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.
December 3, 1995
2h 11m
EN
Gene Saks
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.
Jason Alexander
Albert J. Peterson
Vanessa Williams
Rose Alvarez
Michael Stewart
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Chynna Phillips
Kim MacAfee
Tyne Daly
Mae Peterson
Marc Kudisch
Conrad Birdie
George Wendt
Harry MacAfee
Sally Mayes
Doris MacAfee
Jason Gaffney
Hugo F. Peabody
Blair Slater
Randolph MacAfee
Vicki Lewis
Gloria Rasputin
RHI
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ABC
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