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Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:14pm
Anyone going to see the Bring Back Birdie concert on November 1?
I'm not sure it will be much fun without a star. The cast album suggests it's less "so bad it's good" and more "so bad it's boring."
http://www.playbill.com/article/nyc-bring-back-birdie-concert-announces-its-albert-and-mae
Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:29pm
All due respect, but I can't imagine much enthusiasm for this exists among a general audience - a really poor score accompanied by piano, bass, and drums (at the most), and sung by relative unknowns? I hope they'll have enough friends and family to fill the place.
Posted: 9/6/17 at 1:13pm
Bye Bye Birdie is a really cute and charming show, but why on this god forsaken earth did Joe Layton decided to create a sequel? The score is pretty trashy all in all. Maybe- just maybe- with a good cast it won't be as disastrous. Walters and Ackerman might elevate the material, however small.
Posted: 9/6/17 at 11:41pm
Itonlytakesajourney said: "Bye Bye Birdie is a really cute and charming show, but why on this god forsaken earth did Joe Layton decided to create a sequel? The score is pretty trashy all in all. Maybe- justmaybe- with a good cast it won't be as disastrous. Walters and Ackerman might elevate the material, however small."
The concept is junk, the material is junk, the performance was junk. Chita Rivera received a Tony nomination in a very bad season...she certainly wasn't given any material to justify a Tony nomination. One of, but not, the worst.
Posted: 9/6/17 at 11:51pm
Jarethan said: "Itonlytakesajourney said: "Bye Bye Birdie is a really cute and charming show, but why on this god forsaken earth did Joe Layton decided to create a sequel? The score is pretty trashy all in all. Maybe- justmaybe- with a good cast it won't be as disastrous. Walters and Ackerman might elevate the material, however small."
The concept is junk, the material is junk, the performance was junk. Chita Rivera received a Tony nomination in a very bad season...she certainly wasn't given any material to justify a Tony nomination. One of, but not, the worst."
Looking back at that season, what happened? The only notable shows were pretty much just 42nd Street and Camelot. Clicking on the bootleg is painful in itself; I can't imagine how miserable it must've been in its 96 hour run.
Posted: 9/7/17 at 1:33am
jv92 said: "Lee Adams is a very nice man, and a very intelligent craftsmen. What led him to agree to write BRING BACK BIRDIE the world will never know.
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Money, I'm sure. And I don't mean that as a criticism. He had a family to feed.
Every show seems like a good idea at some point, usually in the beginning when each collaborator has an imaginary version in his or her head.
Posted: 9/7/17 at 9:18am
The comments that have been posted here literally beg the question:
Just why is this concert even being done?
To rediscover some hidden gem?
I've been led to believe this show was nothing but sheer dreck.
Posted: 9/7/17 at 9:27am
You know, some folks just have an obsession with mega-flops - Carrie, Nick and Nora, Moose Murders, etc. Perhaps it's an identification with their outsider status.
Posted: 9/7/17 at 9:32am
newintown:
You knocked it right out of the park with that comment.
Thanks so much.
Posted: 9/7/17 at 11:04am
"Well, I'm Not", "There's A Brand New Beat In Heaven", "I Like What I Do", "Why Won't Grown Ups Grow Up?" -- all very cute, fun numbers. The Second Act Series presents these shows in a very abridged format. 70 minutes, a tiny bit of dialogue to string the songs together, and we focus on the score. Hope to see some of you there!
Posted: 9/7/17 at 11:43am
I doubt it could've been any worse than Adams and Strouse's show "A Broadway Musical" which for me was the bottom of the barrel. I saw the show in previews before its opening and closing night on Broadway. Never having seen "Bring Back Birdie", did anyone get to see both shows and if so which show would you rank lower? I actually like some of the songs in "Bring Back Birdie" and was always grateful there's a recording of the score. The only song I recall from "A Broadway Musical" was titled "Yenta Power" which emphasized the control Jewish matinee ladies had over the purchase of theatre tickets. When the first act curtain went down, three women sitting in the row behind me loudly complained at how offended they were with the song and abruptly left. To be honest, it was more entertaining than what I had just watched on stage.
