Bye Bye Birdie was originally titled 'Let's Go Steady' before being renamed after the character Conrad Birdie, a play on the name of Conway Twitty, a real-life rock 'n' roll rival of Elvis Presley.

Back in the ’50s and ’60, Elvis was king. A pop culture hero whose influence stretched far beyond the stage, the global superstar and the rock-and-roll hysteria that followed him was also the ...

The 1963 film saw Van Dyke reprise his Tony-winning role Silver Screen Collection/Getty;Columbia Pictures/De Carvalho Collection/Getty Ann-Margret remembered working with Dick Van Dyke on Bye Bye ...

Lee Adams, the 99-year-old lyricist of “Bye Bye Birdie,” doesn’t remember much about creating the show in 1960, but he can quote the New York Times review that came out during the opening night ...