Bye Bye Birdie

Genre:
Musical

Cast:
Vanessa Williams as Rose Alvarez, Jason Alexander, George Wendt

Produced by:
J. Boyce Harman, JR.

Directed by:
Gene Saks

Timeline:
First aired in the US on ABC, December 3rd, 1995

Vanessa´s appearance:
Vanessa received nice reviews for playing the character Rose, a latina. She appears thoughout the whole movie. A movie that's definitely got the best of everything. She sings, she acts, she dances. Is there anything this woman can't do? (no). It's a fun movie, with a lot of singing on her part.

Special facts:

1. This is a remake of a musical that was originally made in 1960.

2. Check the SOUNDTRACK out that was also re-recorded with Vanessa singing a few songs.

3. This TV-Musical is 3 hours long.

4. She was cast in the film by executive producer Robert Halmi Sr., who later hired her for the epic "The Odyssey".

"Bye Bye Birdie" Links:
Internet Movie DataBase

Story:
During the 50's, Conrad Birdie is today's equivalent of Ricky Martin. He makes everyone swoon. Rose (Vanessa Williams) and Albert (Jason Alexander) are Conrad's managers, who are dating each other. Conrad is being shipped into the army, and they have to pay off his $50.000 guarantee. Rose comes up with the idea to write a song called "One Last Kiss", and have Conrad give that kiss to one of his fans. The movie takes you through the trials and tribulations of Rose and Albert trying to make their relationship work, while at the same time working on getting the record to be a hit. One thing stands in the way of all this: Albert's mother.