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** Creator/{{NBC}} announced in 2016 that they would air a live performance of ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in December 2017, starring Music/JenniferLopez as Rosie. Harvey Fierstein began updating the script, a duty he previously held for NBC's critically-acclaimed, Emmy-winning productions of ''Theatre/TheWiz'' and ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''; changes he confirmed include making Rosie the one who discovered Conrad Birdie, and moving Birdie's appearance on ''Ed Sullivan'' closer to the end of the show (like in the movie). However, J. Lo's busy schedule resulted in NBC pushing ''Bye Bye Birdie Live!'' all the way to December 2019, but [[DiedDuringProduction the 2018 death of co-producer Craig Zadan]] ultimately prevented it from airing at all.
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** Creator/{{NBC}} announced in 2016 that they would air a live performance of ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in December 2017, starring Music/JenniferLopez as Rosie. Harvey Fierstein Creator/HarveyFierstein began updating the script, a duty he previously held for NBC's critically-acclaimed, Emmy-winning productions of ''Theatre/TheWiz'' and ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''; changes he confirmed include making Rosie the one who discovered Conrad Birdie, and moving Birdie's appearance on ''Ed Sullivan'' closer to the end of the show (like in the movie). However, J. Lo's busy schedule resulted in NBC pushing ''Bye Bye Birdie Live!'' all the way to December 2019, but [[DiedDuringProduction the 2018 death of co-producer Craig Zadan]] ultimately prevented it from airing at all.
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** Charles Strouse wanted the movie producers to cast Rita Moreno as Rosie, and claimed that Moreno wasn't even considered before the role of a SpicyLatina inexplicably went to [[WTHCastingAgency Janet Leigh]]. Other sources claim that Moreno was asked, but was unavailable.
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** Charles Strouse wanted the movie producers to cast Rita Moreno as Rosie, and claimed that Moreno wasn't even considered before the role of a SpicyLatina inexplicably went to [[WTHCastingAgency [[QuestionableCasting Janet Leigh]]. Other sources claim that Moreno was asked, but was unavailable.
