Behind the Awards with Eila Mell & Bruce Gotlieb

#46 - Nick Adams brings Superhero Energy to Drag! The Musical


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Nick Adams stops by to chat all things Drag The Musical. Sharing what it’s like to work with NKOTB Joey McIntyre, getting tips from the stars of RuPauls Drag Race, and creating the character with Alaska from the shows first incarnation. Nick also takes on a trip down memory lane of past shows Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, La Cage aux Folles, and Chicago and also starring the movie Fire Island on Hulu.

Also in this episode Chris Colfer’s 2011 Gold Globe win. The first Tony Committee Meeting of the season including the following shows: Home, Oh Mary!, Job, Once Upon a Mattress, The Roommate, The Hiss of California, McNeal, Yellow Face, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Left on Tenth, Romeo & Juliet.


Nick Adams is a Broadway, film and television actor. He currently stars as Alexis Gillmore in the smash off-Broadway hit Drag The Musical. He recently starred as Cooper in the Emmy® nominated feature film Fire Island for which he received a Gotham Award. The film also won a GLAAD Award, Dorian Award, and garnered Hollywood Critics Association and People’s Choice Award nominations among others. Notably, Adams originated the role of Adam/Felicia in the Tony-winning Broadway musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which earned him an honor from the American Theater Hall of Fame, two Broadway Audience Choice Awards, and an Astaire Award nomination for Best Dancer on Broadway. He received national critical acclaim for his portrayal of Whizzer in the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of Falsettos, directed by James Lapine. Adams was the final actor to star as Fiyero in the first national touring production of Wicked. He originated the role of Alexis Gilmore in the Queerty and Broadway World Award-winning world premiere of Drag: The Musical in Hollywood, California, and can be heard on the studio cast album. Other Broadway credits include A Chorus LineGuys and DollsChicagoLa Cage Aux Folles and The Pirate Queen. TV/Film highlights include FBI Most Wanted (ABC), The Holiday Exchange (Peacock/Amazon), Dallas Drake on The Other Two (Max), Sex and the City 2, An Englishman in New YorkStill Waiting In The WingsAs the World TurnsGuiding LightGo-Go Boy Interrupted, and It Could Be Worse (Hulu). Concerts: NY Pops (Carnegie Hall), Boston Pops, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Erie Philharmonic, The National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada. Nick holds a BFA from the prestigious Boston Conservatory of Music. @thenickadams



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