Bye Bye Birdie Quotes

• I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown into the chorus. During the course of that I fell in love with it, and I never really turned back.

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  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Goodbye   Kids   Play  

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

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  Liza Minnelli

  Goodbye   Ice   Broadway  

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• When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

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  Dick Van Dyke

  Jobs   Bye   Champion  

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• In 1957, “West Side Story” had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; “Bye Bye Birdie,” set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.

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  John Lahr

  Goodbye   Sweet   Dark  

  "Can’t Stop the Beat" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. October 26, 2009.

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• I got to play Kim in Bye Bye Birdie, Sandy in Grease, and Maria in The Sound of Music. And it was so much fun for me, but the thing that I looked forward to the most was at the cast parties. After the shows they had karaoke machines set up and that's when I could sing country music.

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  Taylor Swift

  Country   Fun   Party  

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• We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.

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  Margot Kidder

  Mom   Goodbye   New York  

  "No kidding" by Chris Roberts, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2005.

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