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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:55:11 GMT -5
At about 16 (1998), I auditioned for the Starlight Theatre, which is an outdoor theater company down in Balboa Park. It’s a semi-professional thing; we got paid a little bit but it wasn’t union. We would literally have to freeze for planes going over because it’s right in the path of the San Diego airport. So there were little stoplights in the orchestra pit and if a plane was coming, it would go yellow and red and you would freeze. It was crazy.
I was in the ensemble for both “Hello, Dolly!” and “Camelot”.
...then the next summer (1999), I did shows at Moonlight Amphitheatre, in Vista up in North County. I did “The Music Man” and “Grease” and I played Captain Hook in “Peter Pan.”
latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/08/adam-lambert-the-ultimate-interview-part-1.html Director/choreography Ray Limon, co-founder of LimonCarr Productions in Tustin, also directed Adam, and never quite forgot him from his days performing at Moonlight Stage Productions.
“He was a great kid when he did ‘Grease,’” recalls Limon. “He always had that voice. One year, when we were doing our annual fundraiser, ‘Broadway at the Moonlight,’ spotlighting all the former Moonlight performers who’d gone on to Equity and Broadway, we added him into the mix. He was the youngest performer we’d ever had in the production. He was just in high school then. And ‘Chess’ was another very adult show he appeared in. It was very impressive for him to be cast. He had the lead song, ‘Pity the Child.’ I’d love to hear him sing that now.”
Limon is about to direct “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the Welk Theatre in Escondido, for which he recently auditioned 300 actor/singers.
“As talented as they were,” says Limon, “Adam’s talent is way beyond that. He’s like the little cartoon character, Vavoom, the little tiny guy who goes up to the mountains and hits a note and the mountains crumble."
Ray Limon (Director/Choreography )
Read more: www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-05-18/things-to-do/adam-lamberts-theater-days-are-fondly-remembered#ixzz1G0bFYpBU
2000
The Moonlight celebrated its 20th Anniversary Season, opening with a Jubilee Ball on the stage amid scenery for Grace-Ann Etcheberria-Jacobs' 15th and final Youth Theatre production. The Summer Season was the most successful ever with audiences numbering 53,310 and ticket sales of $711,905.71. The Vista City Council designated $700,000 in State Park Grant funds to be set aside for a future stage-house. Maureen Macdonald hired as Executive Director of The Vista Foundation. The Broadway at the Moonlight Gala was a 1940s Big Band event, Swingtime G.I. Jive. 1200 people attended and the event raised $48,000.
www.moonlightstage.com/about/CompleteHistory.cfm
ADAM LAMBERT (Porter) A 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. www.reprise.org/shows/on-the-twentieth-century/cast |
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:57:49 GMT -5
 
"The (2000) 'Broadway at the Moonlight' Gala was a
1940s Big Band event, Swingtime G.I. Jive."
moonlightstage.com/about/CompleteHistory
"One year, when we were doing our annual fundraiser,
‘Broadway at the Moonlight,’ spotlighting all the former
Moonlight performers who’d gone on to Equity and
Broadway, we added him into the mix. He was the
youngest performer we’d ever had in the production."
Ray Limon (Director/Choreography)
San Diego News Network
Broadway at the Moonlight Gala
Swingtime G.I. Jive
1940s Big Band
Youth: Peter Pan
The Music Man
Grease
www.moonlightstage.com/about/CompleteHistory.cfm
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:58:13 GMT -5
Summer 2000 Youth Theater: Peter Pan (Musical) Captain Hook Moonlight Amphitheatre Vista CA
Kathy Brombacher, Moonlight's producing artistic director, remembers Lambert's upbeat personality and exceptional voice.
"He is bright, friendly, funny, down to earth and grounded," Brombacher said. "Despite his talent, he doesn't have an inflated head, and he's so articulate and professional in the way he conducts himself."
Brombacher said Lambert's flamboyant stage personality was already developing in his teens, particularly in the role of, what else, the flamboyant pirate Captain Hook.
"He was an adventuresome performer as Captain Hook," she said. "He was always out there for the journey. He wanted to be different and put his own stamp on it -- and he did."
www.nctimes.com/entertainment/music/article_c554fdeb-3b1e-5973-a9bc-f8f4fb416311.html
 Adam as Captain Hook |
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:58:39 GMT -5
Summer 2000
Music Man
Moonlight Amphitheatre
Vista CA
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:59:05 GMT -5
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 9:59:51 GMT -5
 August 2000 - Cal State FullertonAdam enrolls at California State University Fullerton as a Theatre Arts major. He does not attend classes the first 3 weeks of the semester and drops out after five weeks. He says he had been too busy rehearsing for Grease to attend classes. Kragen, Pam. "Lambert's No. 1 fan, his mom, gives the backstory on 'Idol' runner-up."Q: After Adam graduated from Mt. Carmel, he went away to Cal State Fullerton, but that didn't last long …
A: He was in college for three weeks, but he didn't even go to class. He called me and said, "Mom, college is not for me," and that he'd gotten a job as a lead singer on a cruise ship for a year. I wasn't sure about it, but he was the youngest person to ever get a lead role on Holland America and it would allow him to see the world in a structured environment. When he came home from that, he was 19 years old and he said, "I'm moving to L.A."
nctimes.com/articles/2009/07/15/entertainment/music/ze7c43910daaad6a5882575eb00579d92.txt
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 10:00:15 GMT -5
 September 13 2000 Grease Doody *Adam is Doody, the youngest of the Burger Palace Boys, in the musical Grease. It is presented at the Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista, CA. He sings Those Magic Changes and Rock 'n' Roll Party Queen.   Adam as Doody2000-09-13 Grease Doody Moonlight Amphitheatre 2000 09_Sept 13_Grease-Doody_MoonlightAm_Vista bit.ly/1cksV68www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/shows/grease_6372/ |
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 10:00:37 GMT -5
"… Backing them up are … talented young actors who we're sure to see more of in the future. Adam Lambert, who just graduated from Mt. Carmel High School in June, is a big surprise with his lovely and powerful tenor voice in the part of Doody. He stands out in 'Those Magic Changes' and in 'Rock 'n' Roll Party Queen'. …"
-- Excerpt from a review of "Grease" at Moonlight Amphitheatre, Vista, published in a September 2000 edition of Preview.
www.nctimes.com/entertainment/music/article_c554fdeb-3b1e-5973-a9bc-f8f4fb416311.html
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Post by 4Ms on Feb 15, 2011 10:01:38 GMT -5
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