Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie

6.2

2 hr 11 min

1995-12-03

20

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.

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Music

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Characters

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander

Albert J. Peterson

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Rose Alvarez

Chynna Phillips

Chynna Phillips

Kim MacAfee

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Mae Peterson

Marc Kudisch

Marc Kudisch

Conrad Birdie

George Wendt

George Wendt

Harry MacAfee

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