Bye Bye Birdie Musical Lyrics
Bye Bye Birdie Lyrics
- Act 1
- Overture
- English Teacher
- Telephone Hour
- How Lovely to Be a Woman
- Put on a Happy Face
- Healthy, Normal, American Boy
- One Boy
- Honestly Sincere
- Hymn for a Sunday Evening
- One Last Kiss
- Act 2
- What Did I Ever See in Him?
- Lot of Livin' to Do
- Kids
- Baby, Talk to Me
- Shriner’s Ballet
- Kids (Reprise)
- Spanish Rose
- Rosie
Bye Bye Birdie musical description
Broadway was staged in 1960 (it took 3 years to do the musical) in the Theatre of Martin Beck, then it moved to the Shubert Theatre. Show gave 607 plays. Gower Champion was the director & choreographer. E. Padula was the producer, P. Clark – illuminator, M. White was responsible for the costumes. The actors were: C. N. Reilly, D. V. Dyke, K. Medford, C. Rivera, S. Watson, D. Gautier, G. Wyler, P. Lynde & G. Rayburn.
After closing in 1961, the musical was produced in Los Angeles in the Philharmonic Theatre. West End saw production in the same year. There were such actors: P. Marshall, A. Baddeley, M. Wilde, C. Rivera. Slightly less successful, but it paid-off the production – 268 shows.
Resurrection of the show have been for significant times – first in 1981 on Broadway, then in 1990 during the US tour, then in 2004 in The New York City, then in 2008 in Kennedy Center. 2009 was marked again by the fact that the production came to Broadway. It held there for 2 seasons, in 2010 with the casting: M. Doyle, J. Stamos, A. Trimm, G. Gershon, R. Costello, B. Irwin, N. G. Funk & J. Houdyshell.
Release date: 1960
Last Update:January, 13th 2016