t quite click. We kept writing and doing things, but then I got into my first relationship and I fell in love and I was going out a lot. I was dressing up, just living my life and having a great time. Falling in love was major. It changed everything, because up until then, I was 25 and I hadn’t been in love. I felt like there was a part of me that was like, “I don’t understand something about life, like a big thing.” I listened to these songs on the radio or CDs or I’d see these musicals about people being in love with each other and what that feels like and what heartbreak feels like and the joy of what love is and I had sex but I’d never been in love and just didn’t get it. It was really interesting because during and after that relationship, everything changes. It’s like, “Oh, that’s what they were talking about.” I thought that was so corny before and now I am crying because I totally identify with what that feels like. So that was a big turning point for personal growth.I went to Burning Man...
... which was another big eye opener. People living in this utopian society and how beautiful that idea is -- and after Burning Man, I looked for social outlets here in L.A. that were part of that underground scene, not the typical bar scene but more of a neo-hippie movement. You know, these underground clubs downtown. That was a really fun community to become a part of. Then I did a production of “Debbie Does Dallas” in Lake Tahoe. It was a topless revue at Harveys Casino. I was desperate. I could not find a job. It was going to pay me. They were going to put me up. It was with Anita Mann, the woman who did the cruise ship. I went up there and I was missing the person I was with and I was miserable because I was in a long-distance relationship and the show, when it was pitched to me, sounded like it was going to be a different situation and it tuned out to be not the most professional situation in the world. There was hardly an audience. They wanted to see boobs. They didn’t want to hear me sing, so they would talk. It was not a good gig.
I heard they were rehiring for the Los Angeles company of “Wicked,” and it had been about a year since I had been out of the touring company. They were going to form a new company and I thought, “I don’t know why I left. That was so stupid. I need to get that job.” And so I begged. They said, “Why did you leave? We don’t know if you’re just going to leave again. It’s a liability for us.” I told them, “No, no, no. I was stupid. I was lonely on tour. I wasn’t satisfied and had outside opportunities. I really want to be in a sit-down company and then I can work on all my outside stuff and still work on the show,” and they said fine. So I came back and I opened the L.A. company of “Wicked."latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/08/adam-lambert-the-ultimate-interview-part-three.html |
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Post by gelly14 on Sept 4, 2011 15:46:46 GMT -5
Regarding the two best friends that Adam auditioned with.... My guess on the two best friends is Danielle and Alisan Porter, but I do not believe this has ever been confirmed. Maybe next Twitter Party someone can ask. One was Danielle, he said so himself and the other one is a guy, he lives in NY and his name escapes from me right now, they're still friends. |
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Post by Q3 on Sept 4, 2011 15:55:54 GMT -5
Regarding the two best friends that Adam auditioned with.... My guess on the two best friends is Danielle and Alisan Porter, but I do not believe this has ever been confirmed. Maybe next Twitter Party someone can ask. One was Danielle, he said so himself and the other one is a guy, he lives in NY and his name escapes from me right now, they're still friends. Oh thanks! I certainly had to read that but.....completely forgot! I wonder who it was? Anyone remember? |
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Post by gelly14 on Sept 4, 2011 15:56:49 GMT -5
I remembered his name it is John Chandler the guy behind Adam. He still sees him when he is in NY. This photo is backstage from Scissor Sisters  |
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Post by 4Ms on Sept 4, 2011 15:57:08 GMT -5
Regarding the two best friends that Adam auditioned with.... My guess on the two best friends is Danielle and Alisan Porter, but I do not believe this has ever been confirmed. Maybe next Twitter Party someone can ask. One was Danielle, he said so himself and the other one is a guy, he lives in NY and his name escapes from me right now, they're still friends. Was the guy someone from The Ten Commandments or Wicked? Do you remember the interview where he said Danielle went with him? |
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Post by Q3 on Sept 4, 2011 16:04:59 GMT -5
Here is John Chandler in the Idol AI8 audience....screen caps from IDF:   |
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Post by reihmer on Sept 4, 2011 16:06:08 GMT -5
This photo is backstage from Scissor Sisters] Great make out session.      |
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