Saturday, July 30, 2011
Hip hop
A quick update... I recently injured my hip during a performance of Priscilla. I should be back in the show by the end of the week, fingers crossed. With rest and physical therapy I should be stronger then before. See you soon.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Theater Hall of Fame
On June 2nd, I was honored by the American Theater Hall of Fame with a Fellowship as a "breakthrough performance" for my role
in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Each year the Hall of Fame selects an emerging theater artist to receive the Fellowship and grant. I was the recipient for 2011, along with up and coming director Daniel Talbott. The ceremony also honored Theater Hall of Fame member Rosemary Harris.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
$$$
Priscilla’s global success and now Broadway - #1 Cast recording on Billboard charts; #1 selling new musical on Broadway this season, continues to build! Last week Priscilla joined the Millionaires Club with box office earnings!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Priscilla Tops the Charts!
The original Broadway cast recording of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, which arrived in stores nationwide April 5 on the Rhino label, has landed at number one on Billboard’s Top Broadway Album Chart!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Reviews are IN!
NY TIMES
he knows his way around a bitchy wisecrack.
USA Today
Adams delivers bracing sass and some serious song and dance chops!
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Adams has the tough task of humanizing a character who speaks exclusively in bitchy quips and lewd innuendo, but he gets there by working his prodigiously toned butt off.
VARIETY
Adams, meanwhile, has high spirits and plenty for oglers to ogle.
BLOOMBERG
he’s pretty winning as Tick; so is Nick Adams as Felicia.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Among the three leads, Adams seems the most solid and comfortably over the top as a bratty young provocateur.
SAN FRAN EXAMINER
In the more showy role of Felicia, Nick Adams delivers a performance that is beyond my expectations. A fantastic dancer, a great comedienne and the best singer among the three leads, he actually is more an androgynous gender bender than a drag queen.
After seeing several sexy pictures of Adams’ perfect male physique, I wasn’t expecting to be convinced by him as a drag queen. Those arms are too masculine for anyone to think for a minute he’s a woman. His part in particular has some scenes in which he tries to pass as a woman so being feminine is vital to the role.
But whether it be a move made by director Simon Phillips or costume designers Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner or Adams himself, several of his costumes show off his manly chest and don’t even try to hide the pecs he’s packing. This makes him more androgynous and adds a whole new dimension to his character.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Sheldon, whose rich performance is crucial to this show staying grounded and authentic amid the flirtatious Adams' dazzling tricks and the more familiar (but earnestly acted) quest of Swenson's ambivalent character, does get to remind us all that we are here enjoying choices that come at considerable personal cost to those who make them.
NY DAILY NEWS
As a Madonna-mad Adam, Nick Adams, Broadway's Mr. Zero Percent Body Fat, is fittingly bitchy, always ready with a snarky crack. His gym-buffed glutes, showcased in an itty-bitty thong, come within a thread of being TMI.
BACKSTAGE
Nick Adams leaps from the chorus of "La Cage aux Folles" to a memorable star turn as the impulsive Adam, who's still a little boy underneath all that energy and muscle.
AP
Rounding out the trio is Adam, aka Felicia, a younger, campier drag queen. Nick Adams gives the character a winning youthfulness and energy. (He is also physically so well-toned that he gets actual catcalls from the audience.)
VILLAGE VOICE
while Nick Adams is zesty as the "Madonna-be" Felicia.
AM NEW YORK
Sheldon, who has played Bernadette in prior productions of the musical, gives the most deeply felt performance, while Swenson and Adams are to be commended for their relentless physical stamina.
NY1
Nick Adams has mastered his trade.
he knows his way around a bitchy wisecrack.
USA Today
Adams delivers bracing sass and some serious song and dance chops!
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Adams has the tough task of humanizing a character who speaks exclusively in bitchy quips and lewd innuendo, but he gets there by working his prodigiously toned butt off.
VARIETY
Adams, meanwhile, has high spirits and plenty for oglers to ogle.
BLOOMBERG
he’s pretty winning as Tick; so is Nick Adams as Felicia.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Among the three leads, Adams seems the most solid and comfortably over the top as a bratty young provocateur.
SAN FRAN EXAMINER
In the more showy role of Felicia, Nick Adams delivers a performance that is beyond my expectations. A fantastic dancer, a great comedienne and the best singer among the three leads, he actually is more an androgynous gender bender than a drag queen.
After seeing several sexy pictures of Adams’ perfect male physique, I wasn’t expecting to be convinced by him as a drag queen. Those arms are too masculine for anyone to think for a minute he’s a woman. His part in particular has some scenes in which he tries to pass as a woman so being feminine is vital to the role.
But whether it be a move made by director Simon Phillips or costume designers Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner or Adams himself, several of his costumes show off his manly chest and don’t even try to hide the pecs he’s packing. This makes him more androgynous and adds a whole new dimension to his character.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Sheldon, whose rich performance is crucial to this show staying grounded and authentic amid the flirtatious Adams' dazzling tricks and the more familiar (but earnestly acted) quest of Swenson's ambivalent character, does get to remind us all that we are here enjoying choices that come at considerable personal cost to those who make them.
NY DAILY NEWS
As a Madonna-mad Adam, Nick Adams, Broadway's Mr. Zero Percent Body Fat, is fittingly bitchy, always ready with a snarky crack. His gym-buffed glutes, showcased in an itty-bitty thong, come within a thread of being TMI.
BACKSTAGE
Nick Adams leaps from the chorus of "La Cage aux Folles" to a memorable star turn as the impulsive Adam, who's still a little boy underneath all that energy and muscle.
AP
Rounding out the trio is Adam, aka Felicia, a younger, campier drag queen. Nick Adams gives the character a winning youthfulness and energy. (He is also physically so well-toned that he gets actual catcalls from the audience.)
VILLAGE VOICE
while Nick Adams is zesty as the "Madonna-be" Felicia.
AM NEW YORK
Sheldon, who has played Bernadette in prior productions of the musical, gives the most deeply felt performance, while Swenson and Adams are to be commended for their relentless physical stamina.
NY1
Nick Adams has mastered his trade.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
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