Muisc By: Charles Strouse
Lyrics By: Lee Adams
Directed By: Gower Champion
Music Director: Elliot Lawrence
Choreography By: Gower Champion
Released By:
Show Status: Closed
Based on: Inspired by the hysteria surrounding Elvis Presley's induction into the army.
Movie: 1963 & 1995
1995 Movie version of Bye Bye Birdie here
Inspired by the hysteria surrounding Elvis Presley's induction into the army, traces the shock waves a drafted rock & roll star, Conrad Birdie, creates when he comes to a small town to kiss adoring fan Kim McAfee good-bye on national TV. A fiesty secretary, Rosie DeLeon, has put the whole plan in motion, hoping that Birdie will sing a song composed by her beau, Albert Peterson, enabling Rosie's boyfriend to finally break free of his domineering mother and marry her. Meanwhile, Kim's new steady, Hugo, is less than pleased about the spotlighted embrace, as are her parents at least until they get in on the action too.
Albert Peterson ------- Dick Van Dyke
Rose Grant ------- Chita Rivera
Helen ------- Karin Wolfe
Nancy ------- Marissa Mason
Alice ------- Sharon Lerit
Margie Ann ------- Louise Quick
Penelope Ann ------- Lada Edmund
Deborah Sue ------- Jessica Albright
Freddie ------- Tracy Everitt
Karl ------- Jerry Dodge
Suzie ------- Lynn Bowin
Harvey ------- Dean Stolber
Kim MacAfee ------- Susan Watson
Ursula Merkle ------- Barbara Doherty
Mr. MacAfee ------- Paul Lynde
Mrs. MacAfee ------- Marijane Maricle
Randolph MacAfee ------- Johnny Borden
Conrad Birdie ------- Dick Gautier
Charles F. Maude ------- George Blackwell
Overture
English Teacher - Chita Rivera
Telephone Hour - The Teenagers
How Lovely to Be a Woman - Susan Watson
Put on a Happy Face - Dick Van Dyke
Healthy, Normal, American Boy - Neighbors & Dick Van DkyeOne Boy - Jessica Albright, Susan Watson, & Chita Rivera
Honestly Sincere - Barbara Doherty & Dick Gautier
Hymn for a Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan) - Johnny Borden
One Last Kiss - Dick Gautier
Entr'acte
What Did I Ever See in Him? - Chita Rivera
Lot of Livin' to Do - Dick Gautier & Susan Watson
Kids - Paul Lynde
Baby, Talk to Me - George Blackwell
Kids (Reprise) - Johnny Borden
Spanish Rose - Chita Rivera
Rosie - Chita Rivera & Dick Van Dyke
Finale
Bye Bye Birdie (1960 Original Broadway Cast)
Bye Bye Birdie (1963 Film Soundtrack)
Bye Bye Birdie: The New Soundtrack Recording (1995 Television Cast)
Bye Bye Birdie (1961 London Cast)
Bye Bye Birdie (Karaoke)