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Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie

(1995)

Overview

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Gene Saks
  2. Producer : J. Boyce Harman Jr.,Tim Bell
  3. Writer : Michael Stewart
  4. Editor : Eric Albertson
  5. Cast : Jason Alexander,Vanessa Williams,Chynna Phillips,Tyne Daly,Marc Kudisch,George Wendt,Sally Mayes,Jason Gaffney,Blair Slater,Vicki Lewis

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Original TitleBye Bye Birdie

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1995-12-03

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 02h 11m

Production CompaniesRHI,American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Music
  • TV Movie

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