Bye Bye Birdie Play Review
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3 16 14
Bye Bye Birdie Play Review The Saint Joseph’s High School rendition of the 1960 Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie, was a flop. When attempting to put on a show with some “pizzazz” the director, Brian Bozanich, fell short of the true goal; which was to deliver a message to the audience. The book written by Michael Stewart was originally intended to tell the story of a young rock and roll star who has been drafted into the army but has one last wish, to kiss a lucky girl; mean whilst, Conrad’s manager, Albert matures into an adult and gets his priorities in check. However, the Saint Joseph’s interpretation strayed away from the main storyline and was what seemed like an over-kill. The actors attempted to portray the theme that you should grow up at the correct time, whenever that is. Kim, played by Saint Joseph’s student Kateryn McReynolds, is a girl who just can't wait to grow up and get hitched; while manager, Albert Peterson (Berto Gonzalez), enjoys the warm embrace of his mothers arms and in other words, can wait a while before he settles down in a place of his own, with a woman of his own. The play was shown multiple times; I however, was able to attend the Saturday performance on the 15th at 7:00. Bye Bye Birdie is set in NYC and a little town called Sweet Apple, Ohio in 1961. The play is kicked off by the crying of girls, struggling to sing a farewell song to the beloved R&R singer, Conrad Birdie. We are presented with a dilemma that is Conrad Birdie has been summoned to serve in the military, an event that can postpone his career. However Conrad shows little regard to the problem and lets his manager, the main character, deal with it. If that wasn't enough on his plate, the manager named Albert is forced to make a decision between his overly attached mother and his loving girlfriend of many years. Albert decides he will create a publicity stunt of the problem and choose a fan at random to give Birdie a final farewell kiss. In
3 16 14
Bye Bye Birdie Play Review The Saint Joseph’s High School rendition of the 1960 Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie, was a flop. When attempting to put on a show with some “pizzazz” the director, Brian Bozanich, fell short of the true goal; which was to deliver a message to the audience. The book written by Michael Stewart was originally intended to tell the story of a young rock and roll star who has been drafted into the army but has one last wish, to kiss a lucky girl; mean whilst, Conrad’s manager, Albert matures into an adult and gets his priorities in check. However, the Saint Joseph’s interpretation strayed away from the main storyline and was what seemed like an over-kill. The actors attempted to portray the theme that you should grow up at the correct time, whenever that is. Kim, played by Saint Joseph’s student Kateryn McReynolds, is a girl who just can't wait to grow up and get hitched; while manager, Albert Peterson (Berto Gonzalez), enjoys the warm embrace of his mothers arms and in other words, can wait a while before he settles down in a place of his own, with a woman of his own. The play was shown multiple times; I however, was able to attend the Saturday performance on the 15th at 7:00. Bye Bye Birdie is set in NYC and a little town called Sweet Apple, Ohio in 1961. The play is kicked off by the crying of girls, struggling to sing a farewell song to the beloved R&R singer, Conrad Birdie. We are presented with a dilemma that is Conrad Birdie has been summoned to serve in the military, an event that can postpone his career. However Conrad shows little regard to the problem and lets his manager, the main character, deal with it. If that wasn't enough on his plate, the manager named Albert is forced to make a decision between his overly attached mother and his loving girlfriend of many years. Albert decides he will create a publicity stunt of the problem and choose a fan at random to give Birdie a final farewell kiss. In