On stage, two grand wrought iron-style gates merge seamlessly with the Forum theatre’s famous Greco-Roman statues. Their curlicued bars twist into a giant A, seemingly inspired by the scribbles teenagers have inked in notebooks everywhere since Edward Scissorhands mainstreamed goths in 1990. Silhouetted muscle men open the gates and the screaming begins.
Addison Rae comes out to Fame Is a Gun, a single from her overwhelmingly praised debut album, Addison. The track’s second verse lays out Rae’s determination, which is also her charm: “There’s no mystery. I’m gonna make it … and when you shame me, it makes me want it more.”
