The first major Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie since the original in 1960 opens today. Back then, the stars were Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera. Also featured were Dick Gautier, Paul Lynde, Michael J. Pollard, Susan Watson and Kay Medford.
The revival stars John Stamos and Gina Gershon, along with Bill Irwin in the Lynde role. But the name that really caught my eye was Will Jordan as the voice of Ed Sullivan. Jordan probably does the most famous impression of Sullivan, but he's been doing it since before the first Bye Bye Birdie. In fact, he did the voice in the original. Is this just an old recording, or did he create it afresh?
PS The new production has been slammed by the critics. Looks like it won't be around for long.
Does John Stamos play the dad?
ReplyDeleteStamos is playing the lead, songwriter Albert Peterson, of course. The dad, Harry MacAfee, is played by Bill Irwin.
ReplyDeleteI think that was joke about how old John Stamos is.
ReplyDeleteDon Rcikles made some comment about the show last night on Letterman mentioning someone fell through stage so Don who was in the audience got up and entertained while they fixed things on set.
How nice- you go see a show with a 45 year old playing a teenager and you wind up having geriatric bald guy spitting insults at you
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