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.

Teenagers, rock & roll, and national television--Bye Bye Birdie captures the energy and excitement of the late 1950s with warmth, hilarity, and an exuberant score. Approximate run time of 2 hours with ...

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The #MeToo movement may have faded from the news, but its influence still reverberates in the literary world. Recent years have seen a handful of authors reassessing relationships between young women ...

Valerie KdonianKehr (Mae Peterson), Nathan Smith (Albert) and Annie Lelios (Rosie). Kim MacAfee (Holly Keenan) has been chosen to kiss her favorite rock and roll star on television and she’s so ...

His four children, Benjamin, Nicholas, Victoria and William, shared the news of his passing. He was predeceased by his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman, in 2023 after six decades of marriage. Strouse ...

Theatre Aspen Education’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” opened Thursday night at the Aspen District Theater at Aspen Middle ...

"Bye Bye Birdie" star Ann-Margret made a rare public appearance at a televised charity event and revealed the secret to her iconic dance moves. Ann-Margret is still saying hi hi to the spotlight. The ...

Born Ann-Margret Olsson in Sweden, she always wanted to be an actress. “I remember wanting to be in show business all my life,” Ann-Margret told Fox News last year . “And I remember one day I said to ...

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday. The composer of musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," ...

Ann-Margret is still saying hi hi to the spotlight. The 84-year-old “Bye Bye Birdie” actress made a rare public appearance at Project Angel Food’s Lead With Love fund-raiser in Los Angeles on Saturday ...

The composer of the musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie" has died. Charles Strouse spent his last hours at home in New York. He was 96. If you did not know his name, you may well know the ...