Book by Michael StewartMusic by Charles StrouseLyrics by Lee Adams
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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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 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 ...
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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