Shows · Bye Bye Birdie · Martin Beck Theatre, 1960
The run closed October 7, 1961
- Opened
- April 14, 1960
- Closed
- October 7, 1961
- Performances
- 607
- Previews
- Unknown
- Theatre
- Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Of the 605 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and carry a performance count, this is the 38th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Bye Bye Birdie 1 more that season
| 2009 | Henry Millers Theatre Revival · Robert Longbottom | 117 perf. |
Who was in it59 named
Jessica Albright
Ed Becker
Vicki Belmonte
Johnny Borden
Lynn Bowin
Kenny Burrell
John Coyle
Dick Crowley
Barbara Doherty
Lada Edmund
Tracy Everitt
Bud Fleming
Penny Ann Green
Amelia Haas
Lee Howard
Gary Howe
Will Jordan
Judy Keirn
Allen Knowles
Kasimir Kokich
Ed Kresley
Sharon Lerit
Marissa Mason
Jeannine Masterson
Pat Mcennis
Oran Osburn
Louise Quick
Norma Richardson
Jim Sisco
Bob Spencer
Gary Giocomo
Gene Rayburn
Nancy Tribush
Jill Choder
Beth Howland
Bill Joyce
Bob Mariano
Patti Mariano
Jacqueline Mayro
Lori Rogers
Marilyn Siskin
20 of these 59 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 39 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name, so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Gower Champion
- Choreographer
- Gower Champion
- Producer
- Edward Padula
- Orchestrations
- Robert Ginzler
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Won |
Recordings 10 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Bye Bye Birdie, and nothing says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
- The incidental music was by Charles Strouse, whose first Broadway score was Bye Bye Birdie (1960). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 889
- another hit, Bye Bye Birdie, also ended its run there. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 207
- Their first effort, Bye Bye Birdie (4/14/60; 607 performances), was a true sleeper and an immediate smash. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 528
- At the high points of his career, Strouse has shown .a rare ability to time the subjects of his projects to popular taste. Annie and Bye Bye Birdie both profited by their perfect convergence with what the public was. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 530
- Chita Rivera dances for joy in Gower Champion’s Bye Bye Birdie. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 15
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- Which of the 10 recordings of Bye Bye Birdie document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.
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