Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke perform "Rosie" in "Bye Bye Birdie"Â (1960).Producer Edward Padula was worried. He liked the show he was working hard to raise money for, but he was taking a big risk on whether Broadway audiences would cough up the top ticket price of $8.60 to see it. The head of a team of novices all new to the theatre, Padula himself had never tried on a producer's hat before, though he had several…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:28AM on April 14, 2025