News the Stars Bring Today

Last Tuesday night, I missed the beginning of American Idol, so I did a search and I was stunned to find this gem from Adam Lambert’s past. He is singing “Come With Me, Bend With Me” from the hit Broadway musical, Brigadoon, that has been a sensation off and on since 1947.

Brigadoon is about an enchanted village that is blessed to be preserved from destruction by only appearing every hundred years, for only a day. Two Americans happen to stumble upon the Scottish village, and one of them falls in love with one of the village’s prettiest unwed lasses. He has to make a fateful, and quick decision.

Across the waters in England, Greg Pritchard, who has a fashion and hair style similar to Adam’s, stunned the audience and the Judges by singing “Nessun Dorma”. Little did I know that on this side of the Atlantic, our own Adam Lambert had delved into the more conventional aspect of music and quite stunningly so, I might add. Unfortunately, for admirers of this genre of music, Adam does not plan to stay with that style of music.

Here is the recording of him singing “live” in Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars, in 2004.