Charles Strouse from "Bye Bye Birdie" by American Theatre Wing published on 2014-04-28T17:42:46Z Episode 68 Charles Strouse takes listeners back to the creation of Bye Bye Birdie, including the behind the scenes challenges of retooling the musical for Chita Rivera and figuring out how to make Dick Van Dyke a star, and the multi-year struggle to get a certain redheaded orphan named Annie into production. Original air date - August 26, 2005 Running Time - 1:01:28 Genre theatre
