Lee Adams began his professional career as a journalist, working as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, and radio writer and interviewer. But his life took a sudden turn when his “hobby” of lyric writing led to Bye, Bye Birdie in 1960. This unheralded little Bro ...

Charles Strouse (1928-2025) was one of America’s most successful musical theatre composers. His first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), written with his longtime collaborator Lee Adams, won him a Tony Award and the London Critics Best Foreign Musical Award. In 1970, Ap ...

Michael Stewart (1924-1987) scored on Broadway the first time when he won a Tony Award for his Bye Bye Birdie libretto. He was the librettist for Carnival (Drama Critics Circle Award) and Hello, Dolly!, which earned him both a Tony and Drama Critics prize. Stewart also wrote ...