Jennifer Lopez will join forces with NBC for Bye Bye Birdie Live!, a 2017 holiday production of the classic Broadway musical. Tony winner Harvey Fierstein will pen the teleplay adaptation for the broadcast; he also wrote and will co-star in Hairspray Live! for the peacock network on December 7. “Broadway musicals and films fueled my childhood and Bye Bye Birdie was one of my favorites,” said Lopez in a s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AM on October 28, 2016