REMINDER: Adam Lambert on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Filed Under (news,tv appearances ) by Admin on Friday, May 21, 2010
Posted at : Friday, May 21, 2010
Adam Lambert will perform 'If I Had You' on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - 11.35pm ET/NBC!
Fr 5/21: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Adam Lambert on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC. Adam Lambert, 27, grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos. He moved here from Indiana with his parents when he was 1 and attended Deer Canyon Elementary School, Mesa Verde Middle School in Poway and Mt. Carmel High School, where he was in theater, choir and jazz band. He has one sibling, a younger brother, Neil. He said he’s wanted to be an entertainer since he was 10, and took private voice lessons. His voice coach, Lynne Broyles, and Alex Urban, artistic director of the Children’s Theatre Network (now MET2) were influential mentors, convincing him he had talent, Lambert said. He appeared in musicals – “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Grease,” “Chess”(Moonlight Ampitheatre) – at the Starlight, the Lyceum and other local venues. After high school, he moved to Orange County for college – and lasted about five weeks. “I just decided that what I really wanted to do was try to work in the real entertainment world,” he said. “Life is all about taking risks to get what you want.” He moved to Los Angeles and did the starving artist thing – cruddy apartments, cruddier paychecks. More Musical Theatre credits included a six month tour of Hair (European Tour ‘03), 110 in the Shade (Pasadena Playhouse), On the 20th Century (Reprise!), Evita (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities). In Hollywood he performed in the glam-rock revue “The Zodiac Show” at The Henry Fonda Music Box, and at the Key Club. He was cast as Joshua in The Ten Commandments at the Kodak theater in 2004, opposite Val Kilmer. His tour de force performance became a press and crowd favorite with the New York Times calling him “the most consistent crowd-wower” and the LA Times stating that his “personal sound and style… (was) the best.” Shortly thereafter he landed a spot in the National tour of “Wicked” in 2005 then as an understudy as Fiyero in the Los Angeles Production cast in 2007/2008 at the Pantages Theatre. Lambert said he’s been watching the show, now in its eighth season, since it started. “But I never really pictured myself on it.” Friends from “Wicked” pushed him to try out. “One of the reasons why I waited to audition until I was older is because before this, I would have crumbled,” he said. “I’ve got more experience, I’m
used to being in front of a crowd, and I’ve just grown up. Once you get to a certain point in life, you can handle more.” In the last couple of years, he said, “I’ve been branching out, doing my own music.”He has been collaborating with Composer/Guitarist Monte Pittman (Madonna) for close to three years. Together they’ve formed an alt/pop/rock/electro band called THE CITIZEN VEIN — “and it’s just been kind of a natural progression. I know now that I want to make it in the recording industry.” I think it’s safe to say “Mission accomplished”
His musical influences include David Bowie, Freddy Mercury, Robert Plant, Donny Hathaway, Steve Perry.
SOURCE of article: RTVChannel
Fr 5/21: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Adam Lambert on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC. Adam Lambert, 27, grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos. He moved here from Indiana with his parents when he was 1 and attended Deer Canyon Elementary School, Mesa Verde Middle School in Poway and Mt. Carmel High School, where he was in theater, choir and jazz band. He has one sibling, a younger brother, Neil. He said he’s wanted to be an entertainer since he was 10, and took private voice lessons. His voice coach, Lynne Broyles, and Alex Urban, artistic director of the Children’s Theatre Network (now MET2) were influential mentors, convincing him he had talent, Lambert said. He appeared in musicals – “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Grease,” “Chess”(Moonlight Ampitheatre) – at the Starlight, the Lyceum and other local venues. After high school, he moved to Orange County for college – and lasted about five weeks. “I just decided that what I really wanted to do was try to work in the real entertainment world,” he said. “Life is all about taking risks to get what you want.” He moved to Los Angeles and did the starving artist thing – cruddy apartments, cruddier paychecks. More Musical Theatre credits included a six month tour of Hair (European Tour ‘03), 110 in the Shade (Pasadena Playhouse), On the 20th Century (Reprise!), Evita (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities). In Hollywood he performed in the glam-rock revue “The Zodiac Show” at The Henry Fonda Music Box, and at the Key Club. He was cast as Joshua in The Ten Commandments at the Kodak theater in 2004, opposite Val Kilmer. His tour de force performance became a press and crowd favorite with the New York Times calling him “the most consistent crowd-wower” and the LA Times stating that his “personal sound and style… (was) the best.” Shortly thereafter he landed a spot in the National tour of “Wicked” in 2005 then as an understudy as Fiyero in the Los Angeles Production cast in 2007/2008 at the Pantages Theatre. Lambert said he’s been watching the show, now in its eighth season, since it started. “But I never really pictured myself on it.” Friends from “Wicked” pushed him to try out. “One of the reasons why I waited to audition until I was older is because before this, I would have crumbled,” he said. “I’ve got more experience, I’m
used to being in front of a crowd, and I’ve just grown up. Once you get to a certain point in life, you can handle more.” In the last couple of years, he said, “I’ve been branching out, doing my own music.”He has been collaborating with Composer/Guitarist Monte Pittman (Madonna) for close to three years. Together they’ve formed an alt/pop/rock/electro band called THE CITIZEN VEIN — “and it’s just been kind of a natural progression. I know now that I want to make it in the recording industry.” I think it’s safe to say “Mission accomplished”
His musical influences include David Bowie, Freddy Mercury, Robert Plant, Donny Hathaway, Steve Perry.
SOURCE of article: RTVChannel
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Great informative biography for current fans and hopefully new ones. If there is any doubt that Adam isn 't a talented, seasoned performer, worthy of his success and adulation of his many fans, this list of his many accomplishments should quiet any doubters. It's quite a resume, for which he should be very, very proud. I'm so happy for him. He deserves to have all of his dreams come true.Can't wait to see him on Leno tonight and to see the new video! funbunn40
Thanks for posting. I forgot about this!!
Someone should send a tweet to the twitter world about his appearance on The Tonight Show.
People are tweeting about Adam on Leno tonight. I hope Adam help out with Leno's ratings this time again. The last time Adam was on the show, he helped Leno win the hour.
Thanks for that info on the ratings 12:49 - I was interested in that info but never did follow up on it. I'm assuming you're talking about the "Sleepwalker" performance when Leno was just taking back his old time slot. Thanks.
You're welcome! And yeah it's the perf of sleepwalker that helped Leno's ratings.
Ohhh so exciting. Just half a day more to go till Adam performs.
I found out some new things with this article. I didn't know all the specific theatrical performances. Our boy has a lot of experience behind him.
can't wait to see adam on leno tonight.
Did they do bios on his Jay's other guests or just Adam - wonderful intro for the newly enlightened and a great refresher for his Glamily
DC Canadian
Anyone who was fortunate enough to see him sing/act in his earlier stage productions had to have been blown away. I have watched so many of his earlier you tube video's and I can't believe he wasn't 'found' earlier. But, as Adam himself says, it doesn't seem to work that way anymore and that one has to have a fan base...well he has one heck of a fan base now! Way to go Adam!
Just now announcing guests on Leno and the crowd went especially wild when they said Adam's name. I'm so excited I might burst!
justpeachy
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