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Bye Bye Birdie

Name: Bye Bye Birdie
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, TV Movie
Released: 1995-12-03
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Cast: Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Chynna Phillips, Tyne Daly, Marc Kudisch

1995Directed by Gene Saks

Comedy · Drama · Music · TV Movie2h 11m

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Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.

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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Jason AlexanderAlbert J. Peterson

Vanessa WilliamsRose Alvarez

Chynna PhillipsKim MacAfee

Tyne DalyMae Peterson

Marc KudischConrad Birdie

George WendtHarry MacAfee

Sally MayesDoris MacAfee JJason GaffneyHugo F. Peabody

Blair SlaterRandolph MacAfee

Vicki LewisGloria Rasputin

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About Bye Bye Birdie

How long is Bye Bye Birdie?: Bye Bye Birdie runs 2 hours and 11 minutes (131 minutes).
Who directed Bye Bye Birdie?: Bye Bye Birdie was directed by Gene Saks.
Who is in the cast of Bye Bye Birdie?: Bye Bye Birdie stars Jason Alexander as Albert J. Peterson, Vanessa Williams as Rose Alvarez and Chynna Phillips as Kim MacAfee.
What language is Bye Bye Birdie in?: Bye Bye Birdie is in English.
Is Bye Bye Birdie based on a true story or a book?: Yes. Bye Bye Birdie is based on an earlier film (it is a remake).
Where can I watch Bye Bye Birdie?: In the United States, Bye Bye Birdie is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, UP Faith & Family Apple TV channel and Shout! Factory Amazon Channel. Availability differs by country: see Stream above for yours.
When was Bye Bye Birdie released?: Bye Bye Birdie was released on December 3, 1995.