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| Posted by: stevemr 01:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: BRING BACK BIRDIE - Dale 12:30 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| There's definitely a curiosity factor to see a legendarily bad show created by A-list people, especially in a casual setting with drinks available. maybe next year they'll do Prettybelle, or Pleasures and Palaces, or Hot Spot (could Mary Louise Wilson still do her original songs?) | |
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| re: here's why | |
| Posted by: bmc 07:56 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: here's why - stevemr 01:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I Love the score to PRETTYBELLE; there's A gorgeous ballad, 'even to a small Degree'(or something like that). Act one opens with a goof called Manic Depressives don't do Rewrites, Act II opens with a very bizarre song about theraputic rape, and another song about the No-Tell motel, and on the LP, side one ended with a song called 'How could I Know what was Goin On?', which someone (on this site?) described as Don't rain on my Parade's second cousin. It was recorded long after the closing with Angela Lansbury reprising her role | |
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| re: here's why | |
| Posted by: MikeR 01:30 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: here's why - stevemr 01:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| Exactly. There's enough of an interest to fill one show at 54 Below. Those who don't want to see it can just not buy tickets. 54 Below is in the business of selling the events they program. If they can make money off of one night of Bring Back Birdie, why shouldn't they do it? And what harm will it cause anyone who chooses not to attend? | |
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| re: here's why | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 02:01 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: here's why - MikeR 01:30 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| Sequels to hit Broadway musicals usually fail. Bring Back Birdie was no exception and had a pretty risible plot, but some of the songs are pretty good, especially "Twenty Happy Years". I bought the OBC CD album, but haven't listened to it in years. I'm going to be in New York the second week in November and am considering seeing this show. I really do want to see Berlin's This Is the Army at 54 Below on 11/11 at 9:30 PM if I can find a show with a short running time that I can see earlier in the evening. | |
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