The Morning Interview

“Bye Bye Birdie” opens Friday evening


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After only two weeks of rehearsal on a Broadway-level of intensity, the Sitka Fine Arts Camp will stage the musical Bye Bye Birdie this weekend (7 PM Fri Jul 27, 2 PM & 7 PM Sat Jul 28, Sitka Performing Arts Center; Tickets $20 at Old Harbor Books). Conductor and vocal director Andrew Hames, instrument director Ed Littlefield, rehearsal pianist Susan Wingrove, and performers Gavin Struempler and Ben Gordon discuss the show’s intense schedule.

To learn what’s really happening at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, visit their Facebook page.

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