The Chula Vista High School School for Creative and Performing Arts is presenting “Bye Bye Birdie The Musical” in the Jack Tygett Performing Arts Center on campus. The classic 1960s teen musical features awe-inspiring choreography and unforgettable musical numbers. Performances are Feb. 26-28 nd March 5-6 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 28 and March 7 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are available for purchase online at www.cvscpa.com and at the door (cash only). Tickets online are $10 for adults and $5 for students/children 5 and under ($12 and $7 at the door).
This ambitious, all-school production features more than 100 talented students from the SCPA. Director Sharon Maley, musical director Barbara Schroeder and choreographer Valerie Ingram bring to the stage this delightful story from the early 1960s. The musical focuses on the media furor surrounding teen idol Conrad Birdie as he departs public life to join the army.
Conrad’s beleaguered agent Albert, and Albert’s long-suffering girlfriend Rosie, cook up a final publicity stunt so they can retire from show business: Conrad will bestow “one last kiss” on a lucky girl chosen at random during a nationwide TV broadcast. That girl is Kim McAfee from the small town of Sweet Apple, Ohio.
Will Kim and the citizens of Sweet Apple ever be the same again? Will Albert and Rosie escape the limelight to their own dream of small town life? And will Conrad’s swiveling hips create an even greater media sensation? Come to “Bye Bye Birdie” and find out!
Chula Vista High School is located at 820 Fourth Ave.
