Bye Bye Birdie News

Tony Award winner Jason Alexander will present his one-man show, Donny Clay, America's Fourth Leading Motivational Speaker , in two special evenings on the East Coast later this month.

Conrad Birdie, the hip-swiveling, gold lam-clad rock star in the 1960 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," will be appearing at Northwestern University 's Evanston campus this summer.

Youngsters can enjoy "A Whole New World" in Lebanon tonight through Sunday when the Looking Glass Playhouse presents "Aladdin Jr." It's the troupe's annual children's production, a bewitching visit to Agrabah, the City of Enchantment, where "every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail." All your favorites will be there in this condensed ...

Twenty-year-old Nick Henderson of Edwardsville has been a professional actor for two years already, and is now taking a step away from his normal Shakespeare, filling the blue suede shoes of Conrad Birdie in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie." "It's a privilege to get to play Conrad Birdie," Henderson said.

Cue the theme music: Dick Van Dyke is writing a memoir. The star of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and such films as "Mary Poppins" and "Bye, Bye Birdie" will tell of his long career in a memoir scheduled to be published in the fall of 2010 by Harmony Books, which announced the release Monday.

After a 48 year absence, Roundabout Theatre Company will present the first new Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie as the inaugural production of the new Henry Miller 's Theatre beginning Thursday, September 10th, 2009 with an official opening on Thursday, October 15th, 2009.

Complete casting has been announced for the Roundabout Theatre Companya s upcoming revival of Bye Bye Birdie .

Roundabout Theatre Company announced that Bank of America has made it possible for all tickets to the first performance of Bye Bye Birdie to be $10 each.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she accepts David Letterman 's apology, 'on behalf of all young women, like my daughters, who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.' On his CBS' 'Late Show' on Monday, Letterman said his joke about Palin's daughters being 'knocked up' by Alex Rodriguez can't be ...

When his father was away serving in the military, Bobby Rydell's mother wrote him letters saying "You know, the baby is always singing!" His dad wrote back, "Who knows? Maybe one day we'll have a star in the family." How right he was.

Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore starred as Rob and Laura Petrie in this 1960's classic TV series.

Thursday "Bye Bye Birdie:" The Aero Theatre in the heart of Santa Monica is screening this beloved musical in a restored 35mm print.

Michael LaMasa puts on a happy face and steps back into the 1950s for the classic rock 'n' roll stage musical "Bye Bye Birdie." LaMasa portrays talent agent Albert Peterson in the show, which opened Friday at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria, and features high-energy dance numbers, plenty of comedy and familiar tunes such as "Put on Happy Face" ...

John Stamos talks 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'ER' spinoff rumors, and 'Full House: The Movie' This weekend, John Stamos heads to New York to present at Sunday's Tony Awards .

Join Jason Alexander , Dana Delany , Marg Helgenberger , Valarie Pettiford , Carol Lawrence , Dick Gautier , Mitzi Gaynor , Susan Watson and host Dick Van Dyke as the THE ACTORS FUND honors Chita Rivera at their 13th Annual Tony Awards Party with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement.

It's been almost 50 years since Conrad Birdie shook things up for the MacAfees of Sweet Apple, Ohio.

After a 48 year absence, Roundabout Theatre Company will present the first new Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie as the inaugural production of the new Henry Miller 's Theatre beginning Thursday, September 10th, 2009 with an official opening on Thursday, October 15th, 2009.

Nolan Gerard Funk of Nickelodeona s Spectacular! will headline the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway.

Best of Animation Block Party The next Animation Block Party - New York's premiere animation film fest - runs in July, but to get a taste of its sure-to-be weird offerings, hit this Philadelphia premiere that offers up some past greatest hits.

The Blowing Rock Stage Company's mission is to produce revivals of popular plays and musicals that have sustained American culture since its beginnings and to the exploration and development of new works that celebrate the culture and heritage of our region.