The Henry Miller Theatre on West 43rd Street, which was recently completed, will serve as the new home for the Roundabout Theater Company production of Bye Bye Birdie.
The brand new 1,055-seat theatre, which is located inside the new 55-story Bank of America Tower, is New York City's first fully environmentally "green" and LEED-Rated theatre.
Major construction is completed and is set to open in September with Roundabout's revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
After a 48 year absence, Bye Bye Birdie will return to Broadway this fall presented by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in a production starring John Stamos (Albert Peterson), Gina Gershon (Rose Alvarez), Bill Irwin (Mr. Harry MacAfee) and Jayne Houdyshell (Mrs. Mae Peterson). Bye Bye Birdie begins preview performances September 10, 2009, and has Opening Night set for October 15, 2009.
Directed & choreographed by Robert Longbottom, Bye Bye Birdie has a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. Roundabout is proud to welcome back three artists who have previously worked at the theatrical institution: John Stamos, Gina Gershon and Bill Irwin.
John Stamos was most recently featured on the final three seasons of NBC's critically acclaimed drama "ER." After three appearances on Broadway - in Roundabout's Tony Award® winning Cabaret & Nine and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Bye Bye Birdie will mark the first time Mr. Stamos originates a role in a new Broadway production.
Gina Gershon was most recently seen last season in the Tony Award® winning play Boeing Boeing. Ms. Gershon made her Broadway musical debut as "Sally Bowles" in Roundabout's production of Cabaret.
Bill Irwin is currently starring on Broadway in Roundabout's production of Waiting for Godot which marks his return to Broadway after his 2005 Tony Award® for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jayne Houdyshell returns to Broadway after appearing in the musical Wicked and the 2006 production of Well.
Bye Bye Birdie will be a limited engagement.
Additional creative members and citizens of Sweet Apple, Ohio will be announced shortly.
In Bye Bye Birdie, the exuberant rock n' roll musical comedy, it's 1960 and hip-swingin' teen idol superstar Conrad Birdie has been drafted into the army. Birdie's manager Albert (Stamos) and his secretary Rosie (Gershon) have cooked up a plan to send him off with a swell new song and one last kiss from a lucky teenage fan... on "The Ed Sullivan Show"!
Bye Bye Birdie received the 1961 Tony Award® for Best Musical and features such beloved songs as "Put on A Happy Face," "Kids," "Spanish Rose," "The Telephone Hour" and "A Lot of Livin' To Do."
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