Editing Adam Pascal (section)

==Early life==
Pascal was born in [[The Bronx|The Bronx, New York]], and grew up in [[Woodbury, Nassau County, New York]], with his mother, Wendy (née Frishman), and stepfather, Mel Seamon.<ref name="ref2">{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Blake|date=2000-03-17|title=THEATER / A Star Is Torn / Though he's playing the lead in a second Broadway musical, Adam Pascal remains a rocker at heart|work=Newsday|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/51232837.html?dids=51232837:51232837&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2000&author=Blake+Green.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=THEATER+%2F+A+Star+Is+Torn+%2F+Though+he's+playing+the+lead+in+a+second+Broadway+musical%2C+Adam+Pascal+remains+a+rocker+at+heart&pqatl=google|access-date=2009-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306213201/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/279298689.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Mar%2017%2C%202000&author=Blake%20Green.%20STAFF%20WRITER&pub=Newsday%20%28Combined%20editions%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=THEATER%20%2F%20A%20Star%20Is%20Torn%20%2F%20Though%20he%27s%20playing%20the%20lead%20in%20a%20second%20Broadway%20musical%2C%20Adam%20Pascal%20remains%20a%20rocker%20at%20heart|archive-date=2016-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEYrAQAAIAAJ&q=Theater+week,+Volume+9,+Issues+48-52|title=Theater Week|date=14 June 1996|publisher=That New Magazine, Incorporated|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was raised [[Jew]]ish.<ref name="ref1">{{Cite news|last=Elkin|first=Michael|date=2009-02-05|title='Rent' Control|work=Jewish Exponent|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/%27rent%27-control|access-date=2016-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810202554/http://www.jewishexponent.com/'rent'-control|archive-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> He attended [[Stagedoor Manor]] summer camp and graduated from [[Syosset High School]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiener|first=Iris|date=11 June 2011|title='Rent' Star Adam Pascal Revisits Roots|url=http://syosset.patch.com/articles/rent-star-adam-pascal-revisits-roots|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042556/http://syosset.patch.com/articles/rent-star-adam-pascal-revisits-roots|archive-date=October 4, 2011|website=Syosset Patch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://playbill.com/article/broadways-beanie-feldstein-adam-pascal-adam-kantor-and-more-share-their-theatre-camp-memories}}</ref> He then graduated from [[New York Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Prock|first=Jay|date=August 22, 2014|title=BWW Interviews: Adam Pascal Hosts Master Class on the Basics of Auditioning in Musical Theatre|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/dallas/article/BWW-Interviews-Adam-Pascal-Hosts-Master-Class-on-the-Basics-of-Auditioning-in-Musical-Theatre-20140822|website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref> Before his interest in music, he was a personal trainer. Although he began as a rock musician playing in a number of bands (such as Mute) formed with his schoolmates, Pascal became drawn to musical theater.