Bye Bye Birdie (musical) - Song List

Song List

(Note: Based on Original Broadway Production, 1960)

Act I
  • Overture- Orchestra
  • An English Teacher – Rosie
  • The Telephone Hour – Helen, Nancy, Alice, Margie, Penelope Ann, Harvey Johnson and Teenagers
  • How Lovely to Be a Woman – Kim
  • Penn Station Transition/We Love You, Conrad! – Orchestra/Teen Trio
  • Put on a Happy Face – Albert
  • A Healthy, Normal, American Boy – Albert, Rosie, Teen and Adult Chorus
  • One Boy – Kim, Deborah Sue, Alice
  • One Boy (Reprise) – Rosie
  • Honestly Sincere – Conrad Birdie, Ursula, and Teenagers
  • Wounded- Ursula, Deborah Sue, and Margie
  • Hymn for a Sunday Evening – The MacAfee Family & Company
  • How to Kill a Man (Ballet) – Rosie, Albert, Company
  • One Last Kiss – Conrad & Company
  • A Healthy, Normal, American Boy (Reprise, Act One Finale) – The Company
Act II
  • Entr’acte
  • What Did I Ever See in Him? – Rosie & Kim
  • What Did I Ever See in Him? (Reprise) - Rosie
  • A Lot of Livin’ to Do – Conrad, Kim & Teenagers
  • Kids – Mr. and Mrs. MacAfee
  • Baby, Talk to Me – Albert & Quartet
  • Shriner’s Ballet (dance) – Rosie & Shriners
  • Kids (Reprise) – Adults, Mr & Mrs Macafee, Randolph
  • Spanish Rose – Rosie
  • Rosie – Rosie & Albert
  • Finale- Orchestra

The 2009 revival placed "Kids" after "What Did I Ever See in Him?", and "A Lot of Livin to Do" followed "Kids". Although the reprise of "Kids" was included, it was not listed in the playbill. A finale was added, featuring the song "Bye Bye Birdie" (written expressly for the 1963 movie version of Bye Bye Birdie) sung by the entire cast.

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