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| The satirical Broadway musical smash by Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse (the man who wrote ANNIE), and Lee Adams -- about an Elvis Presley-inspired rock star,
who is drafted into the army and who creates a near-riot in a small Midwestern town when he stops there for one last publicity junket -- takes good-natured swipes at popular culture,
rock n' roll, and American family life. Albert Peterson, is a down-on-his-luck songwriter for the rock-n'-roll idol Conrad Birdie. When Birdie is drafted into the army, Peterson is worried about his future as a songwriter.
His secretary, Rosie, with whom Albert has long been romantically attached, convinces Albert to write a farewell song for Birdie that he will sing on The Ed Sullivan Show to a specially selected fan. The lucky fan turns out to be Kim McAfee of Sweet Apple, Ohio.
When Birdie arrives in this hick town, the population goes crazy and in the ensuing madness, Albert must deal with the celebrity-fawning population, Kim's manic father, and his own domineering mother, while he loses Rosie to the Shriners. |
Soundtracks
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Closest to the CTE production!
1. Bye Bye Birdie
BMG/RCA VICTOR
Nov, 7 1995
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