I once asked Charles Strouse if he expected that "Baby, Talk to Me" would be Bye Bye Birdie's big hit. After all, it was the first featured song in the overture, placed and played with such authority that it seemed to say "This is the one, folks. This is the one you'll remember and love." Strouse said, "Yes, that's precisely what I and everyone else thought." It didn't happen. "Put on a Happy Fac…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:50PM on June 30, 2014