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Bye Bye Birdie

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Calorie Rating: 184
Released: 1995-12-03
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Studios: RHI, American Broadcasting Company (ABC),


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 / Directors

Gene Saks
Director


Cast

Jason Alexander
Character: Albert J. Peterson
Vanessa Williams
Character: Rose Alvarez
Chynna Phillips
Character: Kim MacAfee

Tyne Daly
Character: Mae Peterson
Marc Kudisch
Character: Conrad Birdie
George Wendt
Character: Harry MacAfee

Sally Mayes
Character: Doris MacAfee
Jason Gaffney
Character: Hugo F. Peabody
Blair Slater
Character: Randolph MacAfee

Vicki Lewis
Character: Gloria Rasputin


Production and Crew

Lee Adams
Lyricist

Tim Bell
Producer
Robert Halmi Sr.
Executive Producer

Glen MacPherson
Director of Photography

Charles C. Bennett
Production Design
Cynthia T. Lewis
Set Decoration
Mary E. McLeod
Costume Design

Irwin Fisch
Music Director
Todd Kasow
Music Editor

Larry Hochman
Orchestrator
Mark Hummel
Music Arranger
Ann Reinking
Choreographer