Bye Bye Birdie at The Akron Civic Theatre
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Tickets prices are $35, $30, $25 and $20.
Before High School Musical, before Grease, there was Bye Bye Birdie! Lots of laughs and great songs have made Bye Bye Birdie one of the most memorable Broadway musicals of all time. When rock star and teenage heartthrob Conrad Birdie gets drafted, the nation's teenagers go haywire and Conrad's songwriter, Albert, faces unemployment. So Albert and his girlfriend organize a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss from Conrad on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Kim McAfee turns out to be the lucky teenager and Conrad's whole entourage moves into her quiet Midwestern home - much to the chagrin of her ever-irritable father and her jealous boyfriend. The result is chaos and a series of romantic complications. The momentous hit tunes include "Put On A Happy Face," "A Lot of Livin'To Do," "One Last Kiss," "One Boy," the riotous lament of parents with teenagers "What's The Matter With Kids Today?," and the uproarious salute to the greater glory of Ed Sullivan entitled "Hymn For A Sunday Evening." It was a winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Tickets for Bye Bye Birdie can be purchased by visiting the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office in person or by phone at (330) 253-2488, at www.akroncivic.com, and at all Ticketmaster locations including http://www.ticketmaster.com/ or by phone at (330) 945-9400. Tickets prices are $35.00, $30.00, $25.00 and $20.00.
