Bring Back Birdie

Bring Back Birdie

Book by Michael Stewart
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams

Bring Back Birdie

Bring Back Birdie

Book by Michael Stewart
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams

Overview

The characters and creative team from Bye Bye Birdie return—twenty years later—for this hilarious sequel. Conrad Birdie, the former teen idol, disappeared from public life after his discharge from the U.S. Army. Now Rosie and Albert Peterson, happily settled into suburban life with teenagers of their own, set off to find Conrad and convince him to make a comeback.

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Details

  • Genre: Period, Romantic Comedy
  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences

Authors

Lee Adams

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 ...

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Charles Strouse

Charles Strouse is one of America's most successful musical theatre composers. His first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), written with his long-time collaborator Lee Adams, won him a Tony Award and the London Critics Best Foreign Musical Award. In 1970, Applause, star ...

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Michael Stewart

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 ...

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