More from Stratford High School's Stratford Playhouse production of BYE BYE BIRDIE from Feb. 2015. Here they perform "Lotta Livin' To Do" with Eliza Masewicz featured as Kim and Phillip Bevers as Conrad Birdie.
you know how some songs or moments in shows give you chills? And some productions can't live up to that? well this song gives me chills and this production exceeded my expectations
Look at the dance section beginning at 4:38 with the four couples. All eight dancers are in perfect unison. I've watched it a dozen times and I find this amazing.
This is magnificent. I love the hints of the Birdie movie choreography here. I defy any high school production of Birdie to improve on this. I defy any college or summer stock production of Birdie to improve on this.
You know, a lot of theatre people look down their noses at "Bye Bye Birdie ": they'll say it's silly, it's cartoonish, it's dated etc. But just look at what happens here when a talented group of young people get a hold of old "Birdie" and believe in the show and each other. It's DAZZLING.
People who call Birdie dated have no sense of irony or appreciation for satire. They forget or ignore or never knew that it was based on the actual event of Elvis Presley being drafted into the army and the subsequent teen hysteria which ensued. There has always been a wonderful tongue-in-cheek element to the whole show. And the clever songs really do hold up.
@@kenaldri4923 girl what- some of the most popular musicals are heterosexual like les mis, wicked, newsies, so on and so forth. i believe the reason people find it dated have nothing to do with the inherent heterosexuality of it all lol. i do love this musical tho
I'm doing Bye Bye Birdie the musical this year and this production and all of the musical numbers posted has been really helping a lot!! Great production!
I refuse to accept they were cast. This Conrad's constantly on the verge of hitting a VERYsour note. Put 'personal' stuff ON a personal, i.e., school, family, server. Otherwise, YOU WILL get comments which might not be so approving and 'gushy'.
This version is up there with the 1963 version and it's better than the TV remake. And it's so authentic because the high school kids are played by real high school kids.
I just totally chanced upon this performance, wow, this is like a professional production. Great job. Also hats off to the TV crew, camera & TV director... consistent camera angles/composition and right on the mark TV direction adds to the final product.
aww, i was kind of disappointed that they skipped the dialogue, that was my favorite part of the performance! maybe i just liked because i was playing mr. johnson though
I really wanted Kim's part sooooo badlyyy , but instead I got Alice which is the girl that talks to Conrad, which is good and at least I get to sing with Kim and stuff.😊 but I did want to do Kim so bad but I just didn't have experience so that's why I didn't get it .
You're kidding right ? She's not even close. I'm sorry I don't mean to cut this young lady down but her voice isn't even close. And her dancing is just alright. Again I don't mean to cut this young lady down.
First of all I enjoyed the kids thought they did a good job for High School !! But that's as far as it goes. The young man that played Conrad was out of key many times during Got A Lot Of Livin To Do. Again there kids.
Guitarwizard55 I admit you are right about the singing of the actor playing Conrad. However he is acting the part beautifully. I love his characterization which is light years ahead of the other actors playing Birdie In high school productions on RU-vid. Just my two cents.
*Hard to do 'tight group choreography' on a stage that size...it's either 'Slow it down to a quasi-ballet' or 'Tighten-up the distances of figures'* *'Tighten' and the audience can't see what's happening in the background...'slow it' and now you've lost momentum in synchronicity w/the other dancers*
The actors playing Conrad Birdie and Kim are cute but can't really sing. I wonder how well Dick Gautier -- who debuted the role of Conway on Broadway back in 1960 or so -- sang because I never heard him sing on TV.
Sorry to say that this ;production is utter rubbish. I just cannot help but compare it to that 1963 film classic Bye, Bye Birdie starring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann Margret, Bobby Rydell and Jessie Pearson. While most of the top performers contributed their might, it was the very lively and spirited Ann Margret who walked away with all the kudos. Her One Boy and Got a lot of living to do brought the house down. Ms. Margret adrenalized the entire movie. I've seen the movie more than 20 times. The dancing in the film was choreographed by the Gower Champion and his ebullient moves in dozens of musicals with wife Marge Champion is proof of his dancing skills. Even Bobby Rydell matched Ann's footwork excellently! Bobby was a great singer too, very versatile.
@@anakinskywalker4090 It has nothing to do with comparison, dancing has to be in you. Either you have it or you don't. See the latest release "The Archies" and just look at what those kids are doing.
