Theatre Information

Alvin Theatre (New York, NY)
250 W. 52nd St.

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It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman Production Information


Previews:	March 09, 1966 (19 previews)
Opening:	March 29, 1966
Closing:	July 16, 1966
# Performances:	129
Theatres:	Alvin Theatre (New York, NY) 3/9/1966 - 7/16/1966
	Alvin Theatre (New York, NY) 3/29/1966 - 7/16/1966
Production Type:	Original Production
Production Status:
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	Broadway
Intermissions:	1
Version:	Original Broadway Version

Other Productions of It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman

1966	Broadway	Original Broadway Production Broadway
1992	East Haddam, CT (Regional)	Goodspeed Revival East Haddam, CT (Regional)
2007	Los Angeles	Reprise! Concert Los Angeles
2007	Off-Broadway	Musicals in Mufti Concert Off-Broadway

Audio Recordings

1966	Composer's Demo [unreleased]
1966	Original Broadway Cast

Show Information

SHOW TYPE: Musical
OTHER TITLES:

Superman (alternate title)

Score Overview

The following is a list of songs in the show or that have been included in the show in various versions:

Main Program

Doing Good
We Need Him
It's Superman
We Don't Matter at All
Revenge
The Woman for the Man
You've Got Possibilities
What I've Always Wanted
Everything's Easy When You Know How
It's Super Nice
So Long, Big Guy
The Strongest Man in the World
Ooh, Do You Love You!
You've Got What I Need
I'm Not Finished Yet
Pow! Bam! Zonk!

Cut prior to opening

Dot, Dot, Dot
a.k.a. End of Paragraph Dot, Dot, Dot
I'm Too Young to Die
The Superman March
A Woman Alone
It's a Long Slow Climb Going Up but a Short Quick Slide Coming Down

Cut prior to rehearsals

Did You See That?
I Never Felt This Way Before
Meanwhile
The Supernote

Added to the 1975 television production

It's a Swell Country

It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman - 1966 Broadway Awards and Nominations

(winners are in red)


Tony Awards - 1966 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jack Cassidy
Michael O'Sullivan

Tony Awards - 1966 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Patricia Marand