See Adam at the Rittenhouse Grill
Monday, September 29,2025
Adam Pascal was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island. He started singing in various
rock bands when he was 12, playing the local New York club scene for many years, and has
been singing in bands, as a solo artist, in movies, or on the Broadway stage ever since. In 1996,
Adam tried out for the then unknown, off-Broadway production of Rent. He landed the role of
Roger Davis. Adam was nominated for a 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical), and won a
Drama League and Obie award for his performance as Roger. The Show went on to become a
worldwide success and one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. In 1997 He
reprised the role of Roger (the first of several times he would do so) for the West End Premiere
of Rent. In 1998, Adam’s career expanded to the big screen in the independent film SLC Punk!
In 2000, Adam was cast as Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice’s new Broadway musical Aida,
for which he received a Drama League award. In May of 2000, his debut solo album, Model
Prisoner, was released. Also in 2000, Adam co-produced the hit off-Broadway play Fully
Committed with fellow former Rent cast member, Jesse L. Martin. The show went on to garner
many awards and played to sold out houses in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and
London. In October 2003, Adam once again visited the Broadway stage, this time, asked to be
the final Emcee in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production of Cabaret at Studio 54, as part of
the closing cast. Also during that time Adam starred alongside Jack Black, as Theo, the lead
singer of “No Vacancy” in 2003’s School of Rock. Finally in 2004, Adam’s second CD, Civilian,
was released in November, again on Sh-k-boom records. In 2005, Adam reprised the role of
Roger in the movie version of Rent. Adam’s journey with Rent finally came to conclusion when
in 2009, he reprised the role one last time alongside Anthony Rapp, in “Rent The Broadway
Tour” which traveled all over the U.S. as well as Japan and South Korea. In 2010/11 Adam
starred as Huey Calhoun in Broadway’s Tony Award winning musical Memphis and in 2013
Adam starred as Billy Flynn in Broadway’s long running hit Chicago. In 2015 Adam originated
the role of Chad in Broadway’s Disaster. In 2017 Adam starred as Shakespeare on Broadway
and in the first national tour of the Musical Something Rotten. His most recent Broadway credits
include starring as Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman on Broadway and on the first National tour
and as Tom Hutchinson in a recent Off-Broadway run of Drag: The Musical. Most recently,
Adam took to the 54 Below stage with his longtime friend and co-star Anthony Rapp in a
two-week engagement celebrating the duo’s friendship and history. With songs from various
projects throughout their careers, music that influenced their lives, and, of course, hit songs
from Rent, the duo shared unforgettable stories and fun.