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Bye Bye Birdie
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.
Where to watch Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie is streaming in the US on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, UP Faith & Family, Shout! Factory, UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free, Amazon Prime Video Free, Tubi TV and Amazon MX Player.
It is also available to rent or buy from Google Play Movies and YouTube.
Cast
- Jason Alexander as Albert J. Peterson
- Vanessa Williams as Rose Alvarez
- Chynna Phillips as Kim MacAfee
- Tyne Daly as Mae Peterson
- Marc Kudisch as Conrad Birdie
- George Wendt as Harry MacAfee
- Sally Mayes as Doris MacAfee
- Jason Gaffney as Hugo F. Peabody
- Blair Slater as Randolph MacAfee
- Vicki Lewis as Gloria Rasputin
Details
- Director
- Gene Saks
- Released
- December 3, 1995
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music, TV Movie
- Studio
- RHI and ABC
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.2 / 10 from 20 votes
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