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.

[3] He starred as Adam/Felicia in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,[4] which opened at the Palace Theater on March 20, 2011[5][6] after a short run in Toronto at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

[9] 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.

[10][11] 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.

[16] Adams was also nominated for the 2011 Astaire Award for Best Dancer on Broadway and honored by the American Theatre Hall of Fame for his role in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.