Bye Bye Birdie
In 1995, ABC presented a telemovie version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie produced by RHI Entertainment. It starred Seinfeld's Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams of Desperate Housewives. While this version remained mostly faithful to the original musical (Michael Stewart remains the only credited author of this version), several songs were added and re-arranged, and dialogue was slightly rewritten to smoothly facilitate the musical changes. The musical revolves around an Elvis Presley-type rocker who's about to join the Army. To mark the occasion, his manager's secretary arranges for him to kiss a random fan goodbye on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bye Bye Birdie earned four Tony awards in 1961, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for its original star, Dick Van Dyke. In addition to Alexander and Williams, ABC's production starred Tyne Daly, George Wendt, Chynna Phillips and Mark Kudisch.
Director(s)
Gene Saks
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Gene Saks is the director of Bye Bye Birdie.
The cast of Bye Bye Birdie includes Vicki Lewis as Gloria Rasputin, Jason Alexander as Albert J. Peterson, Tyne Daly as Mae Peterson, George Wendt as Harry MacAfee, Vanessa Williams as Rose Alvarez, Chynna Phillips as Kim MacAfee, Marc Kudisch as Conrad Birdie, Sally Mayes as Doris MacAfee, Jason Gaffney as Hugo F. Peabody, and Blair Slater as Randolph MacAfee.
The duration of Bye Bye Birdie is 2h 11 mins.
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Bye Bye Birdie was released on 03 Dec 1995.
Bye Bye Birdie is listed under Comedy, Drama, Music, and TV Movie on Fanbiz.
