IT'S A BIRD… IT'S A PLANE… IT'S SUPERMAN



Composer: Charles Strouse
Lyricist: Lee Adams

Opened: March 29, 1966, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 129

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.


Didja See That (cut):

1. Composer Demo (Charles Strouse and Lee Adams) [reissued on It's A Bird…It's A Plane…It's Superman, CD/Sony Broadway SK 482087 (bonus track)


Dot, Dot, Dot (cut):

1. Composer Demo (Charles Strouse and Lee Adams) [reissued on It's A Bird…It's A Plane…It's Superman, CD/Sony Broadway SK 482087 (bonus track)


A Woman Alone (cut but later used in the
2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival; music reused for "Auf Wiedersehn" in DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER):

1. Composer Demo (Charles Strouse and Lee Adams) [reissued on It's A Bird…It's A Plane…It's Superman, CD/Sony Broadway SK 482087 (bonus track)
2. Dance A Little Closer, CD/That's Entertainment Records CDTER 1174 (George Rose with orchestra directed by Peter Howard) (as "Auf Wiedersehn")


Unrecorded Numbers:

Everything's Easy When You Know How
I Never Felt This Way For Anyone Before (cut)
I Wish I Wasn't In Love With Superman (written for the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival)
I'm Too Young To Die (cut during previews)
I've Never Felt This Way
(written for the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival)
It's A Great [Swell] Country (written for the 1975 television version)
It's A Long, Slow Climb Going Up But A Short Fast Slide Coming Down (cut during previews) (aka "It's A Long Slow Climb Going Up But A Short Quick Slide Coming Down)
It's Up To Me (written for the 1992 Goodspeed revival and used in
the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival))
Just A Bunch Of Happy People (written for the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival)
Just A Bunch Of Happy Villains (written for the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival)
Karabitz! (written for the 1992 Goodspeed revival)
Later (written for the 1992 Goodspeed revival)
Meanwhile (cut)
Nuts To You (written for the 1992 Goodspeed revival)
On My Honor (written for the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival)
The Super Note (cut)
The Superman March (inst.) (cut)
Thanks To You (written for the 1992 Goodspeed revival)
Until I've Rescued Superman (written for the 2010 Dallas Theatre Center revival)