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Shows · Bring Back Birdie · Martin Beck Theatre, 1981

Bring Back Birdie, 1981

Opened March 5, 1981

Closed March 7, 1981

4 performances

Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Original

Broadway

Bring Back Birdie
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Of the productions that opened in the 1980s, this had the 415th longest run.

Who was in it28 named

Donald O'Connor
Donald O'ConnorAlbert Peterson
Chita Rivera
Chita RiveraRosie Alvarez
M
Maurice HinesMtobe
M
Maria KarnilovaMae Peterson
M
Michael Blevins
Jeb Brown
Jeb BrownGary
M
Marcel ForestieriC.B. Townsend
C
Christine Langner
R
Robin MorseJenny
E
Evan SeplowAlbert Jr.

Cleve Asbury
Bill Bateman
Vanessa Bell
Julie Cohen
Frank Desal
Leon Evans
Lynnda Ferguson as Rosie II
Mark Frawley
Betsy Friday as Sunnie
Larry Hyman
Donna Monroe
Peter Oliver Norman
Howard Parker
Kevin Petitt
Rebecca Renfroe
Barbara Dare Thomas
Janet Wong
Zoya Leporska as Effie

Creative team

Director
Joe Layton
Choreographer
Joe Layton

Around this production

A Brand New Musical Comedy

Rivera received her customary Tony nomination.

Bring Back Birdie (March 5, 1981). Layton’s subsequent shows were all unsuccessful: the multimedia Rock N? Roll! The First 5,000 Years (1982); the 1983 touring version of Woman of the Year (starring Lauren Bacall); Harrigan ’N Hart (1985); Pieces. of Eight, a 1985 Jule Styne musicalization of Treasure Island, which closed after a regional theatre tryout; and the 1988 London extravaganza Ziegfeld. More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 1098

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