Adam Lambert opened up about taking a stand from the stage while performing Cabaret.
The 43-year-old American Idol alum is playing the Emcee in the latest Broadway production of the classic musical. Earlier this year, he went viral after shutting down someone who laughed at an antisemitic line in one of his songs.
He opened up about the relevance of the play in 2025 and explained why is so outspoken about responding to people in the theater.
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“The show is very relevant. It has been since the late ’60s when it first came out, but right now, in particular, it’s eerie to be up there and to be talking about things that are happening again in our country,” he said during an appearance on The View on Monday (February 17).
He continued, explaining, “One of the big themes in the show is antisemitism.”
“There’s a scene in the musical where I sing a song to a gorilla, and it’s called ‘If You Could See Her,’” he said. “It’s satire, it’s supposed to be like, ‘Yeah, we’re back in the nightclub, and we’re doing a cute little number.’ But it’s actually about a really dark, sad thing about how society sees people.”
“And they make it into the gorilla being the Jewish person. So at the end of the song I say, ‘If you could see her through my eyes, she wouldn’t look Jewish at all,’” Adam said.
The singer continued, saying, “Sometimes people in the audience… There were a few people here and there, they’ve had a few too many to drink during the intermission… They’re not listening.”
“And they’re not getting the message of the show because the beginning is so permissive and fun and free,” he said. “Sometimes it gets a laugh as if it were a joke. And there have been a few shows… One in particular, where this person commented, and I stopped. And I just looked at the audience and said, ‘No, no, no, no, This isn’t comedy. Pay attention.’”
If you missed it, Adam just delivered a powerful performance on late-night TV.
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