‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Recaptures Late 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll Era

Posted by admin on March 17th, 2010 and filed under 50s rock and roll | 14 Comments »

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 Universitys Evanston campus this summer.

Bye Bye Birdie will run for 11 matinee and evening shows at the Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, during the Theatre and Interpretation Center of Northwestern Universitys 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival.

Under the direction of Northwesterns Music Theatre Program director and Joseph Jefferson Award-winning Dominic Missimi, performances of Bye Bye Birdie will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, July 24; 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 26; 8 p.m. Thursday, July 30; 8 p.m. Friday, July 31; 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1; 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2; 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6; 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7; 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9.

northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/06/birdie.html

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14 Responses

  1. audreysrandom Says:

    looks great
    but i …

    looks great
    but i am not looking foreward to doing this at my school
    so not my type of musical :(

  2. joebrosxoxo Says:

    I just found out …
    I just found out yesterday i got a part in the teen chorus for my schools musical prodution im so excited i start rehearsals tuesday :) !!!!!

  3. 68lincoln Says:

    These people can’t …
    These people can’t sing at all! They ruined a really good play. Thank God we have the movie with Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke.

  4. JesieRocetesTv Says:

    i kinda feel sorry …
    i kinda feel sorry for the girl at the top out of the light

  5. tylerandkatie365 Says:

    The set is AWESOME! …
    The set is AWESOME!!!

  6. jonas2swiftlover22 Says:

    I’m so excited! my …
    I’m so excited! my school is doing this in March and I really hope I get in it! It looks like soo much fun!

  7. BeutifulLifeLS Says:

    purple dress has …
    purple dress has sooo much energy!! i love it

  8. jennam455 Says:

    Really cool set and …
    Really cool set and good choreography.

  9. RussX5Z Says:

    Ooooohhh bad …
    Ooooohhh bad singing! Nooooo!!!!!

  10. MissVictoria436 Says:

    we are performing …
    we are performing this in January we have auditions on the 30th of this month I really hope I get a larger role!

  11. theatregeekmania Says:

    Their Telephone …
    Their Telephone Hour set is a recreation of the original one, only the original was larger (larger sets for a larger stage, I suppose) and Harvey stood on the very top.

  12. theatregeekmania Says:

    My parents and I …
    My parents and I saw this production! I love that they recreated the set piece for The Telephone Hour that they had in the original. The whole set for this production was great, really colorful and fun. And the leads all did well.

  13. sgshitfl12 Says:

    we are doing this …
    we are doing this show in a few days. most of our sets are awesome but your telephone hour set is way better than our’s it looks like it took a long time to build

  14. thejessman002 Says:

    I’m a actor in …
    I’m a actor in Manchester, Tn and this looks like a very fun musical play to do. I’ll have to refer it to our art center director. Thanks for the video.

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