Wax figures for sale

Wax figures for sale

LOS ANGELES — Want to share your home with James Dean, Marilyn Monroe or The Beatles?

The Hollywood Wax Museum is offering wax representations of these and nearly 200 other celebrities at the first auction in its 44-year history, set for May 1.

Fans can bid on political figures, such as George Washington and Bill Clinton, and athletes such as Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. Musicians such as Cher, Stevie Wonder and the Fab Four will be available, along with TV and film stars including Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson and Charlie Chaplin.

The auction will support efforts to preserve Hollywood’s historic Walk of Fame.

Revival of ‘Birdie’ coming

NEW YORK — Hello “Bye Bye Birdie.” John Stamos and Gina Gershon will star in the first Broadway revival of “Bye Bye Birdie.”

Roundabout Theatre Company artistic director Todd Haimes says “Birdie” will open this fall at one of its theaters. The 1960 musical concerns an Elvis Presley-like rock ’n’ roll star named Conrad Birdie who is being drafted into the Army and the effect his departure has on the teenagers in a small Ohio town.

Stamos will play the star’s manager, Albert Peterson, and Gershon will portray the manager’s secretary.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Michael Moriarty is 68. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 67. Actor Max Gail is 66. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 59. Country singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry is 42. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 36.