aktor28
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A B C's of Bye Bye BirdieI got this idea from games in other musical forums! So I'll start:
A is for Albert Peterson - Conrad Birdie's manager and male lead of the musical.
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pinkstiletto510
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B is for Birdie......my love........oops, show ended...ahhh!! "Margie" is still in my brain
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aktor28
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C is for Conrad, Birdie's real name
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Rumexcigo
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D is for Doris, Kim's mom's name.
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aktor28
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E is for "An English Teacher" the song that Rosie sings at the beginning of the show when she wishes Albert had become and English teacher instead of head of Almaelou.
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dramaqueen05
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F is for "Put on a Happy Face," the song Albert sings to Rosie.
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aquamarine fishnets girl
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G is for God Bless Conrad Birdie, which Doris says to Kim after finding out about her being chosen to kiss Conrad Birdie and Kim actually calling her 'mommy'.
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abbiebear
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H is for Hugo, Kim's Hubby.
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purplepolkadot
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I is for Ice House- The place where Kim and Conrad go. With everyone else.
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aktor28
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J is for "I could JUST kill him" a line that Rosie says in the 'A Hundred Ways Ballet.'
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Stargirl5
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K is for Kim- our favorite little ingenue! 
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aktor28
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L is for Lou - Albert's old dog that was struck down by a moving beer truck!
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Rumexcigo
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| aktor28 wrote: | | L is for Lou - Albert's old dog that was struck down by a moving beer truck! |
So *that's* why my school changed it to a milk truck two years ago.  
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Sean
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M is for Mae Peterson, Albert's mother!
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pinkstiletto510
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N is for New York, where a quick scene takes place ("American Boy" and the train station)
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Sean
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O is for ORGY! from Ursala's line 'LET'S HAVE AN ORGY'
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Singing Superstar
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P is for Albert and Mae Peterson
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VictorVonDoom
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R is for Randloph, Kim's little brother.
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zoomer15
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S is for Sweet Apple Ohio- where a lot of the play takes place[/b]
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Descartes
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T is for Television, where everybody appears on the Ed Sullivan Show and Gloria Rasputin and Rosie interrupt everything. Hugo punches Conrad. I always enjoyed that.
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aktor28
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U is for Ursula - Kim's over the top best friend who is obsessed with Conrad Birdie.
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VictorVonDoom
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V is for Dick Van Dyke. The creative genius who first brought Albert to life.
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Descartes
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W is for George Wendt, who played Mr. MacAffee in the 95 movie.
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emmy05
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Q (which was skipped) is for the quick turtle in the movie
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purplepolkadot
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X is for xylaphone! Because nothing else starts with X.
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aktor28
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| purplepolkadot wrote: | | X is for xylaphone! Because nothing else starts with X. |
Ha! I was going to say that, there has to have been one in the pit orchestra before!
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BroadwayRedHead
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Z is for Zero bad scenes in the whole show!
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purplepolkadot
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A is for Alice, the daughter of the mayor of Sweet Apple, Ohio. One of the 'Telephone Hour Girls'
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bandguy
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Y (which was skipped) for "You gotta be sincere" that Conrad Birdie sings.
Oh, and there IS a xylophone in the pit orchestra of this show. Just thought I'd confirm that for you.
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aktor28
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B is for "One Boy" the song that Kim sings to Hugo Peabody to assure him that he is her one and only steady, despite the fact that she is obsessed with Conrad Birdie.
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Singing Superstar
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C is for Chita Rivera, the original Rosie
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zoomer15
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D is for Deborah Sue one of Kim's friends....also who I played
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Rumexcigo
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Why is everyone starting over? Once is enough. 
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aktor28
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The point is for it to go on and on once one is finished you go again.
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purplepolkadot
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E- is for Elvis, the rock star who Conrad Birdie is based off of.
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aktor28
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F is for Freddie, one of the teen chorus boys
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broadwaybound11
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G is for the gold suit that Conrad wore in the production I saw.
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zoomer15
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H is for Harvey Johnson--the loser that can't get a date!
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purplepolkadot
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H is for Harry MacAfee, Kims annoying fahter.
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aquamarine fishnets girl
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I is for I'm not a chick, I'm a fully grown woman, and I intend to be treated as such.
Or however that line goes... I can't quite remember at the moment.
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Singing Superstar
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J is for Jason Alexander, who played Albert in the second movie version.
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drakesmainer
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kK is for the Kiss of course!
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aktor28
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L is for "How Lovely to be a Woman" the first song that Kim sings.
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drakesmainer
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mM is for Albert's anoying Mother
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Taku
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N is for Nobody does this show the same way twice.
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aktor28
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Oh is for when Conrad sings, "Oh my baby, Oh yeah!" in Honestly Sincere.
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Taku
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P Is For PENN STATION whitch is wear the openign part of "A HEalthy, Normal American Boy"
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bandguy
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Quandry - what Albert finds himself in after Rose walks out on him and Conrad leaves a message with Mae that he isn't going to show up for the big kiss at the train station.
Clever, huh?
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ADistantMoonAgo
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R is for the wild Spanish Rose!!
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abbiebear
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S is for Ursula's line " You're giving up the SCREAM!?!?!?"
which she says after she finds out Kim is resigning from the Conrad Birdie fan club.
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ADistantMoonAgo
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T is for An English Teacher
the song i completely screwed up today[/b]
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bandguy
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U is for Underscore which is music the Orchestra plays underneath dialogue by the actors on stage.
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Musicalfreak355
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V is for a "very good show!"
because that is what "Bye, Bye Birdie" is.lol.
I know. I know. someone else could have done better...
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broadwaybound11
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W is for "What Did I Ever See in Him?", my favorite song that Kim is a part of.
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bandguy
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How about this ...
X for the big pencil X in my prompt book over the "100 Ways Ballet". It is usually cut from most productions, thus the big X over it.
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broadwaybound11
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That works. It's cut in our production. You get extra points for creativity!
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purplepolkadot
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Y is for. You gotta be sincere!
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ADistantMoonAgo
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Z is for "noisy, crazy, sloppy, lazy loafers!
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broadwaybound11
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In that case, "A" is for :
"[b]A[/b]nd while we're on the subject..."
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broadwaybound11
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Darn, the bold didn't work... 
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purplepolkadot
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B is for Bring Back Birdie... the sequal to Bye Bye Birdie
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aktor28
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C is for crying, what the sad girl wants to do since Conrad is leaving for the army.
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broadwaybound11
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"D" is for Dick Van Dyke, who was the original Albert.
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tomblair
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deleted
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aktor28
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(We already did "c")
E is for Ed Sullivan, a TV host that Mr. MacAfee is extremely excited to meet.
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bandguy
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F is for Freddie. He's one of the minor characters in the chorus.
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stryker84
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G is for Groovy, Great, Grand and all the other neat-o "G" words our production will be when we get it going later this year! Oh, I got a quartet bit! 
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Ilona
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Hey this is fun:
H is for happy, the kind of face you should put on.
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broadwaychild
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| purplepolkadot wrote: | | B is for Bring Back Birdie... the sequal to Bye Bye Birdie |
???????????????
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broadwaybound11
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"I" is for I had no idea there was a BBB sequel...
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aktor28
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Yeah, Bring Back Birdie was a sequel that only lasted on Broadway for three days.
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Ilona
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| aktor28 wrote: | | Yeah, Bring Back Birdie was a sequel that only lasted on Broadway for three days. |
So it was a very popular show then? *lol*
J is for "Just put on a happy face"
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broadwaybound11
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That's too bad... "k" is for Bring Back Birdie= "k"ind of a flop...
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VictorVonDoom
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"Lame describes the songs from Bring Back Birdie very well, which you can hear on the cast recording (yes, it exists).
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Salome
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M is for Mr. MacAfee (The great Paul Lynde)
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Ilona
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N is for "N"ot to many people have even heard of "Bring Back Birdie".
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bandguy
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o is for the One Hundred Ways Ballet which most often gets cut from this show.
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Ilona
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P is for Paul Lynde.
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broadwaychild
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ooh i got it!
Q is for when Rosie says "We'd have a little apartment in Queens" in "An English Teacher".
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missdiva
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R is for...hmm? god, umm...OH! ROSIE.
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broadwaychild
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S is for Suzie, one of Conrad's fans
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kitkatchicka101
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T is for the Televison show "Ed Sullivan" show which Conrad and the McAfees go on.
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broadwaychild
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U is for Understudy.
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BroadwayRedHead
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V is for...vivacious which Rosie most definately is!
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broadwaychild
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W is for "How Lovely to be a Woman"
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bandguy
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X is for Xylophone that plays in the orchestra. We might have used this before, but it's X so who cares?
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bandcampgirl183
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Y is for You... as in when Kim says "Sure, I may admire Conrad Birdie, as one admires a far-distant but unnatainable ideal.... but I'm pinned to YOU, Hugo, and I don't care how commonplace and ordinary you are, that's how it's going to stay."
(or something... it's been 8 years and that wasn't even my line. But I know it had You in it!)
~rachel~
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broadwaychild
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Z is for Zig Zags yaaaay zig zags.
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