Adams has previously appeared on Broadway in La Cage aux Folles, A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, Chicago and The Pirate Queen.
Screen credits include "Sex and the City 2" and "An Englishman in New York."
| Full given name: | Nicholas Tadd Adams |
| Where you were born/where you were raised: | Erie, PA |
| Zodiac Sign: | Gemini |
| What your parents did/do for a living: | My father was Dean of the School of Education at Edinboro University. Mother is the director of student services, special ed and gifted programs for the Fairview School District. |
| Special skills: | My charm |
| Something you're REALLY bad at: | Holding my temper! |
| First Broadway show you ever saw: | Chicago. Made my Broadway debut in it 8 years later! |
| If you could go back in time and catch any show, what would it be? | The Rink |
| Current show other than your own you have been recommending to friends: | Chicago, because my classmate and best friend Nikka Graff Lanzarone is Velma Kelly! |
| Favorite showtune of all time: | "The Music and the Mirror" |
| A favorite modern musical: | A Catered Affair |
| A favorite classic musical: | The Music Man |
| Broadway or screen stars of the past you would most love to have performed with: | Gene Kelly |
| The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: | Watching Chicago at 15 |
| Music that makes you cry, any genre: | Adele |
| Your personal vocal idols: | Joan Lader, Gavin Creel, Mariah Carey, Cheyenne Jackson
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| MAC or PC? | MAC |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Who's Laughing Now" by Jessie J |
| Most-visited websites: | Playbill.com YouTube |
| Favorite Tweeters: | @BFAproblems @maxizpad (Max Von Essen) |
| Last book you read: | "An Examination of the Human Brain" |
| Must-see TV shows: | "Dexter" and "Nurse Jackie" |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Super 8" |
| Some films you consider classics: | "Death Becomes Her" "Sunset Boulevard" |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Audra |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Britney Spears |
| Three favorite cities: | NYC, Boston, Chicago |
| Favorite sport/team/player: | Baseball... I like the Mets! |
| First CD/Tape/LP you owned: | A Salt-n-Pepa CD |
| First stage kiss: | With Julie Craig (she was in The Fantasticks Off-Broadway). We grew up together doing community theatre. She played Sleeping Beauty and I was the prince. |
| Favorite or most memorable onstage role as a child/teenager: | Tommy in Brigadoon |
| Moment you knew you wanted to perform for a living: | I saw a show when I was 9. I knew it at that moment. |
| How you got your Equity card: | A summer at The Muny in St. Louis after my sophomore year of college. |
| Favorite pre-/post- show meal: | Sushi from Food Emporium |
| Favorite liquid refreshment: | Coconut water |
| Pre-show rituals or warm-ups: | 110 pushups, 120 crunches, vocal warm-up to a recorded voice lesson, hot shower, lots of stretching. |
| Most vocally challenging role you have ever played: | Felicia in Priscilla |
| Most physically challenging role you have ever played: | Felicia in Priscilla |
| Worst flubbed line/missed cue/onstage mishap: | I almost missed my entrance in A Chorus Line where I interrupt the Zach/Cassie onstage scene. |
| Worst costume ever: | The cat suit in La Cage |
| Worst job you ever had: | In high school I worked at Arby's for exactly one week. |
| Any particularly memorable stage door or celebrity moments from this show? | I met Hugh Jackman and he gushed over my performance... and my abs. |
| Favorite screen/commercial gigs: | "An Englishman in New York." Got to do a scene with John Hurt. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Bobby in Crazy for You and Joseph in Joseph... |
| Leading lady role you wish you could play: | Cassie in A Chorus Line |
| Something about you that surprises people: | I'm shy |
| Something you are incredibly proud of: | My relationship with my family. |
| Something you're embarrassed to admit: | I constantly want food. |
| Career you would want if not a performer: | I have no idea! |
| Three things you can't live without: | Pizza, my dog, theatre |
| "I'll never understand why..." | ... I am so hard on myself. |
| Words of wisdom for aspiring performers? | Never stop training, set a goal and go for it. And never stop loving it! |
