Nick Adams

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present acclaimed Broadway star Nick Adams in an evening of songs from the Broadway stage and the Great American Songbook on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Earlier in the day, Adams will lead a master class with musical theatre students at the State University of New York at Fredonia, at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Observation of the master class is free and open to the public.

Adams is a native of Erie, Pa., and is most known for originating the role of Adam/Felicia in the Tony Award-winning Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Musical. For his performance he was named an American Theater Hall of Fame honoree, received two Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, and an Astaire Award nomination.

Recently, he starred in the Off-Broadway production of DRAG: The Musical as Alexis Gillmore, a role he originated in the successful Los Angeles premiere of the show. For his performance, he received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical.

He has been seen on Broadway in A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage Aux Folles, and The Pirate Queen. He played Whizzer in the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Falsettos, and was Fiyero in the first national tour of Wicked. He also recently was featured in the A Chorus Line 50th Anniversary Celebration.

On film, he starred as Cooper in the Emmy-nominated Fire Island, which won the cast an ensemble Gotham Award. Other TV and film credits include The Holiday Exchange, The Other Two, Sex and the City 2, An Englishman in New York, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and It Could Be Worse.

Adams has been seen in concert with the New York Pops, Boston Pops, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Erie Philharmonic, and The National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada. He received a BFA at Boston Conservatory.

Tickets to the show are $28 (Adults), $25 (Opera House Members), and $10 (Students) and can be purchased in person at the Opera House Box Office or by phone at 716-679-1891, Tuesday-Friday, 12-4:30 p.m. They can be purchased online anytime at www.fredopera.org.

The show is presented as part of the Opera House Spotlight Series, which is sponsored by DFT Communications. In addition, Opera House programming is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County.

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is a member-supported not-for-profit performing arts center with a mission to “present the performing arts for the benefit of our community and region … providing access to artistic diversity … and high-quality programming at an affordable price.” It is located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.