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Broadway has become something of a rite of passage for B-and-under pop stars and/or ex-American Idol contestants. Where that passage leads to, I have no clue – you’d have to ask people like Fantasia Barino, Ashley Angel, (sorry, Ashley Parker Angel) Taylor Hicks, Constantine Moroulis, Clay Aiken and, most recently, Ace Young.

While we’re on the topic of Ace Young – soak it in, friends, soak it in – I met him. A couple years ago, I was working as a receptionist at a Manhattan recording studio, and Ace Young came in on my birthday to do some kind of voice-over work. My co-worker thought it would be cute to get him to sing Happy Birthday to me. We could all tell he was absolutely dying for any and all attention, so he obliged. He came up to the reception desk, leaned down and sang Happy Birthday to me not more than five inches from my face, as every single one of my co-workers stood behind me and watched this very, very uncomfortable moment unfold. At the end of the day, I didn’t know what was more embarrassing – the fact Ace Young sang to me on my 23rd birthday, or the fact I secretly loved it.

But I digress…..good for these people for continuing to find work, but Broadway? Really? One of the most, if not the most prestigious theater setting in the world, one that dates all the way back to the early 1800’s, has been through history-changing eras of prohibition, stock market crashes and war, not to mention its famous stages, of which have been graced by the amazingly talented likes of Fred Astaire, Julie Andrews and Bernadette Peters? And now people line the blocks for A.C. Slater? That’s not a question. People line the blocks for A.C. Slater.

Could this man really be the new Gene Kelly of our generation?

Sweet Jesus.

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