Bye Bye Birdie was originally titled 'Let's Go Steady' before being renamed after the character Conrad Birdie, a play on the name of Conway Twitty, a real-life rock 'n' roll rival of Elvis Presley.
05 Apr 1963 --- Original caption: Screen star Ann-Margaret, star of the movie "Bye Bye Birdie", which premiers at Radio City here April 4th, sports hairdo inspired by the film. George Masters, the ...
Van Dyke played Albert Peterson, reprising his Tony-winning role from the Broadway production Dick Van Dyke, who’s set to turn 100 this December, has always had a lot of energy, according to his Bye ...
He won a pair of Tony Awards for “Peter and the Starcatcher” and “Something Rotten!” among his five total nominations for Broadway’s “Legally Blonde,” “Falsettos” and “Some Like It Hot,” not to ...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held a wonderful screening last week of a newly restored version of Bye Bye Birdie (1963). There was a Q&A with the film’s stars Ann-Margret and Bobby ...