Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' 1960's hit, Bye Bye Birdie, is the latest classic to receive the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage treatment! Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein (Mae Peterson), Dawson Creek star James Van Der Beek (Albery Peterson) and American Housewife alum Carly Hughes (Rosie) will star in this semi-staged revival. 

This trio will be joined by a whole host of stage and screen favorites including Dear Evan Hansen's Mallory Bechtel as Kim MacAfee, Ann Harada (Emojiland) as Mrs. MacAfee, Tony nominee Reg Rodgers (Tootsie) as Mr. McAfee, Tony nominee Caitlin Kinnunen (The Prom) as Ursula and Megan Sikora (Holiday Inn) as Gloria Rasputin.

Additional casting, including who will star as Conrad Birdie, will be announced at a later date. 

Bye Bye Birdie features a book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams and direction by Marc Bruni.

What is Bye Bye Birdie about?

Inspired by the true life story of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley and his drafting into the US Army, Bye Bye Birdie follows titular character Conrad Birdie, the biggest fictional rock and roll performer in the world. Conrad is drafted, much to the despair of his teenaged fans who march in the streets in droves, as well as struggling songwriter Albert F. Peterson who was just about to have one of his songs featured in a Conrad Birdie film. So Albert comes up with one final shot at the big time - he's got to get Conrad on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school sweetheart goodbye thereby launching his new song in the process...

Bye Bye Birdie plays at the Eisenhower Theater from April 23 - April 28.