Bye Bye Birdie

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Bye Bye Birdie is a classic 1960 Broadway musical comedy (later adapted into a film) that satirizes rock-and-roll teen culture and launched Dick Van Dyke to stardom.

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Bye Bye Birdie canonical 12
Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film) 5
By Bye Birdie 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
stage musical
adaptedInto Bye Bye Birdie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)
awarded Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
awardWinnerActor Dick Van Dyke
bookBy Michael Stewart
broadwayClosingDate 1961-10-07
broadwayRunLength 607 performances
composer Charles Strouse
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresSong A Lot of Livin’ to Do
Honestly Sincere
Hymn for a Sunday Evening
Kids
One Boy
Put On a Happy Face
Rosie
The Telephone Hour
filmAdaptationDirector George Sidney
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1963
filmAdaptationStarred Ann-Margret
Dick Van Dyke
Janet Leigh
Paul Lynde
genre comedy
musical theatre
satire
hasPopularHighSchoolVersion Yes
inspiredBy Elvis Presley being drafted into the U.S. Army
language English
lyricist Lee Adams
notableRevival 1995 Broadway revival
2009 Broadway revival
openedOnBroadway 1960-04-14
originalBroadwayChoreographer Gower Champion
originalBroadwayDirector Gower Champion
originalBroadwayProducer Edward Padula
originalBroadwayTheatre Martin Beck Theatre
premieredAt Martin Beck Theatre
premiereDate 1960-04-14
roleCreatedFor Albert Peterson
Conrad Birdie
Kim MacAfee
Rose Alvarez
setIn Sweet Apple, Ohio
starredInOriginalBroadwayCast Chita Rivera
Dick Van Dyke
Paul Lynde
subject celebrity worship
rock and roll
teen culture

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Lucille Ball’s co‑star Dick Van Dyke notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
subject surface form: Dick Van Dyke
Maureen Stapleton notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
Dick Van Dyke notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
George Sidney notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
this entity surface form: Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)
George Sidney directed Bye Bye Birdie
this entity surface form: Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)
Charles Strouse notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
Charles Strouse composedMusicFor Bye Bye Birdie
Charles Strouse awardReceivedForWork Bye Bye Birdie
Janet Leigh notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
this entity surface form: Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)
Irving Brecher notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
Irving Brecher wrote Bye Bye Birdie
Ann-Margret notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
Ann-Margret performedIn Bye Bye Birdie
Onna White notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
this entity surface form: Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)
Chita Rivera notableWork Bye Bye Birdie
Meredith MacRae filmAppearance Bye Bye Birdie
this entity surface form: By Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie adaptedInto Bye Bye Birdie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)