Adam Lambert Talks Stopping Cabaret To Call Out Audience

Adam Lambert explained why he stopped the show to call members of his audience during his tenure as a musical host before World War II. cabaret On Broadway.

January 22nd, Report It was revealed that the audience was laughing at the end of the song, “I hope I can see her.” It’s a song that Adam’s character sings in a gorilla, and it ends with an anti-Semitic joke that was clearly meant to be very offensive.

In that performance, one attendee Please put it down,'[Adam was] Cut out by people in the audience laughing at the joke. People who found surprises, not nervous laughter, not shocked laughter… justly funny. Please be careful. “

“Sometimes there were a few people in the audience here and there. There were too many to drink during the break, and they didn’t hear,” he continued. “They don’t get the message of the show because the beginning is so generous, fun and free, and sometimes they laugh as if it were a joke.”

“There were a few shows, especially when this guy commented and I stopped. I saw the audience and they said, “No, no, no, this is not a comedy. Take care. ‘”He continued.

Adam, the Jew himself, previously discussed the song and its final joke Interview Last November. “It’s a really intense statement. It’s load Punchlines aimed at explaining all the double standards and anti-Semitism that were happening at the time, and sometimes people are meant to actually laugh. That’s difficult for me. Because I know how interesting it really is. I tend to laugh in the audience and find people who see them correctly. I can see everyone in the theater. It’s very confrontational,” he said. “If anyone laughs, I’ll stare at them until I realize they’re laughing.”