Bye Bye Birdie is a music scene based on Michael Stewart's book, with lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse.
Originally titled Let's Go Steady, Bye Bye Birdie was set in 1958. This story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice to the Army in 1957. The name of the star's character rock, "Conrad Birdie", is a word game on behalf of Conway Twitty. Twitty is best remembered today for his long career as a country music star, but in the late 1950s, he was one of the rival rock 'n' Roll Presley.
The original 1960-1961 Broadway production was a success that won the Tony Award. This gave birth to London production and some great revivals, sequels, 1963 films and 1995 television productions. The event also became a popular choice for high school and college production.
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History
Producer Edward Padula has an idea for the musical that was originally titled Let's Go Steady, a happy teenage music with a difference. Padula was contracted with two writers, and Charles Strouse and Lee Adams wrote seven songs for their libretto. Padula, Strouse and Adams are looking for a Gower Champion as a director/choreographer, who up to that time has made choreographies just a few musical. (Fred Astaire and Morton DaCosta have declined.) However, Champion disliked the book and the authors were dismissed, with Michael Stewart subsequently hired. Stewart wrote an early version titled Love and Kisses , which focused on couples who thought about divorce, but his children persuaded them to stay together.
Champion wants "something more". "The 'something more' was there in the newspapers.Elola rock-and-roll Elvis Presley was recruited into the army in September 1957 and soon left the United States for eighteen months in Germany, provoking a media circus that included Elvis giving special members elected from the Corps The Women's Army 'one last kiss' After brainstorming, Stewart and Adams "came up with the idea of ​​a rock-and-roll singer going to the army and its effects on a group of teenagers in a small town in Ohio. The singer's name was originally 'Ellsworth', which was quickly converted into 'Conway Twitty' before we discovered that there was Conway Twitty threatening to sue us, and then, finally, 'Conrad Birdie' ".
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Synopsis
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New York-based songwriter Albert Peterson found himself in dire straits when his client, superstar rock and roll singer and teen idol Conrad Birdie, was recruited into the Army, leaving his heavily indebted company. Albert's secretary, Rose "Rosie" Alvarez, emerged with the last publicity action to record Conrad Birdie and bring the song before being sent abroad. After a long stint in some romantic limbo for eight years, he missed Albert who he once knew, an aspiring English teacher before he wrote Conrad Birdie's first hit and abandoned his plans to pursue a seedier music industry ("An English Teacher "). Rose's plan is to have Birdie sing "One Last Kiss" (a song she's referring to Albert to write on the spot) and give one lucky girl, randomly selected from her fan club, the real "final kiss" in The Ed Sullivan Show before going to the Army.
In Sweet Apple, Ohio, all teenagers catch the latest gossip about 15-year-old Kim MacAfee and Hugo Peabody will be steady ("The Telephone Hour"). Kim reflects how happy she is with her maturity, believing that she has reached adulthood ("How Lovely to Be a Woman"). She quit Conrad Birdie's fan club over the phone because of a new milestone happening in her life. His best friend Ursula was shocked. Kim reconsidered when, after a long telephone conversation with Ursula, she received a phone call telling her that she had been chosen to be Birdie's last kiss before going to the armed forces.
Meanwhile, Conrad, Albert, and Rosie prepare to go to Sweet Apple. A group of young girls see them go at the New York City railway station, though a girl is sad because she thinks that by the time Conrad gets out of the army, she will be too old for him. Albert advised him to be optimistic ("Wear Happy Face"). Soon, tabloid reporters arrived with questions about the tattered details of Conrad's private life, but Rosie, Albert, and the girls answered for her, hoping to protect her reputation and bankability ("Normal American Boy").
Conrad receives a hero's welcome at Sweet Apple, and Hugo is worried that Kim likes Conrad more than he likes, but Kim convinces Hugo that he is the only one he loves ("One Boy"). Conrad shook the city's parents and drove the crazy teenage girls with her "Sincere Sincere" appearance, which caused all the girls (including Edna, the mayor's wife) to faint. Conrad was a guest at MacAfee's home and annoyed Kim's father, Harry MacAfee, by being rude and selfish. Mr. MacAfee did not want Kim kissing Conrad, until Albert tells him their whole family will be on The Ed Sullivan Show . Mr. and Mrs. MacAfee, Kim, and his younger brother Randolph sang the praises of Sullivan ("Song for the Night of the Week").
Albert's arrogant mother, Mae, came to Sweet Apple to sever her son's relationship with Rosie (he objected to Rosie's Hispanic heritage). He introduced Albert to Gloria Rasputin, a curved blonde he met on a bus who could replace Rosie as his secretary. Gloria, a tap dancer, secretly hopes that a relationship with Albert could be a show business. Mae sings "Swanee River" as a Gloria dance-tap (usually described as fooling herself). Albert gave Gloria a typing job. Rosie was furious and fantasized about the violent ways to kill Albert ("One Hundred Ways Ballet"), but instead came up with a better idea: he convinced Hugo to sabotage the last kiss.
Because both Rosie and Hugo are jealous and angry, they plan to undermine Conrad's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. On the broadcast, Conrad sings "One Last Kiss" and when he leans to kiss Kim, Hugo runs on stage and punches his face, causing Conrad to faint. Rosie dumps Albert, and Albert, tried to cover up for the accident that night, leading the choir "Normal American Boy".
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Despite plans to re-air the broadcast, Rosie and Kim decide to leave Albert and Hugo, bemoaning their stupidity for falling in love ("What I See In Him?"). Conrad, with no visible effects of being knocked out, decides he wants to go out and have fun on his last night as a civilian, and encourage the teenager Sweet Apple to party ("A Lot of Livin 'to Do"). Kim sneaks out of her house and joins her friends. Conrad, Kim, and all the teenagers, except Hugo, headed for the Ice House, "where people go when they want to be alone." Hugo goes to Maude's Roadside Retreat, hoping to get drunk, but the rude owner Charles F. Maude sees that he's still underage and refuses to serve him.
When Mr. MacAfee finds out that Kim has run away, he and Mrs. MacAfee regrets how disobedient children today ("Children"). Rosie ends up at Maude Roadside Retreat and starts flirting with another man, but Albert calls her and asks her to come back to him ("Baby, Talk to Me"). Rosie interrupted Shriners' meeting in Maude's private dining room. He teases all the Shriners, and they start a wild dance. Hugo and Albert rescue Rosie from Shriners, and finally Albert stands up for her mother, telling her to go home. Mae leaves, but not before lamenting the sacrifice she made for her ("A Mother Do not Know Again"). Hugo tells MacAfee and the other parents that the teenagers have gone to Ice House, and they all declare that they do not know what's wrong with their kids ("Kids Reprise"). Randolph joins, stating that his older sister and other teenagers are "very ridiculous and very immature".
Adults and police arrive at the Ice House and arrest Conrad for attempted rape. Kim, who claims to be unconvincing in her late 20s to Conrad, claims she was intimidated and gladly returns to Hugo. After reconciliation with Albert, Rosie tells Mae that she will marry Albert despite her racist objections, and although a naturally born American citizen from Allentown, Pennsylvania, she will deliberately play hispanic heritage if it is very disturbing to Mae ("Spanish Rose" ). Albert bailed Conrad out of jail and arranged for him to slip out of the city dressed as a middle-aged woman, presumably so that he could report for an army induction on schedule; on the contrary, Conrad offers Albert a lifetime contract to release him. Albert gets Mae leave Sweet Apple on the same train, making Conrad and her mother out of her life for good. Albert told Rosie that they would not return to New York; they will go to Pumpkin Falls, Iowa, a small town in need of a married English teacher. Albert confessed that everything was met with Rosie ("Rosie"), and they went together happily engaged.
Character
- Albert Peterson: The main character of the story, a poet and an exemplary English teacher who is hooked into the music business after writing a hit for Conrad Birdie. Peterson was neurotic, weak and easily manipulated by his mother.
- Rose Alvarez: Albert's secretary and long-suffering other important thing, hated by Albert's mother
- Kim MacAfee: The precocious teenage girl from Sweet Apple, the outgoing chair of Conrad Birdie Fan Club who was on the summit gave up her fandom when he was chosen to receive his last kiss
- Conrad Birdie: A rock and roll superstar with an implied past and an unexpected personality designed to be the Armed Forces
- Randolph MacAfee: Kim's younger brother, who idolized his father
- Harry MacAfee: Kim's father and Randolph are bewildered and angry, a World War II veteran and a strong conservative really disappointed in Baby Boomer generation
- Doris MacAfee: Mother Kim and Randolph
- Mae Peterson: Albert's manipulative and melodramatic single mother, highly effective in the art of guilt travel
- Hugo Peabody: Kim's new boyfriend who seems to be aligned
- Ursula Merkle: Kim's hyperactive friend and next door neighbor, fan of Conrad Birdie
- Gloria Rasputin: A traveling tap dancer hoping to become Albert's new secretary, who Mae takes to Albert, wishes he would pick her over Rosie
- Helen, Alice, Deborah Sue, Nancy, Penelope, Suzie, Margie: Sweet Apple teenagers who are friends with Kim's fans, and Conrad Birdie; they do a solo on "Phone Hours"
- Harvey Johnson: A nerd teenage boy who does sections on "Phone Hours"
- Fred and Karl: Sweet Apple teenagers
- Charles Maude: Owner of Roadside Maude Retreat, second tenor in male quartet, and member of adult ensemble
- Madam. Merkle: Ursula's mother
- Sir. Johnson: Harvey's father
- Mayor: Mayor Sweet Apple
- Wife of the Mayor (Edna): The wife of the oppressed mayor; he comedian fainted several times during Conrad Birdie's show of "Honest Sincere"
- Dishwasher/Bar Coach: Three quartet members, with Maude; they do a solo in "Baby, Talk to Me"
- Reporters
- Police
- Ed Sullivan: Host Ed Sullivan Show (invisible characters on stage appear in the movie)
Original characters and castors
List of songs
( Note: Based on Original Broadway Production, 1960 )
Productions
Original production
In New York, the Broadway production opened on April 14, 1960, at the Martin Beck Theater, moved to the 54th Street Theater and then Shubert Theater, closed on 7 October 1961, after 607 performances. The show was produced by Edward Padula and directed by Gower Champion and choreographer, with orchestration by Robert Ginzler, a beautiful design by Robert Randolph, costumes by Miles White and lighting by Peggy Clark.
Original Broadway players include Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, Paul Lynde, Dick Gautier, Susan Watson, Kay Medford, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Michael J. Pollard. Reilly is defined as Albert Peterson for Van Dyke, who regularly takes time off (including a two-week hiatus to film pilot episodes from The Dick Van Dyke Show) and return to the lead role. During pre-production, Chita Rivera took Rosie's role after Carol Haney and Eydie Gorme rejected it, and the last name of the character was changed from "Grant" to "Alvarez". Substitutes during the run include Gene Rayburn as Albert and Gretchen Wyler as Rosie, both joining players on April 9, 1961.
Musical was played in July 1961 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium as part of the 1961 season at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. After a two-and-a-half-week pre-run trial at the Opera House, the Manchester show opened in London's West End. In London, the musical opened in the West End at Her Majesty's Theater in June 1961, with Peter Marshall as Albert, Rivera repeating his role as Rosie, Angela Baddeley as Mae and Marty Wilde as Conrad Birdie. The production runs for 268 shows.
1981 Broadway sequel
In 1981, there was a short-lived Broadway sequel, Bring Back Birdie , starring Donald O'Connor and returning original Chita Rivera player. It closed after 31 previews and four shows.
Tour 1990 AS
U.S. Tours from mid-1990 to June 1991 starred in Tommy Tune as Albert, Ann Reinking as Rosie, Marc Kudisch as Conrad, Marcia Lewis as Mrs. Peterson, Steve Zahn as Hugo, and Susan Egan as Kim.
2004 Combine concert
Downtown New York Stretch! staged a concert production in May 2004, with Karen Ziemba as Rosie, Daniel Jenkins as Albert, Jessica Grovà ©  © as Kim, and Bob Gaynor as Conrad.
Kennedy Center 2008 production
Brief version of Bye Bye Birdie was presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, 2-5 October 2008, as part of Broadway: Three Generations' production . Laura Osnes plays Kim and Leslie Kritzer plays Rosie.
Broadway Awakening 2009
Broadway Broadway Awakening The Roundabout Theater Company started a preview at the Henry Miller Theater on September 10, 2009, opened for unanimous negative reviews on October 15, 2009, and is scheduled to close January 10, 2010 before being extended until April 25, 2010 Due to bad initial sales after the departure of the actor the main John Stamos and Gina Gershon contract, the closing date was moved up to three months until January 24, 2010. Robert Longbottom is a choreographer-director, with Stamos and Gershon starring Albert and Rosie, Bill Irwin as Harry MacAfee, Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Mae Peterson, Nolan Gerard Funk as Conrad, Allie Trimm as Kim MacAfee and Matt Doyle as Hugo Peabody.
Although Longbottom speaks extensively about how the show was revised and refined for revival, there is no interpolation from film or TV adaptation from performances that prohibit song titles written for the film, used as a cover.
Movies and television adaptations
movie 1963
Bye Bye Birdie was first adapted for the movie in 1963. The film stars Dick Van Dyke who repeats his stage role as a slightly rewritten Albert Peterson, Maureen Stapleton as Mama Mae Peterson, Janet Leigh as Rosie, Paul Lynde repeated the stage role as Mr. MacAfee, Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody, and Ann-Margret as Kim MacAfee. Jesse Pearson plays Conrad Birdie. Ed Sullivan makes guest appearances as himself. The film is credited with making Ann-Margret a superstar during the mid-1960s, leading him to perform with the original Elvis Presley at Viva Las Vegas (1964). The film was ranked 38th on Entertainment Weekly's list of 50 High School Movies.
Some significant changes were made in the plot and the character relationships in the film version. Albert is not a Birdie agent but a talented research chemist who struggles as a songwriter just to please his arrogant mother. He contributed to Birdie's early success, and therefore Birdie "owed" him. The movie version includes additional characters, a friendly English teacher who teases Rosie. She plays for her in some scenes after Albert made her angry by giving in to her mother. The position and context of some songs also changes. "An English Teacher", "Normal American Boy", "One Hundred Ways", "What I Ever See In Him?", "Baby, Talk To Me" and "Spanish Rose", are removed from the film. "Kids" is done in MacAfee's kitchen by Mr. MacAfee, Mama Mae Peterson, Albert, and Randolph. "Put On A Happy Face" was done by Albert and Rosie in the backyard of MacAfees; "A lot of Livin 'To Do" was done by Conrad, Kim, and Hugo in a teenage dance; and "Rosie" sung at the end of the show by Albert, Rosie, Hugo, and Kim. Kim also opened and closed the movie version of the title song, "Bye Bye, Birdie", a song written for the film. The movie version ends in a lighter and lighter tone than the stage music. When Hugo hit Conrad, dropping him with a "live" blow at The Ed Sullivan Show, he won the heart of Kim, and the young couple reunited. Albert's mother appeared after the broadcast with Charles F. Maude (the bartender), informed Albert and Rosie that he had married her, and gave Albert and Rosie her blessing for their long delayed marriage.
Van Dyke is unhappy with the film adaptation due to a shift of focus to Kim (Ann-Margret). He has stated that Birdie is a "romp" on Broadway, but they are "Hollywood-ized" movies. "They make it a vehicle for Ann-Margret." Paul Lynde, who plays Mr. MacAfee onstage and in the movie, then quipped, "They should be re-titled 'Hello, Ann-Margret!' They cut some of the best scenes of my actors and others and shot a new one for him so he could commit his teen-sex crimes. "Susan Watson, who created Kim's role on Broadway, then said," Whoever likes the movie does not see the show. " In January 2009, Adam Shankman signed a contract to develop and produce a remake.
TV Movies of 1995
TV adaptation films were produced for ABC in 1995 by RHI Entertainment. It stars Jason Alexander in the role of Albert and Vanessa Williams as Rosie. Tyne Daly plays Mae Peterson. Marc Kudisch, who played Conrad Birdie on a tour against Tommy Tune, took on the role. Chynna Phillips plays Kim MacAfee, Sally Mayes plays Mrs MacAfee and George Wendt plays Harry MacAfee. While this version remains largely true to the original musicals (Michael Stewart remains the only author credited from this version), some songs are added and reorganized, and the dialogue is slightly rewritten to facilitate smooth musical change. The title song "Bye Bye Birdie", written for the 1963 movie and sung by Ann-Margret, is reorganized and rewritten as a quintet for Ursula and the girls of the Sweet Apple Birdie fan club in a soda shop. The verse "One Boy" that Rosie sang replaced with "Let's Settle Down". Balloon "How to Kill a Man" is cut. "What have I seen in Him?" given a reprise sung by Albert, called "What Did I Ever See in Her?". The song "Baby, Talk to Me" returns to the show. "Spanish Rose" was moved to the beginning of the story. "A Mother Does not Matter Anymore", sung by Mae Peterson, has always been part of the stage production but was cut from the 1963 film. Albert told Rosie how she was finally free of her arrogant mother In "A Giant Step". The song was written for a 1990 United States tour.
Bye Bye Birdie Live!
On October 27, 2016 it was announced that Jennifer Lopez will star in NBC's Bye Bye Birdie Live as Rose "Rosie" Alvarez and executive producer with colleagues Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina with film, TV and live producer music executives Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Live musical television was initially announced for first airing in December 2017, but on May 25, 2017, it was announced that it would be pushed to sometime in 2018 to accommodate Lopez's busy schedule. On March 2nd, 2018, it was announced that production had been pushed back once again, this time until 2019 the fastest because of Lopez's busy schedule and producers focusing on Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. However, in May 2018, NBC announced that it plans to broadcast production of Hair directly in 2019, leaving the fate of Uncle Bye Bye Birdie.
Critical reception
Original production Bye Bye Birdie opened up most of the positive reviews, with some critics admiring the unexpected success of the music created by inexperienced production teams. John Champman of the New York Daily News called it "the funniest, most endearing, and most endearing musical comedy who can hope to see... his show is pure, musical comedy, with jokes, dancing, eccentric costumes. very interesting orchestration... and a very enthusiastic player. "He noted that" one of the best things about it is that almost no one is connected to it.Who ever heard of Edward Padula... Charles Strouse and Lee Adams... Gower Champion? "
Frank Aston of New York World-Telegram & amp; Sun declared Bye Bye Birdie "peak season" and especially liked Chita Rivera as Rosie: "Chita Rivera... won as a dancer, comic, and warbler." In the New York Daily Mirror, Robert Coleman writes that "Edward Padula put more sleep in the Broadway lottery, and it will pay off in large quantities... Rivera explodes like a bomb on West 45th Street." Michael Stewart has written a book that is presumptuous and fresh, while Lee Adams and Charles Strouse have matched it with lyrics and tongue-in-cheek music. "
New York Herald Tribune critic Walter Kerr praised Gower Champion's direction but criticized the libretto and score, stating that "Mr. Champion has been very responsible for gay (sic), glory, and passionate spirit.... he is not always given the best to work with... occasionally, Michael Stewart's book begins to break down and cry... Lee Adams lyrics rather leaning on the "new talk" technique "off the plot", and songs Charles Strouse , though full of happiness, is very thin. "Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times acknowledged that" the audience beside him gladly "but dryly stated that" the department is able to hold back. Bye Bye Birdie is not a good fish, chicken, or musical comedy It needs work. "
Awards and nominations
Original Broadway production
Cast and other recordings
- Original Cast Broadway Records was released by Columbia Masterworks (1960).
- The recording of Cast London Original was released by Decca Records (1961).
- Bye Bye Birdie: All Great Songs Recorded by Bobby Rydell released by Cameo Records (1962).
- Cast Recording Studio featuring James Darren, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen, and Marcels was released by Colpix Records (1963).
- The soundtrack film features Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell, Paul Lynde, and Jessee Pearson, released by RCA Victor (1964).
- The television soundtrack was released by RCA Records (1995) featuring Vanessa L. Williams, Jason Alexander, and Marc Kudisch.
References
External links
- Bye Bye Birdie on the Broadway Internet Database
- Cast Replacements/Transfer at IBDB
- Bye Bye Birdie (movie 1963) on IMDb
- Bye Bye Birdie (movie 1995) on IMDb
- Bye Bye Birdie description of characters, songs, lyrics & amp; plot summary from StageAgent.com List
- with synopsis and production in guidetomusicaltheater
- Album Album Cast List
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