Get ready to PUT ON A HAPPY FACE! Birdie returns in an all new production of the classic Tony Award®-winning musical smash BYE BYE BIRDIE. The exuberant rock 'n' roll smash hit gets hips swinging again for the first time in almost 50 years.

We, the Members of Conrad Birdie Fan Club #2748, welcome Birdie back in an all-star Broadway production with John Stamos (Albert Peterson), Gina Gershon (Rose Alvarez), Bill Irwin (Mr. Harry MacAfee), Jayne Houdyshell (Mrs. Mae Peterson), Dee Hoty (Mrs. MacAfee), and making his Broadway debut as Conrad Birdie himself, Nolan Gerard Funk. The mania builds at Roundabout's newly renovated Broadway home, Henry Miller’s Theatre.

Join us KIDS in 1960 as our future husband visits to give ONE LAST KISS to Fan Club President Kim MacAfee...on "The Ed Sullivan Show"! He's going off to war, you know. Dial your telephone and tell the gang, because until he says Bye Bye, we've got A LOT OF LIVIN' TO DO.

BYE BYE BIRDIE has a book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams and will be directed & choreographed by Robert Longbottom.

Get Your Dose of Birdie Facts >

  • The original Birdie opened April 14, 1960, and was a sleeper hit, shocking everyone with its success.
  • The story was inspired by Elvis Presley, who in 1957 became the first celebrity to be drafted into the army.
  • "Conrad Birdie" is word play on the name of Conway Twitty, the real-life country music star and Elvis rival originally slated to play Conrad. Twitty dropped out before the show began.
  • John Stamos is Broadway's only other Albert after Dick van Dyke.
  • After both Carol Haney and Eydie Gorme turned down the role of "Rosie," Chita Rivera was cast and the character's last name was changed from "Grant" to "Alvarez".
  • There was a short-lived sequel on Broadway, Bring Back Birdie, starring Donald O'Connor and original Broadway cast member Chita Rivera. It closed after only four performances.
  • Bye Bye Birdie was originally titled Let's Go Steady.

I, (Your Name Here), being of sound mind and body, do hereby promise to be loyal, courteous, steadfast and true, to Conrad Birdie and the United States of America . . . both indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!

We love you, Conrad, oh, yes we do!
We love you, Conrad, and we’ll be true!
When you’re not near us, we’re blue!
Oh, Conrad, we love you!

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Henry Miller's Theatre is Broadway's very first LEED theatre, and first theatre in New York State to achieve LEED certification. The venue was designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and provides the best possible indoor environmental quality for theatre patrons and staff.
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Lead support provided by Roundabout's Musical Theatre Production Fund partners: Perry and Marty Granoff, The Kaplen Foundation, Peter and Leni May, John and Gilda McGarry, Tom and Diane Tuft. Generous support also provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
 
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