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Show 'Bye, Bye Birdie now playing at Academy Theatre, popular hit series of exercises, designed to get her in physical condition to withstand the many hours on the dance floor. J XSv -if The screen's next big dancing danc-ing star probably will be a brunette named Janet Leigh. The blonde actress is currently cur-rently starring with Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margaret, Maureen Stapleton and Bobby Rydell at the Academy Theatre in "Bye Bye, Birdie," the Kohlmar-Sidney Kohlmar-Sidney production for Columbia Colum-bia Pictures. Among other things, Miss Leigh weaVs a brunette wig and performs a strenuous and involved production pro-duction number which runs over seven minutes. Titled the "Sultan's Ballet," the number was the hit of the original Broadway show and was danced by Chita Rivera. Janet last danced in pictures in 1955 in "My Sister Eileen," "But that was simple compared com-pared to what I - do in "Bye, Bye, Birdie," explains Janet. "I also danced in "Two Tickets Tick-ets to Broadway," but here again the numbers weren't as long or as involved as those in 'Birdie'." To prepare for the "Sultan's Ballet," Janet reported to Columbia Co-lumbia two months before the start of shooting. The first few days were devoted to a Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke star in "Bye Bye Birdie" Bir-die" the new Kohlmar-Sid-ney production now playing at the Academy in Provo, also stars Ann-Margaret, Maureen Stapleton and Bobby Bob-by Rydell. |