Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Will O'Donnell
Understudy Joined: 11/21/09
#1Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:41pmDoes anybody know if the Revival Cast of Bye Bye Birdie is releasing a soundtrack? I know it's pretty much not happening at this point, but I can hope.
#2re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:42pm
There will be no recording/'soundtrack'.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 1/1/10 at 06:42 PM
#2re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:42pm
This.
And why does this person have no username?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#3re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:42pm
How do you have no username?
Fascinating...
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#4re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:47pm
>And why does this person have no username? <
Maybe it's Tateh's daughter?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#6re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:48pmActually, I think it's a bug in the board software -- he has an apostrophe in his username.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#7re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 6:49pm
Well, at least we know he wears American Eagle boxers.
P
yankee_fan907
Leading Actor Joined: 10/14/06
#8re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 7:56pmP, how do you know he's the one on the left and not the one on the right?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:40pm
To Blank
There will be no cast album of the revival. There will not be a reissue of the original movie soundtrack.
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rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#10re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:42pmMr Roxy - What about the movie remake? Are they still doing that?
#11re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:46pm
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
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#12re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:48pmRob Marshall can direct it and have the entire story be in Ed Sullivan's head.
#13re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:48pm
LOL
I'm diggin' the "I am no one" user name.
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#14re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:51pmIf you click the profile button for him, it shows his name. For whatever reason, it was incognito.
#15re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 10:05pmThat's impossible, everyone has a name.
"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie
Will O'Donnell
Understudy Joined: 11/21/09
#16re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 11:07pm
I am the one on the left, so yes I do wear AE boxers (although my friend on the right has the same profile picture and is floating around the boards with the username claude hooper, or something like that). I don't know why I have no username...it's weird, but I don't care.
And that's a bumer, I was hoping for one (just for Honestly Sincere and One Last Kiss).
Updated On: 1/1/10 at 11:07 PM
#17re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/1/10 at 11:15pm
You have one now! Congrats.
I'd love another recording of the score but I don't know if this is the cast to do it. Maybe Jay (though I think they've stopped doing this) could do a complete recording with all the dance music and cut/added songs.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#18re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 12:44am
There is a movie soundtrack of BYE BYE BIRDIE:
http://www.amazon.com/Bye-Birdie-1963-Film-Soundtrack/dp/B0000AQRZS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262410771&sr=8-3
Also the TV movie soundtrack (out-of-print):
http://www.amazon.com/Bye-Birdie-Soundtrack-Recording-Television/dp/B000003FZT/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262410771&sr=8-9
The original London cast recording (also out-of-print):
http://www.amazon.com/Bye-Birdie-1961-London-Cast/dp/B00005O6KV/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262410917&sr=1-8
and, best of all, the original 1960 Broadway cast - just recently re-released inn the Masterworks Broadway series:
http://www.amazon.com/Birdie-Original-1960-Broadway-Recording/dp/B001VRDRGA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262410771&sr=8-5
There are no plans to make a cast album of the current revival, which is closing in 2 weeks.
For 2010 - please try to always use the word "soundtrack" in tandem with the word "movie." (I.e. "I just picked up the movie soundtrack of NINE...") IF the show you are talking about is NOT a movie, the CD is a "cast recording."
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Will O'Donnell
Understudy Joined: 11/21/09
#19re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 11:02pmOkay, I'm an all-out movie/tv kid, so I tend to not know much about Broadway jargon. The movie soundtrack is awesome though, Ann-Margret is the best Kim McAfee ever!!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 11:29pm
Just a reminder: "Cast albums" should never be confused with "soundtracks".
Thank you very much.
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MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#21re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 11:37pm
And another reminder: stick with briefs, please.
Ta-Dah!
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jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#22re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 11:45pmI would have liked to buy a revival recording and thought that the show would stay open until the Tony Awards. If it had won Best Revival (according to most reviews I have seen/read since the show previewed it, might not) they'd record the cast album wouldn't they? Every time Roundabout has won the Best Revival of a Musical award, they record a cast album. (Nine, Assassins, The Pajama Game, Cabaret)
Will O'Donnell
Understudy Joined: 11/21/09
#23re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 11:49pm
Wow...lots of attention to my underwear. I don't know if I should feel flattered or just worried (and I refuse to wear briefs).
To the poster above me: I do think they would have recorded one if it had made it to the Tony Awards, following that pattern. It's sad that so many shows aren't making it.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#24re: re: re: re: Bye Bye Birdie Soundtrack?
Posted: 1/2/10 at 11:56pmBye Bye Birdie was not open-ended, I believe. It was always scheduled to close this month. I don't know if they extended. They were selling tickets through April right before they announced the closing. I am not sure. Roundabout's shows, I believe (not sure about them), are limited engagements. Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.
