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• Bye Bye Birdie is the name of both the 1960 stage musical and its 1963 film adaptation inspired by an Elvis Presley-type singer doing one last television special before being drafted into the army. The original Broadway production of the show won the Tony Award for Best Musical and has been a popular choice for high school and college theater departments every since.

  The Hollywood Reporter announced that the director Adam Shankman of Hairspray, Bedtime Stories and other highly rated films and musicals has signed on to be the director for a remake of Bye Bye Birdie. It is rumored that Saturday Night Live actress Tina Fey may have some part in the new production.Cinematical: Hello Hello Birdie (January 6, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Music: Charles Strouse
  2. Lyrics: Lee Adams
  3. Book: Michael Stewart
  4. Productions: 1960 Broadway, 1961 West End, 1963 film, 1995 television
  5. 1961: Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Actor, Choreography, and Director
  6. Parody of Elvis' Army enlistment
  7. Presented by schools and theater groups world-wide

• Soundtrack

  • "Bye Bye Birdie"
  • "Telephone Hour"
  • "How Lovely to Be a Woman"
  • "We Love You Conrad"
  • "Honestly Sincere"
  • "Hymn for a Sunday Evening"
  • "One Boy"
  • "Put On a Happy Face"
  • "Kids"
  • "One Last Kiss"
  • "Lot of Livin' to Do"
  • "Sultans' Ballet"
  • "One Last Kiss"
  • "Rosie"
  • "Bye Bye Birdie" (Reprise)

• First Film

  The film version of the musical launched the career of Ann-Margaret, who played Kim MacAfee, the young teenage girl chosen to kiss "Conrad Birdie" before he is shipped overseas. The film ranked #38 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the best high school movies of all time.EW.com: The 50 Best High School Movies (September 7, 2006)

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