Hi all - I've been looking around for photos and/or videos of the original production of Bye Bye Birdie. Do any of you know of a site that would have a ton of them? Is there a website that archives this kind of thing? Thanks! :)
There are at least three video clips of the original Broadway cast floating around online from the Ed Sullivan Show: "Spanish Rose", "Put on a Happy Face" and the first Macafee kitchen scene when Birdie is living in their house.
Well there is tale of the entire original production being filmed when Columbia pictures was thinking about making a movie of the show. Chita & Dick have said they remember very well the show being filmed. So if that ia true, odds are that if it even still exists, it's locked up in a vault somewhere at Columbia and it will never see the light of day.
I would love to see that "100 Ways to Kill a Man" ballet; it's still in the published score, but I've never seen it in a production (and I've seen several).
@BrodyFosse123 - Thank you SO much!! I love these!! And @newintown - I would love to see it as well!! I've youtubed it several times and there are a few productions that have done it but not as well as it could be done IMO.