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...Birdie. Shrieking, ranting, rock-'n'-rolling teen-agers turn this musical about an Elvis Presleyish crooner into an infectiously lively party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jun. 27, 1960 | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

...Birdie. Shrieking, ranting, rock- 'n'-rolling teen-agers turn this musical about an Elvis Presleyish crooner (Dick Gautier), a mamma-tied agent (Dick Van Dyke) and his leggy secretary (Chita Rivera) into an infectiously lively party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jun. 13, 1960 | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

...Birdie. A rock-n-roll call of teen-agers surrounding an Elvis Presleyish crooner named Conrad Birdie (Dick Gautier). As staged by Gower Champion, the fresh and sometimes frantic musical crashes through the evening with all the zip of a bowling ball on the loose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, may 9, 1960 | 5/9/1960 | See Source »

...Birdie. A rock-'n'-roll call of teen-agers surrounding an Elvis Presleyish crooner named Conrad Birdie (Dick Gautier). As staged by Gower Champion, the fresh and sometimes frantic musical crashes through the evening with all the zip of a bowling ball on the loose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, may 2, 1960 | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...show finds its subject in Conrad Birdie, an Elvis Presleyish crooner, and in his shrieking teen-age worshipers. But happily the show's object is to uncover fun wherever it lurks, whether in fathers or fantasy, peashooters or TV shows. If so vagrant a method makes things slightly untidy, it also keeps them fresh. Where the method richly pays off is in its not giving Conrad (well played by Dick Gautier) too much houseroom, in its saying bye-bye to him oftener than it squeals hello. In the same way, because a whole rock-'n'-roll call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Openings on Broadway | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

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