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Bye Bye Birdie

1995-2h 11min
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6.1 / 10 19

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.

Directed by Gene Saks

Writers Michael Stewart Lee Adams

Stars Jason Alexander Vanessa Williams Chynna Phillips

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Bye Bye Birdie

Cast

Jason Alexander's picture in the cast

Jason Alexander

Albert J. Peterson
Vanessa Williams's picture in the cast

Vanessa Williams

Rose Alvarez
Chynna Phillips's picture in the cast

Chynna Phillips

Kim MacAfee
Tyne Daly's picture in the cast

Tyne Daly

Mae Peterson
Marc Kudisch's picture in the cast

Marc Kudisch

Conrad Birdie
George Wendt's picture in the cast

George Wendt

Harry MacAfee
Sally Mayes's picture in the cast

Sally Mayes

Doris MacAfee
Jason Gaffney's picture in the cast

Jason Gaffney

Hugo F. Peabody
Blair Slater's picture in the cast

Blair Slater

Randolph MacAfee
Vicki Lewis's picture in the cast

Vicki Lewis

Gloria Rasputin

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