Thoroughly Modern Millie

Song list

Songs are by Tesori and Scanlan, unless otherwise noted.

Act I
  • "Overture" — Orchestra
  • "Not for the Life of Me" — Millie
  • "Thoroughly Modern Millie" — Millie & Moderns
    • Music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • "Not for the Life of Me (Tag)" — Millie & the Hotel Girls
  • "How the Other Half Lives" — Millie & Miss Dorothy
  • + "How the Other Half Lives (reprise)" - Millie and Miss Dorothy
  • "Not for the Life of Me (Reprise)" — Bun Foo and Ching Ho
  • "The Speed Test" — Trevor Graydon, Millie, Stenographers & Office Singers
    • Elements taken from "My eyes are fully open" by Gilbert and Sullivan
  • "They Don't Know" — Mrs. Meers
  • "The Nuttycracker Suite" - Orchestra
    • Elements taken from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite
  • "What Do I Need with Love?" - Jimmy
  • "Only in New York" — Muzzy
  • "Jimmy" — Millie
    • Music and lyrics by Jay Thompson
Act II
  • "Entr'acte" — Orchestra
  • "Back at Work"- Millie, Miss Flannery, Women Office Singers
  • "Forget About the Boy" — Millie, Miss Flannery, Women Office Singers, Stenographers
  • "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life/Falling in Love with Someone" — Trevor Graydon and Miss Dorothy
    • Cover of "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" by Victor Herbert
  • "I Turned the Corner/Falling in Love with Someone (Reprise)" — Millie, Jimmy, Miss Dorothy, Trevor Graydon
  • "Muqin" — Mrs. Meers, Bun Foo, Ching Ho
    • Cover of "My Mammy", music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis
  • "Long as I'm Here with You" — Muzzy & Muzzy's Boys
  • "Gimme Gimme" — Millie
  • + "The Speed Test (Reprise)" — Millie, Trevor Graydon, Jimmy
  • + "Ah! Sweet Mystery (Reprise)" — Miss Dorothy and Ching Ho
  • "Thoroughly Modern Millie (Reprise)" — Jimmy, Miss Dorothy & Moderns
  • "Curtain Call/Bows" — Cast

+ not included in Broadway Cast Recording

An original Broadway cast recording is available on the RCA Victor label.


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