In 2005, Adams earned a BFA in musical theatre with a minor in dance from the
Boston Conservatory of Music. In New York, he joined the international tour of the musical
Chicago, later joining the Broadway cast. He was also in the original Broadway cast of
The Pirate Queen. In 2007, he co-starred with
Mario Lopez as Larry in the Broadway revival of
A Chorus Line. In June 2009 he was in the original cast of the Broadway revival of
Guys and Dolls. In 2010, Adams played Angelique in the original
Tony-winning revival cast of
La Cage aux Folles on Broadway at the
Longacre Theatre, starring
Kelsey Grammer. He starred as Adam/Felicia in
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which opened at the
Palace Theater on March 20, 2011 after a short run in
Toronto at the
Princess of Wales Theatre. On February 4, 2014, Adams joined the first national tour of
Wicked and was the final actor to star in the role of
Fiyero. In 2016, Adams appeared in season two of the sketch
LGBT-themed comedy web series
Go-Go Boy Interrupted. In 2019, he appeared on the first season of the
Comedy Central series
The Other Two as Dallas Drake, and starred as Whizzer Brown in the first national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater revival of
Falsettos. His other TV and film credits include:
Sex and the City 2,
An Englishman in New York,
Smash,
As the World Turns,
Guiding Light,
Dancing with the Stars,
Rosie Live,
It Could Be Worse, the
Kennedy Center Honors, and multiple telecasts of the
Tony Awards. Adams, who is gay, was a part of a
PSA for the
It Gets Better campaign with cast members from
Priscilla Queen of the Desert in 2010. In December 2012, Adams was a backing dancer in
Cheyenne Jackson's video for his single, ''Don't Wanna Know''. In 2024, he portrayed a lifeguard in
Dylan Mulvaney's music video for "
Days of Girlhood." ==Awards and nominations==