Overview
Synopsis
Bring Back Birdie is the sequel to one of the great musicals of all time - Bye Bye Birdie. The show takes place twenty years after the events depicted in Bye, Bye Birdie and focuses on Albert and Rose trying to bring back Conrad Birdie for a guest appearance on a Grammy Awards Show.
Show Information
- Book
- Michael Stewart
- Music
- Charles Strouse
- Lyrics
- Lee Adams
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1981
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Licensor
- Tams Witmark Music Library
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Songs
Act 1
- Twenty Happy Years
- Movin' Out
- Half of a Couple
- I Like What I Do
- Bring Back Birdie
- Movin' Out (Reprise)
- Baby, You Can Count On Me
- A Man Worth Fightin' For
- You Can Never Go Back
- Filth
- Back in Show Biz Again
Act 2
- Middle Age Blues
- Inner Peace
- There's A Brand-New Beat in Heaven
- Twenty Happy Years (Reprise)
- Well, I'm Not
- When Will Grown-ups Grow Up
- Middle Age Blues
- Young
- Show Girls
- Bring Back Birdie (Reprise)
- Twenty Happy Years (Reprise)
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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