Vanessa Williams, Tyne Daly, and George Wendt). Bye Bye Birdie is presented as a part of Broadway Center Stage — a Kennedy Center–produced series of musicals in semi-staged concerts ...

The book was by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. "Bye Bye Birdie" was also a 1963 Golden Globe-nominated feature film that starred Van Dyke and Janet Leigh.