ong before he assumed the role of

Noah on THE YOUNG & THE

RESTLESS, Robert Adamson had

done his acting training at a theater con-

ser vator y. Ironically, he notes, “Most of

my work experience has been in televi-

sion and film. I’ve never done live theater.”

Until now! Through August 25, he’s ap-

pearing in Arthur Miller’s Death Of A

Salesman at the Ruskin Group Theatre in

Santa Monica, CA. “It’s a stor y about a

guy [played by NORTHERN EXPO-

SURE’s Rob Morrow] who during the

Great Depression [worked as a traveling

salesman and] was able to provide for his

family, buy a home and raise a family,”

Adamson offers.

Sadly, the harsh realities of life after

World War II changed his perspective on

the American dream. “He put all of these

hopes and dreams in sort of the wrong

areas,” the actor says, “and had taught his

kids to do the same, but his son, Biff —

my character — sees the whole facade for

what it is.”

Adamson adds that portraying the com-

plicated father/son relationship has been

gratifying, because “ever y single time I

come out of the play, someone will walk

up and say, ‘My dad was just like that.’”

It’s also been a reminder not of a re-

spectful Noah’s connection with Nick but

rather, of Nick’s often contentious

one with Victor! It’s that whole

“dynamic of feeling like you’re not

measuring up and wanting to go a

different way, be your own man,”

says Adamson.

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For THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS’ Robert Adamson (ex-Noah), it’s curtains... up

Adamson says that Death Of A Salesman

is about “the failure of a dream

through the eyes of a public that has

an idea of America that’s almost

impossible to realize.”

STAGE!

THE WORLD’S HIS

Keeping Track

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