BYE BYE BIRDIE
Thu, 2 Feb 2006, 12:17 pmWalter Plinge7 posts in thread
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Thu, 2 Feb 2006, 12:17 pmHi peoples,
im doing BYE BYE BIRDIE with Perth College in Mt Lawley. We are doing 4 shows in early May. I will keep u posted on this awsome musical.
Bye.
im doing BYE BYE BIRDIE with Perth College in Mt Lawley. We are doing 4 shows in early May. I will keep u posted on this awsome musical.
Bye.
Re: BYE BYE BIRDIE
Thu, 16 Feb 2006, 08:40 amWalter Plinge
Oh I'm not saying don't watch them at all, it's just if you want to get a perspective on what the show is like, the original movie is so different from the show and quite a lot is changed, moved around or cut out. And the newer one, altho true to the script, i just thought was dreadful. But if you want to get an idea of your character then watch both as Dick Van Dyke and Jason Alexander are quite diff and it will show you a few sides to him - and I LOVE the original movie cast too - Paul Lynde as Mr MacAfee is HILARIOUS!! Yeah the song 'Baby, Talk To Me' is great! Unfortunately it was cut from our show tho:(
Well I hope you enjoy doing the show as much as I did - definately one I would like to do again someday! They did a sequal - 'Bring Back Birdie' in 1981 with Donald O'Connor and Chita Rivera (reprising her role) set 20 yrs later where they try to get the retired Conrad Birdie to make an appearance on the Grammy Awards - it failed miserably and closed after 4 performances! Sometimes I think it's best not to fix things that are broken!! lol
Have fun and let me know how it all goes:) And as different as the original movie is to the script - I still love it anyhow as I saw it first! A bit like A Chorus Line - if you saw the stage show first you would hate the movie as it's so different but if you saw the movie first.....
:)
Well I hope you enjoy doing the show as much as I did - definately one I would like to do again someday! They did a sequal - 'Bring Back Birdie' in 1981 with Donald O'Connor and Chita Rivera (reprising her role) set 20 yrs later where they try to get the retired Conrad Birdie to make an appearance on the Grammy Awards - it failed miserably and closed after 4 performances! Sometimes I think it's best not to fix things that are broken!! lol
Have fun and let me know how it all goes:) And as different as the original movie is to the script - I still love it anyhow as I saw it first! A bit like A Chorus Line - if you saw the stage show first you would hate the movie as it's so different but if you saw the movie first.....
:)
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