Counter Intelligence: "Bye, Bye Birdie" Too Risque for B'Way

"Birdie" scene too racy for Great White Way

Updated 12:00 PM EDT, Mon, Aug 24, 2009

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Gina Gershon, who stars in the upcoming revival of "Bye Bye Birdie," said the play had to cut out a racy dance scene that had been included in its production since 1960. Gerson's character, Rose, shows up at a banquet, flirts and canoodles with guys underneath and on the table. But the scene, as one critic put it, "seemed a little too gang rape-y."
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