JLo to star in NBC's LIVE Musical ''Bye Bye Birdie"
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'Bye Bye Birdie,' Starring Jennifer Lopez, Set as NBC's 2017 Live Holiday Musical
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt made the announcement Thursday night during a Paley Center panel. "She came to us and said, 'I love this movie and I'd love to do it,'" Greenblatt revealed during the 45 minute discussion. Asked if she'd do it live, Lopez — who Greenblatt pointed out has show in Las Vegas where she preforms the song "Lot of Livin'" from the musical — responded, "Absolutely."
“Broadway musicals and films fueled my childhood and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ was one of my favorites. I’m proud to be a part of the NBC family with ‘Shades of Blue’ and I thought it would be a blast to take on one of their big live musicals," says Lopez.
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The last time I checked, the Tonys recognise achievement in live Broadway theatre, not TV musicals, hence the comment. But thanks for going off topic.
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Jen has TAKEN OVER television. Shades of Blue, American Idol, Q'Viva, World of Dance, The Fosters, producing C.R.I.S.P.R. and now A LIVE MUSICAL? This will be amazing Griselda Blanco movie too., she is truly unstoppable. Spanish Album, Las Vegas new English album, etc... there's nothing she can't do.
Seriously shes got so much going on the projects just keep coming her way hardest working women in the game she's a beast
Jen has TAKEN OVER television. Shades of Blue, American Idol, Q'Viva, World of Dance, The Fosters, producing C.R.I.S.P.R. and now A LIVE MUSICAL? This will be amazing Griselda Blanco movie too., she is truly unstoppable. Spanish Album, Las Vegas new English album, etc... there's nothing she can't do.
Seriously shes got so much going on the projects just keep coming her way hardest working women in the game she's a beast
Awww, not you surfing on a wave of unsold Latin America The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour tickets and coming in here just to post a washed flamebait comment
Jen has TAKEN OVER television. Shades of Blue, American Idol, Q'Viva, World of Dance, The Fosters, producing C.R.I.S.P.R. and now A LIVE MUSICAL? This will be amazing Griselda Blanco movie too., she is truly unstoppable. Spanish Album, Las Vegas new English album, etc... there's nothing she can't do.
Seriously shes got so much going on the projects just keep coming her way hardest working women in the game she's a beast
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It has a certain fanbase well pressed. How is she going to find the time?
I was in Bye Bye Birdie once and it was not a good experience. Looking back on the show as a whole, it's decent, but compared to the other musicals NBC has already done, this seems like kind of a B/C-list choice.
Of course J.Lo pitched the whole thing herself. Rosie Alvarez would actually be a pretty good role for her, so I definitely here for this. It has a lot of potential, the Shriner's Dance sequence could be killer.
this is HUGE event every year 
Looking back on the show as a whole, it's decent, but compared to the other musicals NBC has already done, this seems like kind of a B/C-list choice.
Rosie Alvarez would actually be a pretty good role for her, so I definitely here for this. It has a lot of potential, the Shriner's Dance sequence could be killer.