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List of musicals: A to L

This is a list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the A–L alphabetic range. This is not a complete list of musicals, and is limited to musicals that have their own articles on the English-language Wikipedia.

0–9

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes Reference
8 femmes 2002 French film Various artists Various artists Based on the 1958 play of the same name by Robert Thomas. Directed by François Ozon, written by Ozon and Marina de Van. [1]
9 to 5 2009 Broadway Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Patricia Resnick Based on the 1980 film. [2]
13

+ film (2022)

2008 Broadway Jason Robert Brown Brown Dan Elish and Robert Horn The only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers. [3]
21 Chump Street 2014 Off-Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda Miranda Miranda 14-minute musical based on a true story told on This American Life. [4]
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2005 Off-Broadway and Broadway William Finn Finn Rachel Sheinkin Performances were partially improvised and featured audience participation (during spelling-bee sequences). Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Dan Fogler and Best Book of a Musical for Sheinkin. [5]
42nd Street 1933 Film Harry Warren Al Dubin Based on Bradford Ropes' novel of the same name. Directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley, written by Rian James and James Seymour. [6]
42nd Street 1980 Broadway Harry Warren Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble Based on the 1933 film. [7]
70, Girls, 70 1971 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Ebb and Norman L. Martin Based on the 1958 play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke and primarily starring cast members who are 70 years of age and older. [8]
101 Dalmatians 2022 West End Douglas Hodge Douglas Hodge Johnny McKnight and Zinnie Harris The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith [9]
110 in the Shade 1963 Broadway Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones N. Richard Nash Based on Nash's 1954 play, The Rainmaker. [10]
1492 Up to Date 1893 Broadway Carl Pflueger R. A. Barnet Barnet A burlesque show. [11]
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 1976 Broadway Leonard Bernstein Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Examination of the occupants of the White House, which ran for only 7 performances. [12]
1776+ film (1972) 1969 Broadway Sherman Edwards Edwards Peter Stone Based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with some dialogue and lyrics adapted from the writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Tony Awards included Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Ron Holgate and Best Direction of a Musical for Peter Hunt. William Daniels, who starred as John Adams, was nominated for Best Featured Actor but declined the nomination in protest, for being ruled ineligible for Best Actor due to his name not being above the title of the show. [13]
1789: Les Amants de la Bastille 2012 French Rod Janois, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau and Dove Attia Attia and Vincent Baguian Attia and François Chouquet Based on the French Revolution. [14]

A

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A
Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes Reference
A... My Name Is Alice 1984 Off-Broadway David Zippel, Winnie Holzman and Lucy Simon Zippel, Holzman and Simon Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd Revue with an all-female cast. Revised versions staged as ''A... My Name Is Still Alice in 1992 and A... My Name Will Always Be Alice in 1995 . [15]
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick 1952 Film Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Evans and Livingston Based on the 1919 play by Walter Benjamin Hare. Directed and written by Claude Binyon. [16]
ABBAcadabra

+ West End (1983)

1983 French television Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Alain Boublil and Daniel Boublil (French production); David Wood, Mike Batt, Don Black (UK production) Boublil and Boublil Adaptation of classic fairy tales set to the music of ABBA with new French lyrics. [17]
About Face 1952 Film Peter DeRose and various artists Charles Tobias and various artists Directed by Roy Del Ruth; written by Peter Milne. [18]
About Town 1906 Broadway Melville Ellis and Raymond Hubbell Joseph W. Herbert Herbert [19]
Absolute Beginners 1986 Film Gil Evans (score) and various artists (songs) Various artists Based on the novel by Colin MacInnes. Directed by Julien Temple; written by Richard Burridge, Christopher Wicking, and Don Macpherson. [20]
Abyssinia 1906 Broadway Will Marion Cook and Bert Williams Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers [21]
Abyssinia 1987 Broadway Ted Kociolek James Racheff Racheff and Kociolek Based on the novel Marked by Fire, by Joyce Carol Thomas. [22]
Ace 2006 Off-Off-Broadway Richard Oberacker Robert Taylor and Oberacker Taylor and Oberacker [23]
Ace of Clubs 1950 West End Noël Coward Coward Coward [24]
Acorn Antiques 2005 West End Victoria Wood Wood Wood Based on a series of sketches performed on the television show Victoria Wood as Seen on TV. [25]
Across the Universe 2007 Film The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) (songs). Elliot Goldenthal (score) The Beatles Jukebox musical Film directed by Julie Taymor; written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. [26]
The Act 1977 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb George Furth Directed by Martin Scorsese (his only work on Broadway to date). Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Liza Minnelli. [27]
The Addams Family 2010 Broadway Andrew Lippa Lippa Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Based on the cartoons by Charles Addams. Includes The Addams Family Theme composed by Vic Mizzy. The 2011 touring version introduced several modifications to the plot and song list. [28]
Adding Machine 2008 Off-Broadway Joshua Schmidt Jason Loewith and Schmidt Loewith and Schmidt Based on the 1923 play by Elmer Rice. [29]
Adèle 1913 Broadway Jean Briquet and Adolf Phillipp Paul Hervé Hervé English adaptation by Philipp and Edward A. Paulton of a French musical. [30]
Adonis 1884 Broadway Edward E. Rice and John Eller Rice and Eller William Gill [31]
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999 Film Various artists Various artists Film featuring the Sesame Street Muppets. Directed by Gary Halvorson; written by Mitchell Kriegman and Joey Mazzarino. [32]
The Adventures of Marco Polo 1956 Television Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, adapted by Clay Warnick and Mel Pahl Edward Eager Part of the Max Liebman Presents series of original television musicals. Directed by Liebman, written by Neil Simon, Billy Friedberg, and Will Glickman. Reunited Alfred Drake and Doretta Morrow of Kismet.[33] [34]
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2001 Broadway Don Schlitz Schlitz Ken Ludwig Based on the 1876 novel by Mark Twain. [35]
Affair in Trinidad 1952 Film Lester Lee, Bob Russell, various artists Lee and Russell Directed by Vincent Sherman; written by Oscar Saul, James Gunn, Virginia Van Upp, and Berne Giler. [36]
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 1953 Film Various artists Various artists Directed by Don Weis; written by Max Shulman. Notable for the first film appearance of Bob Fosse. [37]
Afgar 1919 West End Charles Cuvillier Douglas Furber Fred Thompson and Worton David [38]
Africana 1934 Broadway Donald Heyward Heyward Heyward [39]
After Midnight 2013 Broadway Various artists Various artists Jack Viertel ("conceived by") and Langston Hughes ("selected text by") Jazz jukebox musical revue based on the 2011 Encores! revue Cotton Club Parade and comprising songs written by Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and others. [40]
After the Ball 1953 West End Noël Coward Coward Coward Based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. [41]
Aida 2000 Broadway Elton John Tim Rice Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang Based on the 1871 opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Tony Awards for Best Original Score (John and Rice), Best Actress in a Musical for Heather Headley. Notable song: Written in the Stars. [42]
Ain't Misbehavin'

+ Television (1982)

1978 Broadway Fats Waller and various artists Waller and various artists Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. Revue comprising songs written and/or popularized by Waller. Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Featured Actress (Nell Carter), and Best Director (Richard Maltby, Jr.) [43]
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death 1971 Broadway Melvin Van Peebles Van Peebles Van Peebles [44]
Ain't Too Proud 2017 Broadway The Temptations and various artists The Temptations and various artists Dominique Morisseau Jukebox biomusical based on the lives and featuring the songs of the Temptations. [45]
Aladdin 1958 Television Cole Porter Porter Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights and presented on DuPont Show of the Month on CBS. Directed by Ralph Nelson; written by S. J. Perelman. Porter's last score. [46]
Aladdin 1979 West End Sandy Wilson Wilson Wilson Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights. [47]
Aladdin

+ Broadway (2011) and film (2019)

1992 Animated film Alan Menken Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights. Notable Songs: "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me". [48]
Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938 Film Irving Berlin Berlin Jukebox musical featuring 23 Berlin songs including two written for the film ("Now it Can be Told" and "My Walking Stick"). Directed by Henry King; written by Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti. [49]
Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937 Film Various artists Various artists Directed by David Butler; written by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen. [50]
Alice at the Palace 1982 Television Elizabeth Swados Swados Swados and Lewis Carroll Filmed version for PBS of Alice in Concert with revisions and new cast. External link: Alice at the Palace on BroadwayHD. [51]
Alice by Heart 2019 Off-Broadway Steven Sater Duncan Sheik Sheik and Jessie Nelson Based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Alice in Concert 1980 Off-Broadway Elizabeth Swados Swados Swados and Lewis Carroll Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Meryl Streep starred.[52]
Alice in Wonderland 1886 West End Walter Slaughter Lewis Carroll, Henry Savile Clarke and Aubrey Hopwood Clarke Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
Alice in Wonderland 1951 Animated film Oliver Wallace, Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard, and various artists Lewis Carroll, Fain, Hilliard, and various artists Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
Alice in Wonderland 1976 Adult film Jack Stern Stern Based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Directed by Bud Townsend; written by Bill Osco and Bucky Searles. Originally released as a softcore film but later re-edited to include explicit sexual scenes. Adapted into an adult Off-broadway musical with an entirely new score in 2004.
Alice in Wonderland 1985 Television Steve Allen Lewis Carroll and Allen Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Directed by Harry Harris, written by Paul Zindel.
Alice in Wonderland 2004 Off-Broadway TayWah TayWah Bill Osco Adapted from the 1976 pornographic film of the same name.[53]
Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?) 1966 Animated television film Charles Strouse Lee Adams Based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Directed by Alex Lovy, written by Bill Dana.
Alice Through the Looking Glass 1966 Animated television film Mark Charlap Elsie Simmons Based on Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass. Directed by Alan Handley, written by Albert Simmons.[54]
Alice with Kisses 1964 Off-Broadway Sammy Fields, Joseph L. Blankenship, and Nevett Bartow. Blankenship Blankenship Closed in previews. Memorialized in the 1967 film The Producers as one of the flop window cards tacked on Max Bialystock's wall.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972 Film John Barry Lewis Carroll and Don Black Based on Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Directed and written by William Sterling.
Alive and Kicking 1950 Broadway Hoagy Carmichael and various artists Paul Francis Webster and various artist I. A. L. Diamond Revue. [55]
All 4 One 2001 Off-West End John Trent Wallace Kevin John Heuston Heuston
All Aboard 1913 Broadway E. Ray Goetz and Malvin M. Franklin Goetz Mark Swan
All American 1962 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Mel Brooks [56]
All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989 Animated film Ralph Burns Charles Strouse, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, and T.J. Kuenster Directed by Don Bluth; written by David N. Weiss.
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996 Animated film Barry Mann Cynthia Weil Sequel to the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven. Directed by Larry Leker and Paul Sabella; written by Kelly Ward & Mark Young and Arne Olsen.
All Hands on Deck 1961 Film Cyril Mockridge Donald R. Morris Jay Sommers
All in Fun 1940 Broadway Baldwin Bergerson and John Rox Revue. [57]
All in Love 1961 Off-Broadway Jacques Urbont Bruce Geller Geller
All Out of Love 2018 Manila Air Supply Air Supply Jim Millan
All Shook Up 2005 Broadway Elvis Presley Various artists Joe DiPietro jukebox featuring songs written and/or sung by Elvis Presley.
All That Jazz 1979 Film Ralph Burns Various artists Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse
All the Fun of the Fair 2008 West End David Essex Essex Jon Conway jukebox featuring the songs of David Essex.
All the King's Horses 1935 Film Edward Horan Horan Edmund H. North, Frank Tuttle and Frederick Stephani All the King's Horses by Lawrence Clark, Max Giersberg, Frederik Herendeen and Edward Horan
Allegiance 2012 Broadway Jay Kuo Jay Kuo Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, Lorenzo Thione Regional Premiere 2012, Broadway 2015
Allegro 1947 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein
An Alligator Named Daisy 1955 Film Stanley Black and Sam Coslow, and various artists Jack Davies
Alma, Where Do You Live? 1910 Broadway Jean Briquet George V. Hobart Hobart
Almost Famous 2019 Broadway Tom Kitt Cameron Crowe Crowe Based on the 2000 film of the same name.[58]
Alone at Last 1914 Broadway Franz Lehár and various artists Matthew Woodward and various artists
Along Fifth Avenue 1949 Broadway Gordon Jenkins and various artists Tom Adair and various artists Revue.
Altar Boyz 2005 Off-Broadway Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker Adler and Walker Kevin Del Aguila
Amazing Grace 2012 Broadway Christopher Smith Christopher Smith Christopher Smith, Arthur Giron Regional Premiere 2012. Broadway 2015
Ambassador 1972 Broadway Don Gohman Hal Hackady Don Ettlinger and Anna Marie Barlow
Amélie 2017 Broadway Daniel Messé Daniel Messé and Nathan Tyson Craig Lucas Based on the 2001 romantic comedy film of the same name.
Amen Corner 1983 Broadway Garry Sherman Peter Udell Philip Rose and Peter Udell
America Is Hard to See 2018 Off-Broadway Priscilla Holbrook Holbrook Travis Russ Documentary play with music.
America Kicks Up Its Heels 1983 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn Charles Rubin
The American Astronaut 2001 Film Cory McAbee and Billy Nayer Show McAbee and Billy Nayer Show Directed and written by McAbee.
American Idiot 2010 Broadway Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong Armstrong and Michael Mayer
An American in Paris 1951 Film George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Alan Jay Lerner
An American in Paris 2015 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Craig Lucas Based on the 1951 musical film of the same name.
The American Mall 2008 Television Various artists MTV film with original songs. Directed by Shawn Ku; written by Margaret Oberman.
American Pop 1981 Animated film Various artists (songs); Lee Holdridge (score) Various artists Jukebox musical paralleling the history of American popular music. Directed by Ralph Bakshi; written by Ronni Kern.
American Psycho 2016 Broadway Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Based on the controversial 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis.
An American Tail 1986 Animated film James Horner, Barry Mann, and various artists Cynthia Weil and various artists Directed by Don Bluth; written by Judy Freudberg & Tony Geiss. Notable song: "Somewhere Out There".
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1991 Animated film James Horner and various artists Will Jennings and various artists Sequel to An American Tail (1986). Directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells; written by Flint Dille.
Americana 1926 Broadway Con Conrad and various artists J. P. McEvoy and various artists McEvoy Revue including songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Arthur Schwartz, and others.
America's Sweetheart 1931 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Herbert Fields
The Amorous Flea 1964 Off-Broadway Bruce Montgomery Montgomery Jerry Devine
Amour 2002 Broadway Michel Legrand Didier Van Cauwelaert Jeremy Sams
Amphitryon 1935 Film Franz Doelle C. Amberg and Bruno Balz Reinhold Schünzel Based on the stage play Amphytrion by Molière, Titus Maccius Plautus and Heinrich von Kleist.
Anastasia 1997 Animated film Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Based on the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, which claims that she escaped the execution of her family. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman; written by Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, and Noni White.
Anastasia 2017 Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Terrence McNally Based on the 1956 film and 1997 animated musical films of the same name, with a new book and 16 new songs in addition to six songs from the animated movie.
Anchors Aweigh 1945 Film Georgie Stoll Various artists Natalie Marcin
& Juliet 2019 West End Max Martin and others Max Martin and others David West Read
And the Angels Sing 1944 Film Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke (lyricist) Directed by George Marshall; written by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Notable song: "It Could Happen to You".
And the World Goes 'Round 1991 Off-Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb — Revue comprising the songs of Kander and Ebb.
André Charlot's Revue of 1924 1924 Broadway Revue Various artists Various artists — Revue.
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary 1941 Film
Angel 1978 Broadway Gary Geld Peter Udell Udell and Ketti Frings
Angel in the Wings 1947 Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman Hilliard and Sigman Hank Ladd, Ted Luce, Paul Hartman, and Grace Hartman. Revue. Notable song: "Civilization"
Angelika 2007 Prague Michal David Lou Fanánek Hagen Hagen Based on the Angelique novels by Anne and Serge Golon.
Angélique, Marquise des Anges 1995 Paris Michel Magne, Nadia Golon, and Eddie Barclay Magne, Golon, and Barclay Alain Decaux Based on the Angelique novels by Anne and Serge Golon.
Angry Housewives 1983 Off-Broadway Chad Henry and A.M. Collins Henry and Collins
Ani: A Parody 2014 Off-Broadway Clark Baxtresser and Pierce Siebers Matt and Nick Lang M. and N. Lang
Animal Crackers 1928 Broadway Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby Kalmar and Ruby George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind [59]
Ankles Aweigh 1955 Broadway Sammy Fain Dan Shapiro Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis
Anna and the Apocalypse 2017 Film Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly Hart and Reilly Directed by John McPhail; written by Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry.
Anna Karenina 1992 Broadway Daniel Levine Peter Kellogg Kellogg Based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel of the same name [60]
Anne & Gilbert 2005 Victoria, Prince Edward Island Jeff Hochhauser, Nancy White and Bob Johnston Hochhauser, White and Johnston Hochhauser, White and Johnston Based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novels Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island.
Anne of Green Gables 1965 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Norman Campbell Don Harron, Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore Harron Based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name.
Annie

+ film (1982)
+ film (1999)
+ film (2014)

1977 Broadway Charles Strouse Martin Charnin Thomas Meehan Notable songs: "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life"
Annie Get Your Gun

+ film (1950)

1946 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields Notable song: "There's No Business Like Show Business".
Annie Warbucks 1993 Off-Broadway Charles Strouse Martin Charnin Thomas Meehan Sequel to Annie.
Another Cinderella Story 2008 Film Various artists Various artists Directed by Damon Santostefano; written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott.
Anya 1965 Broadway Robert Wright and George Forrest Wright and Forrest George Abbott and Guy Bolton
Anyone Can Whistle 1964 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Arthur Laurents
Anything Goes 1934 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse Notable songs: "Anything Goes", "You're the Top" and "I Get a Kick out of You".
Applause 1970 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Betty Comden and Adolph Green
The Apple 1980 Film Kobi Recht [de] George Clinton and Iris Recht Directed by Menahem Golan; written by Golan and Recht.
The Apple Tree 1966 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Bock, Harnick and Jerome Coopersmith
April in Paris 1952 Film Vernon Duke and LeRoy Prinz Various artists Jack Rose
April Love 1957 Film Sammy Fain (songs); Alfred Newman (score) Paul Francis Webster Based on the 1941 novel Phantom Filly by George Agnew Chamberlain. Directed by Henry Levin; written by Winston Miller.
An Arabian Girl and 40 Thieves 1899 Broadway W. H. Batchelor, John J. Braham, Jessie Williams and Meyer Lutz J. Cheever Goodwin
Arabian Nights 1954 Off-Broadway Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Lœb Lombardo and Lœb
The Arcadians 1909 West End Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot Arthur Wimperis Mark Ambient and Alexander M. Thompson
Are You With It? 1945 Broadway Harry Revel Arnold B. Horwitt Sam Perrin and George Balzer Based on the novel Slightly Perfect by George Malcolm-Smith.
Are You with It? 1948 Film Inez James and Sidney Miller James and Miller Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, but with a revised plot and an entirely new score by James and Miller. Directed by Jack Hively; written by Oscar Brodney.
Argentine Nights 1940 Film Frank Skinner Various artists J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater
Ari 1971 Broadway Walt Smith Leon Uris Based on the novel Exodus by Leon Uris.
The Aristocats 1970 Animated film George Bruns Various Artists Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Garry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, and Ralph Wright Based on characters created by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe.
The Ark 1998 Off-Broadway Michael McLean McLean and Kevin Kelly McLean and Kelly
Arms and the Girl 1950 Broadway Morton Gould Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields and Fields
Around the Clock 1906 road musical with stop on Broadway Lee Orean Smith J. Sebastian Hiller Steve B. Cassin [61]
Around the World 1946 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Orson Welles
Arthur! Arthur! 1969 Film Harry Robertson Various artists Julian Symons
Artists and Models 1937 Film Various artists Various artists Frank Tashlin, Herbert Baker, and Hal Kanter Notable songwriters: Burton Lane, Harold Arlen, and Victor Young. Directed by Raoul Walsh; written by Eugene Thackrey and Keene Thompson.
Artists and Models 1955 Film Harry Warren and Jack Brooks Various artists Notable song: "Innamorata". Based on the 1942 play Rock-a-Bye Baby! by Michael Davidson and Norman Lessing. Directed by Frank Tashlin; written by Herbert Baker, and Hal Kanter.
An Artist's Model 1895 West End Sidney Jones Harry Greenbank and various artists Owen Hall
As Long as They're Happy 1954 Film Stanley Black Alan Melville Melville
As the Girls Go 1948 Broadway Jimmy McHugh Harold Adamson William Roos
As Thousands Cheer 1933 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin Moss Hart Revue loosely based on the sections of a newspaper of the time. One of the rare "topical" revues to be frequently revived, due to the many songs that became American standards. Notable songs: "Easter Parade", "Heat Wave", Supper Time.
Aspects of Love 1990 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black and Charles Hart Lloyd Webber Notable song: "Love Changes Everything".
Assassins 1990 Off-Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim John Weidman Premiered on Broadway in 2004.
At Home Abroad 1935 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz Various artists (sketches) Revue.
At Long Last Love 1975 Film Cole Porter Porter Jukebox musical featuring songs written by Porter. Directed and written by Peter Bogdanovich. A critical and commercial flop when it was released; a revised version became a cult film due to television airings and has risen in critical esteem since. Musical numbers were performed and filmed live.
At the Circus 1939 Film Harold Arlen Arlen Irving Brecher
At the Drop of a Hat 1956 Off-West End Donald Swann Michael Flanders Swann and Flanders Revue also produced on Broadway in 1959.
At the Drop of Another Hat 1963 Off-West End revue Donald Swann Michael Flanders Swann and Flanders Revue also produced on Broadway in 1966.
At War with the Army 1950 Film Joseph J. Lilley Lilley James Allardice and Fred Finklehoffe
Athena 1954 Film Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Martin and Blane William Ludwig and Leonard Spigelgass
The Athenian Touch 1964 Off-Broadway Willard Straight David Eddy J. Albert Fracht and Arthur Goodman
Atlantic City 1944 Film Various artists Various artists Directed by Ray McCarey; written by Doris Gilbert, Frank Gill Jr. and George Carleton Brown.
Aunt Sally 1933 Film Harry M. Woods Woods Guy Bolton
Autant en emporte le vent 2003 Paris Gérard Presgurvic Presgurvic Based on the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
Avenue Q 2003 Broadway Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Lopez and Marx Jeff Whitty Notable songs: "It Sucks to Be Me", "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" and "There's a Fine, Fine Line". [62]

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes Reference
Babes in Arms 1937 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Rodgers and Hart Notable songs: "Where or When", "My Funny Valentine", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Johnny One Note" and "I Wish I Were in Love Again". [63]
Babes in Toyland 1903 Broadway Victor Herbert Glen MacDonough MacDonough [64]
Babes on Broadway 1941 Film Various artists E.Y. Harburg and Ralph Freed
Babette 1903 Broadway Victor Herbert Harry B. Smith Smith
Baby 1983 Broadway David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. Sybille Pearson
Baby It's You! 2011 Broadway Various Artists Various Artists Floyd Mutrox and Colin Escott
Baby Talk 2000 Neuköllner Opera Thomas Zaufke Peter Lund Das Kinder-Krieg Musical
Back to the 80's 2001 Australian Neil Gooding Gooding Gooding
Back to the Future 2020 West End Alan Silvestri Glen Ballard Bob Gale Back to the Future
Bad Cinderella 2021 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber David Zippel Emerald Fennell (Original Book) & Alexis Scheer (Adaptation) Based on the fairy tale Cinderella
Bad Girls 2006 West End Kath Gotts Gotts Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus Based on the ITV1 television series Bad Girls.
Bad Habits of 1926 1926 Broadway revue Manning Sherwin Arthur Herzog, Jr. —
Bajour 1964 Broadway Walter Marks Marks Ernest Kinoy Based on Joseph Mitchell's short stories, The Gypsy Women and The King of the Gypsies.
Baker Street 1965 Broadway Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel and Jerry Bock Grudeff, Jessel and Sheldon Harnick Jerome Coopersmith Based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle
The Baker's Wife 1989 West End Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Joseph Stein Aimed at a Broadway run in 1976, but closed during try-outs.
The Balkan Princess 1910 West End Paul Rubens Rubens and Arthur Wimperis Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon
Ball im Savoy 1932 German operetta Paul Abraham Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda Abraham
Ballad for Bimshire 1963 Off-Broadway Irving Burgie Burgie Burgie and Loften Mitchell
Ballroom 1978 Broadway Billy Goldenberg Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman Jerome Kass
Bambi 1942 Animated film Frank Churchill and Edward H. Plumb Churchill and Plumb Larry Morey
The Band 2017 West End Take That Take That Tim Firth
Band Geeks 2014 Off-Off-Broadway Tommy Newman and Mark Allen Newman and Gaby Alter Alter
Band Waggon 1940 Film Various artists Various artists
The Band Wagon 1931 Broadway revue Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz — Notable songs: "I Love Louisa", "Hoops" and "Dancing in the Dark".
Bandanna Land 1908 Broadway Will Marion Cook Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers Shipp and Rogers
The Band's Visit 2016 Broadway David Yazbek Yazbek Itamar Moses Based on the film of the same name.
Bandstand 2015 Broadway Richard Oberacker Oberacker and Robert Taylor Oberacker and Taylor
Banjo Eyes 1941 Broadway Vernon Duke John La Touche and Harold Adamson Joseph Quinlan and Izzy Ellinson
Bar Mitzvah Boy 1978 West End Jule Styne Don Black Jack Rosenthal
Barbarella 2004 Austrian Dave Stewart Stewart Stewart Based on the 1968 film.
The Bardy Bunch 2014 Off-Broadway Various Artists Various Artists Stephen Garvey
Bare 2012 Off-Broadway Damon Intrabartolo Jon Hartmere Hartmere New, revised version of Bare: A Pop Opera.
Bare: A Pop Opera 2000 Off-Broadway Damon Intrabartolo Jon Hartmere, Jr. Intrabartolo and Hartmere, Jr. Notable song: "Portrait of a Girl".
Bare Facts of 1926 1926 Broadway revue Charles M. Schwab Henry Myers Stuart Hamill
Barefoot Boy with Cheek 1947 Broadway Sidney Lippman Sylvia Dee Max Shulman
The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 Film Harry Warren and George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sidney Sheldon
Barnum 1980 Broadway Cy Coleman Michael Stewart Mark Bramble
Baron Trenck 1912 Broadway Felix Albini Frederick F. Schrader Henry Blossom
The Baroness Fiddlesticks 1904 Broadway Emil Bruguiere George De Long De Long
Bat Boy 2001 Off-Broadway Laurence O'Keefe O'Keefe Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
Bat Out of Hell 2017 West End Jim Steinman Steinman Steinman
Bathhouse 2006 Off-Broadway
  • Tim Evanicki
  • Esther Daack
  • Tim Evanicki
  • Esther Daack
  • Tim Evanicki
  • Esther Daack
Bats 1983 Australian Ian Dorricott Simon Denver Dorricott and Denver
The Battle of Paris 1929 Film Cole Porter, Jay Gorney and Dick Howard Howard Dietz and Porter Gene Markey
Bayside! 2013 Off-Broadway Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith A musical parody of the television show Saved by the Bell.[65]
Be More Chill 2015, 2018, 2019 Broadway Joe Iconis Joe Iconis Joe Tracz
Be Yourself 1930 Film Hugo Riesenfeld Riesenfeld Joseph Jackson
Beat the Band 1942 Television Various artists Various artists —
Beatlemania 1977 Broadway revue The Beatles The Beatles Bob Gill, Robert Rabinowitz and Lynda Obst
Beautiful Dreamer 1961 Off-Broadway
The Beautiful Game 2000 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Ben Elton Lloyd Webber and Elton
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Story 2022 Broadway Neil Diamond Diamond Anthony McCarten The life and music of Neil Diamond
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical 2014 Broadway Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Goffin, King, Mann and Weil Douglas McGrath
Beauty and the Beast

+ film (1991)
+ film (2017)

1994 Broadway Alan Menken Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Linda Woolverton Based on animated Walt Disney film of the same name. Notable songs: "Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast".
The Beauty Shop 1914 Off-Broadway Charles J. Gebest Rennold Wolf
The Beauty Spot 1909 Off-Broadway Reginald De Koven Joseph W. Herbert Herbert
Beauty World 1988 Singaporean Dick Lee Michael Chiang Chiang
Because of Winn-Dixie 2013 Regional Duncan Sheik Sheik Nell Benjamin Based on the 2005 film of the same name.
Because You're Mine 1952 Film Johnny Green Green Ruth Brooks Flippen and Sy Gomberg
Becoming Nancy 2019 Regional George Stiles Anthony Drewe Elliot Davis
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

+ film (1971)

2019 Touring Production Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman Sherman, Sherman Brian Hill
A Bedtime Story 1933 Film Ralph Rainger Rainger Benjamin Glazer and Nunnally Johnson
Beetlejuice 2018 Broadway Eddie Perfect Perfect Scott Brown and Anthony King Based on the 1988 film of the same name.
The Beggar Student 1882 German operetta Carl Millöcker Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée Millöcker
Beggar's Holiday 1946 Broadway Duke Ellington John La Touche La Touche
The Beggar's Opera 1728 West End opera John Gay Gay Gay
Beguiled Again 1997 Revue Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Various
Behind the Iron Mask 2005 West End John Robinson Robinson Colin Scott and Melinda Walker The show draws inspiration from the Man in the Iron Mask.
Bel-Ami 2014 Off-West End Alex Loveless Loveless Loveless A contemporary musical adaptation of the book of the same name.
Bell Bottom George 1943 Film Harry Bidgood Bidgood Edward Dryhurst and Peter Fraser
Bella: An American Tall Tale 2016 Off-Broadway Kristen Childs Kristen Childs Kristen Childs
La belle Hélène 1864 Paris opera bouffe Jacques Offenbach Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Offenbach
La Belle Meunière 1948 Film Tony Aubin Aubin Marcel Pagnol
The Belle of Brittany 1908 Opera Howard Talbot and Marie Horne Percy Greenbank Leedham Bantock and P.J. Barrow
The Belle of New York 1897 Broadway Gustave Kerker Hugh Morton Morton
Belle of the Nineties 1934 Film Arthur Johnston Johnston Mae West
Belle of the Yukon 1944 Film Arthur Lange Lange Houston Branch
Belles belles belles 2003 French jukebox Claude François, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Carolin Petit Claude François, Daniel Moyne Daniel Moyne, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre Based on songs by Claude François.
Bells Are Ringing 1956 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green A film was released in 1960.
Belmont Varieties 1932 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists —
The Beloved Vagabond 1936 Film Darius Milhaud Milhaud William John Locke
Ben Franklin in Paris 1964 Broadway Mark Sandrich, Jr. and Jerry Herman Sidney Michaels Michaels
Bend It Like Beckham 2015 West End Howard Goodall Charles Hart Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
Bernarda Alba 2006 Off-Broadway Michael John LaChiusa LaChiusa LaChiusa
Bernardine 1957 Film Lionel Newman and Johnny Mercer Newman and Mercer Mary Chase and Theodore Reeves
Besame Mucho 2005 Mexican jukebox José María Vitier (arranger) Various artists Consuelo Garrido, Lorena Maza and Victor Weinstock Based on Bolero songs of the 1920s Mexico.
Best Foot Forward 1941 Broadway Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Martin and Blane John Cecil Holm
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public 1994 Broadway Carol Hall Hall Larry L. King and Peter Masterson
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

+ film (1982)

1978 Broadway Carol Hall Hall Larry L. King and Peter Masterson
The Best Things in Life Are Free 1956 Film Lionel Newman Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva William Bowers and Phoebe Ephron
Betjemania 1976 West End John Gould John Betjeman David Benedictus and Gould
Bette! Divine Madness 1979 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler and Bruce Vilanch
Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell 1975 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Bruce Vilanch, Bill Hennessy and Jerry Blatt
The Better 'Ole 1917 West End Herman Darewski Percival Knight and James Heard Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Elliot
Better Tunes 1922 Broadway revue
Betty 1915 West End Paul Rubens and Ernest Steffan Adrian Ross and Rubens Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger
Betty Blue Eyes 2011 West End George Stiles Anthony Drewe Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman Based on A Private Function by Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray.
Between the Devil 1937 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz Dietz
Between the Lines 2017 Off-Broadway Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson Timothy Allen McDonald
Betwixt! 2008 Off West End Ian McFarlane McFarlane McFarlane
Beyond the Fringe 1961 West End revue Various artists Various artists Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore
Bible Women 1995 Off-Broadway Elizabeth Swados Swados Swados
Big 1996 Broadway David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. John Weidman
The Big Bad Musical 2009 Off-Broadway Bill Francoeur Francoeur Alec Strum
The Big Bang Theory: A Pop-Rock Musical Parody 2019 Off-Broadway Karlan Judd Judd Judd A musical parody of the television show The Big Bang Theory.[66]
The Big Beat 1958 Film Henry Mancini Mancini David P. Harmon
Big Boy 1925 Broadway James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer Buddy DeSylva Harold Atteridge
The Big Broadcast 1932 Film Various artists Various artists William Ford Manley
The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 Film Various artists Various artists Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin and Ralph Spence
The Big Broadcast of 1937 1936 Film Various artists Various artists Walter DeLeon and Francis Martin
The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938 Film Various artists Various artists Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin and Ken Englund
Big Fella 1937 Film G. H. Clutsam and Will Grosz Clutsam and Grosz Ingram D'Abbes and Fenn Sherie
Big Fish 2013 Broadway Andrew Lippa Lippa John August Based on the film of the same name.
The Big Gay Musical 2009 Film Rick Crom Crom Fred M. Caruso
Big River 1985 Broadway Roger Miller Miller William Hauptman
Big Tent 2007 Off-Broadway Ben Cohn and Sean McDaniel Cohn and McDaniel Jeffery Self A musical based on the life of Tammy Faye Bakker.[67]
Billboard Girl 1932 Film Lewis R. Foster, Harry McCoy, Earle Rodney and John A. Waldron
Billie 1928 Broadway George M. Cohan Cohan Cohan
Billie 1965 Film Dominic Frontiere Frontiere Ronald Alexander
Billion Dollar Baby 1945 Broadway Morton Gould Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green
Billy 1974 West End John Barry Don Black Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
The Billy Barnes Revue 1959 Off-Broadway revue Billy Barnes Barnes Bob Rodgers
Billy Elliot 2005 West End Elton John Lee Hall Hall
Billy Noname 1970 Off-Broadway Johnny Brandon Brandon William Wellington Mackey
The Bing Boys Are Here 1916 West End revue Nat D. Ayer Clifford Grey George Grossmith, Jr. and Fred Thompson
The Bing Boys on Broadway 1918 West End revue Nat D. Ayer Clifford Grey George Grossmith, Jr. and Fred Thompson
The Bing Girls Are There 1917 West End revue Nat D. Ayer Clifford Grey George Grossmith, Jr. and Fred Thompson
The Biograph Girl 1980 West End David Heneker Heneker and Warner Brown Brown
Birds of Paradise 1987 Off-Broadway David Evans Winnie Holzman Evans and Holzman
Bitter Sweet 1929 West End operetta Noël Coward Coward Coward
Black and Blue 1985 French revue Various artists Various artists —
The Black Crook 1866 Broadway Thomas Baker, Giuseppe Operti and George Bickwell Theodore Kennick Charles M. Barras
Black Friday 2019 Los Angeles Jeff Blim Blim Matt Lang and Nick Lang Produced by StarKid Productions.
The Black Rider 1990 German Tom Waits Waits William S. Burroughs
Blackbirds of 1928 1928 Broadway revue Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields — Notable song: "Doin' the New Low-Down".
Das Blaue Vom Himmel 1932 Film Paul Abraham Abraham Max Kolpé and Billy Wilder
Bless the Bride 1947 West End Vivian Ellis A. P. Herbert Herbert
Bless You All 1950 Broadway revue Harold Rome Rome —
Blitz! 1962 West End Lionel Bart Bart Bart and Joan Maitland
The Blonde in Black 1903 Broadway Gustav Kerker Harry B. Smith Smith
Die Blonde Nachtigall 1930 Film Willy Kollo and Otto Stransky Kollo and Stransky Walter Schlee and Walter Wassermann
Blondel 1983 West End Stephen Oliver Tim Rice Rice
Ein blonder Traum 1932 Film Werner R. Heymann Heymann Walter Reisch and Billy Wilder
Blondie Goes Latin 1941 Film Leo Arnaud Arnaud Karen DeWolf and Richard Flournoy
Blood Brothers 1983 West End Willy Russell Russell Russell Notable songs: "Marilyn Monroe" and "Tell Me It's Not True".
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 2008 Off-Broadway Michael Friedman Friedman Alex Timbers
Bloomer Girl 1944 Broadway Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy
Blossom Time 1921 Austrian operetta Franz Schubert Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert Willner and Reichert
The Blue Angel 1930 Film Friedrich Hollaender Robert Liebmann Heinrich Mann
Blue Hawaii 1961 Film Joseph J. Lilley Lilley Allan Weiss
Blue Holiday 1945 Broadway revue Al Moritz Moritz —
The Blue Kitten 1922 Broadway Rudolf Friml Otto Harbach and William Carey Duncan Harbach and Duncan
The Blue Mazurka 1927 West End operetta Franz Lehár Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach Stein and Jenbach
Blue of the Night 1933 Film Various artists Various artists
The Blue Paradise 1915 Broadway Edmund Eysler and Sigmund Romberg Herbert Reynolds Edgar Smith
Blue Rhythm 1931 Film W. C. Handy Handy
Blue Skies 1946 Film Irving Berlin Berlin Berlin
Bluebell in Fairyland 1901 West End Walter Slaughter Aubrey Hopwood and Charles H. Taylor Seymour Hicks
Blues in the Night 1941 Film Heinz Roemheld Roemheld Edwin Gilbert, Elia Kazan and Robert Rossen
Blues in the Night 1982 Off-Broadway revue Various artists Various artists —
Boccaccio 1936 Film Franz Doelle Doelle Emil Burri and Walter Forster
The Body Beautiful 1958 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joseph Stein and Will Glickman
The Bodyguard

+ film (1992)

2012 West End jukebox Various artists Various artists Alexander Dinelaris Based on the film of the same name.
The Bohemian Girl 1843 West End opera Michael William Balfe Alfred Bunn Balfe
Bombay Dreams 2002 West End A. R. Rahman Don Black Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan
Bombo 1921 Broadway Sigmund Romberg Harold Atteridge Atteridge
Bonnie & Clyde 2009 Broadway Frank Wildhorn Don Black Ivan Menchell
Boobs! 2003 Off-Broadway Ruth Wallis Wallis Steve Mackes and Michael Whaley
Boogie Nights 1998 West End Various artists Various artists Jon Conway
The Book of Mormon 2011 Broadway Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone Lopez, Parker and Stone Lopez, Parker and Stone
Boop! The Musical 2023 Broadway David Foster Susan Birkenhead Bob Martin
Boots and Saddles 1937 Film Raoul Kraushaar Kraushaar Jack Natteford
Boots! Boots! 1934 Film Jack Cottrell and George Formby
Born for This 2018 Regional BeBe Winans Winans Winans, Charles Randolph-Wright, and Lisa D'Amour A musical about the life of BeBe Winans.[68]
Born to Dance 1936 Film Cole Porter Porter Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers Notable song: "I've Got You Under My Skin".
Bottoms Up 1934 Film Howard Jackson Jackson David Buster, Buddy DeSylva and Sid Silvers
The Boy Friend 1954 West End Sandy Wilson Wilson Wilson
The Boy from Oz 2003 Broadway Peter Allen Allen Nick Enright and Martin Sherman
The Boy in the Dress 2019 British Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers and Chris Heath Williams, Chambers and Heath Mark Ravenhill Based on David Walliams' children's book of the same name
Boy Meets Boy 1975 Off-Broadway Bill Solly Solly Solly and Donald Ward
The Boy Who Heard Music 2007 Workshop production Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller Townshend and Fuller Townshend Adaptation of The Who's rock opera Wire and Glass.
The Boys from Syracuse 1938 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart George Abbott Notable songs: "Falling in Love with Love" and "This Can't Be Love".
Bran Nue Dae 1990 Australian Jimmy Chi and Kuckles Chi and Kuckles Chi and Kuckles
Bravo Giovanni 1962 Broadway Milton Schafer Ronny Graham A. J. Russell
Breakfast at Tiffany's 1966 Broadway Bob Merrill Merrill Edward Albee Aimed at Broadway but closed during previews.
Brewster's Millions 1935 Film Marr Mackie Mackie Arthur Wimperis
The Bridges of Madison County 2014 Broadway Jason Robert Brown Brown Marsha Norman Based on the novel of the same name.
Brigadoon 1947 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Notable song: "Almost Like Being in Love".
Bright Eyes 1934 Film Richard A. Whiting and Samuel Kaylin Whiting and Kaylin William Conselman
Bright Lights, Big City 2004 Off-Broadway Paul Scott Goodman Goodman Goodman
Bright Lights of 1944 1943 Broadway revue Jerry Livingston Mack David Norman Anthony and Charles Sherman
Bright Star 2016 Broadway Edie Brickell and Steve Martin Edie Brickell Steve Martin
Bring Back Birdie 1981 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Michael Stewart
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk 1996 Broadway revue Daryl Waters, Zane Mark and Ann Duquesnay Reg E. Gaines, George C. Wolfe and Duquesnay Gaines
Bring It On 2012 Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt Amanda Green and Miranda Jeff Whitty Based on the 2000 film.
Bring on the Girls 1945 Film Robert E. Dolan Dolan Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware and Pierre Wolff
Bring Your Smile Along 1955 Film Paul Mason Howard Howard Blake Edwards and Richard Quine
Britannia of Billingsgate 1933 Film Various artists Various artists Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes
Broadway Gondolier 1935 Film Heinz Roemheld Roemheld Sig Herzig, Yip Harburg and Hanns Kräly
Broadway Hostess 1935 Film Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld Heindorf and Roemheld George Bricker
The Broadway Melody 1929 Film Nacio Herb Brown, George M. Cohan and Willard Robison Brown, Cohan and Robison Edmund Goulding, Norman Houston and James Gleason
Broadway Melody of 1936 1935 Film Nacio Herb Brown Brown Harry W. Conn, Moss Hart, Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers
Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 Film Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed Jack McGowan
Broadway Melody of 1940 1940 Film Cole Porter, Roger Edens and Walter Ruick Porter, Edens and Ruick Jack McGowan and Dore Schary
Broadway Through a Keyhole 1933 Film Alfred Newman Newman C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne
A Broken Idol 1909 Broadway Egbert Van Alstyne Harry Williams Hal Stephens
Bronx Bombers 2014 Broadway Lindsay Jones Eric Simonson Simonson
A Bronx Tale 2016 Broadway Alan Menken Glenn Slater Chazz Palminteri Based on the play of the same name.
Brooklyn 2004 Broadway Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson Schoenfeld and McPherson Schoenfeld and McPherson
Bubble Boy 2013 American Cinco Paul Cinco Paul Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio Based on 2001 film Bubble Boy
Bubbling Brown Sugar 1976 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Loften Mitchell
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin 2000 Off-Broadway Kirsten Childs Kirsten Childs Kirsten Childs
Buck Benny Rides Again 1940 Film Victor Young Young Arthur Stinger, Edmund Beloin and William Morrow
Buck Privates 1941 Film Charles Previn Previn Arthur T. Horman
Buddies 1919 Broadway B. C. Hilliam Hilliam George V. Hobart
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story 1989 West End jukebox Various artists Various artists —
Bugs Bunny on Broadway 1990 Broadway Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn Stalling and Franklyn George Daugherty Based on the TV series Looney Tunes.
Bugsy Malone 1983 West End Paul Williams Williams Alan Parker Based on the 1976 film of the same name. Notable songs: "Fat Sam's Grand Slam" and "So You Wanna Be a Boxer?".
Bullets over Broadway 2014 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Woody Allen Based on the film of the same name.
Bumblescratch 2016 West End Robert J. Sherman Sherman Sherman One night only, red-carpet gala, charity benefit performance at the Adelphi Theatre in benefit of the Variety Club of Great Britain, commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London in 1666. Notable songs: "Music of the Spheres", "Adorable Me!", "Melbourne Bumblescratch", "At Least A Rat 'As Got An Excuse"
Bundle of Joy 1956 Film Robert Carson, Norman Krasna, Arthur Sheekman and Felix Jackson
The Bunyip 1917 Australia Vince Courtney, Herbert De Pinna Ella Airlie
Burlesque

+ film (2010)

2024 Manchester/Glasgow Christina Aguilera, Sia, Diane Warren, Todrick Hall, and Jess Folley Aguilera, Sia, Warren, Hall, and Folley Steve Antin
Bus Stop 1956 Film Ken Darby, Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman Darby, Mockridge, Newman and Newman George Axelrod and William Inge
By Jeeves 1975 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Alan Ayckbourn Lloyd Webber and Ayckbourn
By Jupiter 1942 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Rodgers and Hart Based on The Warrior's Husband by Julian F. Thompson.
By the Beautiful Sea 1954 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields and Fields
By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953 Film Gus Edwards and Max Steiner Edwards and Steiner Booth Tarkington
By the Way 1925 Off-Broadway revue Vivian Ellis Graham John —
Bye Bye Birdie 1960 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Michael Stewart Notable songs: "A Lot of Livin' to Do", "Kids" and "Put on a Happy Face".

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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho 1933 Film Cab Calloway Calloway Milton Hockey and Fred Rath
Cabalgata 1949 Broadway revue Ramon Bastida Bastida —
Cabaret

+ film (1972)

1966 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Joe Masteroff Notable songs: "Cabaret", "Maybe This Time" and "Willkommen".
Cabin in the Sky

+ film (1943)

1940 Broadway Vernon Duke John La Touche Lynn Root
The Caddy 1953 Film Joseph J. Lilley Lilley Danny Arnold and Edmund Hartmann
La Cage aux Folles 1983 Broadway Jerry Herman Herman Harvey Fierstein Notable song: "I Am What I Am".
Calamity Jane 1953 Film Sammy Fain Paul Francis Webster James O'Hanlon Notable song: "Secret Love".
Call Me Madam

+ film (1953)

1950 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Star vehicle for Ethel Merman.
Call Me Mister 1946 Broadway revue Harold Rome Rome —
Call of the Flesh 1930 Film William Axt Axt John Colton and Dorothy Farnum
Calypso Heat Wave 1957 Film Arthur Morton Morton David Chandler
Camelot

+ film (1967)

1960 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Notable songs: "Camelot", "If Ever I Would Leave You", "I Loved You Once in Silence" and "The Lusty Month of May".
Camp 2003 Film Various artists Various artists Todd Graff
Camp Rock 2008 Film David Kitay David Kitay Various artists
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam 2010 Film Christopher Lennertz Christopher Lennertz Various artists
Can-Can

+ film (1960)

1953 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Abe Burrows Notable song: "I Am in Love".
Candide 1956 Broadway Leonard Bernstein Richard Wilbur Lillian Hellman Notable song: "Glitter and Be Gay".
The Candy Shop 1909 Broadway John L. Golden Golden George V. Hobart
Cannibal 1993 Film Trey Parker and Rich Sanders Parker and Sanders Parker Originally known as Alferd Packer: The Musical.
Can't Help Singing 1944 Film Jerome Kern E. Y. Harburg Lewis R. Foster and Frank Ryan
Can't Stop the Music 1980 Film Various artists Various artists Allan Carr and Bronte Woodard Starred the Village People, Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine and Caitlyn Jenner (credited as Bruce Jenner).[a]
Canterbury Tales 1968 West End John Hawkins and Richard Hill Nevill Coghill Martin Starkie and Coghill
Canticle of the Plains 1997 Concept album Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker and Beaker Mullins, McVicker and Beaker —
The Capeman 1998 Broadway Paul Simon Simon and Derek Walcott Simon and Walcott
Le capitaine Craddock 1931 Film Werner R. Heymann Heymann Hans Müller
El Capitan 1896 Broadway John Philip Sousa Charles Klein and Tom Frost Klein
Captain January 1936 Film Lew Pollack Pollack Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman and Harry Tugend
Captain Jinks 1925 Broadway Lewis E. Gensler and Stephen Jones B.G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab Frank Mandel
Captain Louie 1988 Off-Broadway Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Anthony Stein
Captain of the Guard 1930 Film Charles Wakefield Cadman Cadman Houston Branch
The Card 1973 West End Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent Hatch and Trent Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
Carefree 1938 Film Irving Berlin Berlin Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano Starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Carib Song 1945 Broadway Baldwin Bergersen William Archibald Archibald
Carmelina 1979 Broadway Burton Lane Alan Jay Lerner Joseph Stein and Lerner
Carmen 2007 Czech Frank Wildhorn Jack Murphy Norman Allen
Carmen Cubana 2006 Austrian Martin Gellner and Werner Stranka Kim Duddy, Gellner and Stranka Duddy
Carmen Jones 1943 Broadway Georges Bizet Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II Featured the music from the opera Carmen.
Carnival! 1961 Broadway Bob Merrill Merrill Michael Stewart Notable song: "Love Makes the World Go 'Round".
Carnival in Flanders 1953 Broadway Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke Preston Sturges Notable song: "Here's That Rainy Day".
Carolina Blues 1944 Film George Duning Duning Joseph Hoffman and Al Martin
Caroline, or Change 2004 Broadway Jeanine Tesori Tony Kushner Kushner
Carousel

+ film (1956)

1945 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II Notable songs: "Soliloquy", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "If I Loved You".
Carrie 1988 Broadway Michael Gore Dean Pitchford Lawrence D. Cohen
Casbah 1948 Film Harold Arlen Leo Robin Leslie Bush-Fekete [de]
The Casino Girl 1900 Broadway Various artists Various artists Harry B. Smith
Castles in the Air 1926 Broadway Percy Wenrich Raymond W. Peck Peck
The Cat and the Fiddle 1931 Broadway Jerome Kern Otto Harbach Harbach
Catch Me If You Can 2009 Broadway Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman and Shaiman Terrence McNally Notable songs: "Live in Living Color", and "Jet Set".
Catch My Soul 1970 West End Ray Pohlman and Emil Dean Zoghby Jack Good William Shakespeare
The Catch of the Season 1904 West End Herbert Haines and Evelyn Baker Charles H. Taylor Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton
A Catered Affair 2008 Broadway John Bucchino Bucchino Harvey Fierstein
Cats

+ films (1998) and (2019)

1981 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber T. S. Eliot Trevor Nunn Notable songs: "Memory", "Mr. Mistoffelees" and "Macavity: The Mystery Cat".
Cats Don't Dance 1997 Animated film Randy Newman Newman Roberts Gannaway, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser
Celebration 1969 Broadway Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones Jones
Centennial Summer 1946 Film Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II Michael Kanin
The Century Girl 1916 Broadway revue Victor Herbert and Irving Berlin Berlin and Henry Blossom —
Champagne Charlie 1944 Film Billy Mayerl Lord Berners John Dighton, Angus MacPhail and Austin Melford Notable song: "Champagne Charlie".
Chaplin 2006 Broadway Christopher Curtis Curtis Curtis and Thomas Meehan
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013 West End Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman Shaiman and Wittman David Greig
Charlie Girl 1965 West End David Heneker and John Taylor Heneker and Taylor Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner and Ray Cooney
Charlotte Sweet 1982 Off-Broadway Gerald Jay Markoe Michael Colby Colby
Charlotte's Web 1973 Animated film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Earl Hamner, Jr.
Chasing Rainbows 1930 Film Milton Ager Jack Yellen Al Boasberg and Robert E. Hopkins Notable song: "Happy Days Are Here Again".
Chee-Chee 1928 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Lew M. Fields
The Cheetah Girls 2003 Film John Van Tongeren and Mark Mothersbaugh — Notable songs: "Cinderella", "Girl Power" and "Cheetah Sisters".
The Cheetah Girls 2 2006 Film — Notable songs: "The Party's Just Begun", "Strut", "Step Up" and "Amigas Cheetahs".
The Cheetah Girls: One World 2008 Film David Nessim Lawrence — Notable songs: "Cheetah Love" and "One World".
The Cher Show 2018 Broadway jukebox Cher Cher Rick Elice
Chess 1986 West End Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Tim Rice and Ulvaeus Richard Nelson Notable songs: "One Night in Bangkok" and "I Know Him So Well".
Chicago

+ film (2002)

1975 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Ebb and Bob Fosse Notable songs: "All That Jazz", "Cell Block Tango", "Mr. Cellophane" and "We Both Reached for the Gun".
Chick Flick the Musical 2019 Off-Broadway Suzy Conn Conn Conn
Children in the Playground 2001 American Benjamin D. Smith Smith Smith Based on book written by Benjamin D. Smith about the aftermath of September 11, 2001
Children of Eden 1991 West End Stephen Schwartz Schwartz John Caird Notable song: "The Spark of Creation".
Children's Letters to God 2004 Off-Broadway David Evans Douglas J. Cohen Stoo Hample
Chin-Chin 1914 Broadway Ivan Caryll Anne Caldwell and James O'Dea Caldwell and R. H. Burnside
A Chinese Honeymoon 1899 West End Howard Talbot and Ivan Caryll Harry Greenbank George Dance
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

+ film (1968)

2002 West End Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Jeremy Sams Based on the film of the same name.
The Chocolate Dandies 1924 Broadway Eubie Blake Noble Sissle Sissle and Lew Payton
The Chocolate Soldier 1908 German Oscar Straus Stanislaus Stange Rudolf Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson [de]
A Chorus Line

+ film (1985)

1975 Broadway Marvin Hamlisch Edward Kleban James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante Notable songs: "What I Did for Love" and "One".
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp 1900 Broadway John Philip Sousa Glen MacDonough MacDonough
Christine 1960 Broadway Sammy Fain Paul Francis Webster Pearl S. Buck and Charles K. Peck, Jr.
A Christmas Carol

+ film (2004)

1995 Off-Broadway Alan Menken Lynn Ahrens Mike Ockrent and Ahrens
The Christmas Schooner 1995 Off-Off-Broadway Julie Shannon Shannon John Reeger
A Christmas Story 2012 Broadway Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Pasek and Paul Joseph Robinette
Chronicle of a Death Foretold 1995 Broadway Bob Telson Graciela Daniele, Jim Lewis and Michael John LaChiusa Daniele, Lewis and LaChiusa
Chu Chin Chow

+ film (1934)

1916 West End Frederic Norton Norton Oscar Asche
Church Basement Ladies 2005 Off-Off-Broadway Drew Jansen Jansen Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke
Cinderella 1950 Animated film Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston David, Hoffman and Livingston Various writers Notable songs: "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo".
Cinderella

+ film (1957)
+ film (1997)

2013 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II and Douglas Carter Beane Based on the original 1957 television special. Notable songs: "In My Own Little Corner" and "Ten Minutes Ago".
Cindy 1964 Off-Broadway Johnny Brandon Brandon Joe Sauter and Mike Sawyer
Cindy: Cendrillon 2002 2002 French Romano Musumarra Musumarra Luc Plamondon
The Cingalee 1904 West End Lionel Monckton and Paul Rubens Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank James T. Tanner
City of Angels 1989 Broadway Cy Coleman David Zippel Larry Gelbart Notable songs: "You're Nothing Without Me" and "Funny".
The Civil War 1999 Broadway Frank Wildhorn Jack Murphy Gregory Boyd and Wildhorn Notable song: "Tell My Father".
Clambake 1967 Film Various artists Various artists Arthur Browne, Jr.
A Class Act 2001 Broadway Edward Kleban Kleban Linda Kline and Lonny Price
Cleavage 1982 Broadway revue Buddy Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield and David Sheffield
Cleopatra 2018 Off-Broadway Jeff Daye Daye and Laura Kleinbaum —
Cleopatra: The New Pop Experience 2017 Off-Off-Broadway Jeff Daye, Laura Kleinbaum, and Drew Fornarola Daye, Kleinbaum, and Fornarola —
Clinton 2012 Off-Broadway Paul Hodge Paul Hodge Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge A satiric musical based on the presidency of Bill Clinton.
Close Harmony 1929 Film Richard A. Whiting Leo Robin Elsie Janis and Gene Markey
Closer Than Ever 1989 Off-Broadway revue David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. —
Closer to Heaven 2001 West End Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys Jonathan Harvey
Clue 1997 Off-Broadway Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci Tom Chiodo Peter DePietro
Clueless 2018 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists Amy Heckerling Based on the 1995 film of the same name.
The Co-Optimists

+ film (1929)

1921 West End revue Various artists Various artists —
Coco 1969 Broadway André Previn Alan Jay Lerner Lerner
The Cocoanut Grove 1938 Film John Leipold Leo Shuken Sy Bartlett and Olive Cooper
The Cocoanuts

+ film (1929)

1925 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin George S. Kaufman
Colleen 1936 Film Harry Warren Al Dubin Robert Lord
College Humor 1933 Film Arthur Johnston Sam Coslow Claude Binyon and Frank Butler
Colma 2007 Film H.P. Mendoza Mendoza Mendoza
The Color Purple 2005 Broadway Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray Russell, Willis and Bray Marsha Norman Notable song: "I'm Here".
Come from Away 2017 Broadway Irene Sankoff and David Hein Sankoff and Hein Sankoff and Hein
Come Summer 1969 Broadway David Baker Will Holt Holt
Comin' Round the Mountain 1951 Film Joseph Gershenson Gershenson Robert Lees and Frederic Riedel
Company 1970 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim George Furth Notable songs: "The Ladies Who Lunch", "(Not) Getting Married Today" and "Being Alive".
Coney Island 1943 Film Ralph Rainger Leo Robin George Seaton
A Connecticut Yankee 1927 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Herbert Fields Notable song: "Thou Swell".
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1949 Film Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke Edmund Beloin
The Conquering Hero 1961 Broadway Moose Charlap Norman Gimbel Larry Gelbart
Contact 2000 Broadway Various artists Various artists John Weidman
Conversation Piece 1934 West End Noël Coward Coward Coward
Copacabana 1947 Film Edward Ward Ward László Vadnay, Allen Boretz and Howard Harris
Copacabana 1994 West End revue Barry Manilow Manilow Manilo
Copper and Brass 1957 Broadway David Baker David Craig Ellen Violett and Craig
Coraline 2009 Off-Broadway Stephin Merritt Merritt David Greenspan Based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name
Corpse Bride 2005 Film Danny Elfman John August August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler
Cotton Patch Gospel 1981 Off-Broadway Harry Chapin Chapin Tom Key and Russell Treyz
The Count of Luxembourg 1911 West End Franz Lehár Basil Hood and Adrian Ross Hood and Ross
The Count of Monte Cristo 2009 German Jack Murphy Frank Wildhorn Murphy Twelve select songs are sung in English; contains influences from the 2002 film adaptation of the book.
The Count of Monte Cristo 2016 Broadway Jack Murphy Frank Wildhorn Murphy American premiere; directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.
Count To Ten 2009 Off-Broadway Michael Blevins, Scott Knipe, Bruce Sakcs and David Wollenberger Blevins and Beth Clary Blevins and Clary
Countess Maritza 1924 German Emmerich Kálmán Harry B. Smith Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald
The Court Jester 1956 Film Sylvia Fine Sammy Cahn Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
Cover Girl 1944 Film Jerome Kern Ira Gershwin and E. Y. Harburg Virginia Van Upp
Cowardy Custard 1972 West End revue Noël Coward Coward Coward
Cowboy from Brooklyn 1938 Film Leo F. Forbstein Adolph Deutsch Robert Sloane and Louis Pelletier
Coyote Tales 1998 Off-Broadway Henry Mollicone Sheldon Harnick Harnick
The Cradle Will Rock 1938 Broadway Marc Blitzstein Blitzstein Blitzstein
Cranks 1956 Broadway revue John Addison John Cranko —
Crazy for You 1992 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Ken Ludwig A revised version of Girl Crazy
Crossroads 1986 Film Ry Cooder Cooder John Fusco
Cruel Intentions 2015 Off-Broadway Various Various Roger Kumble, Jordan Ross, and Lindsey Rosin Based on the 1999 film.
Cry-Baby

+ film (1990)

2007 Broadway Adam Schlesinger David Javerbaum Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan Based on the 1990 film of the same name.
Cry for Us All 1970 Broadway Mitch Leigh William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson Alfred and Albert Marre
Cuban Love Song 1931 Film Herbert Stothart Stothart C. Gardner Sullivan and Bess Meredyth
The Cuckoos 1930 Film Harry Ruby Ruby Guy Bolton and Bert Kalmar
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2019 Off-West End Darren Clark Darren Clark and Jethro Compton Jethro Compton Based on the 1922 short story of the same name
Curley McDimple 1967 Off-Broadway Robert Dahdah Dahdah Dahdah and Mary Boylan
Curly Top 1935 Film Ray Henderson Ted Koehler Patterson McNutt and Arthur J. Beckhard
Curtains 2007 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Rupert Holmes
Cyrano 1973 Broadway Michael J. Lewis Anthony Burgess Burgess Based on Anthony Burgess's translation of the Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac.
Cyrano 1993 Broadway Ad van Dijk Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves and Sheldon Harnick van Dijk

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Daddy Cool 2006 West End Boney M., Frank Farian Boney M., Frank Farian
Daddy Long Legs 1955 Film Johnny Mercer Johnny Mercer Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Daddy Long Legs 2009 Off-Broadway Paul Gordon Paul Gordon John Caird
Dames 1934 Film Harry Warren, Sammy Fain, Allie Wrubel Al Dubin, Irving Kahal, Mort Dixon Robert Lord, Delmer Daves
Dames at Sea 1966 Off-Off-Broadway Jim Wise George Haimsohn, Robin Miller George Haimsohn, Robin Miller
Damn Yankees 1955 Broadway Richard Adler Jerry Ross George Abbott, Douglass Wallop Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop. Notable songs: "Heart", "Whatever Lola Wants."
A Damsel in Distress 1937 Film George Gershwin Ira Gershwin P. G. Wodehouse Based on the novel of the same name by P. G. Wodehouse. Notable song: "A Foggy Day".
Dance a Little Closer 1983 Broadway Charles Strouse Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner Based on the play Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood.
The Dance of Life 1929 Film Richard A. Whiting Sam Coslow and Leo Robin Benjamin Glazer
Dance of the Vampires 1997 Vienna Jim Steinman Michael Kunze Michael Kunze Based on the film The Fearless Vampire Killers by Roman Polanski.
Dance with Me 1975 Broadway Greg Antonacci Greg Antonacci Greg Antonacci
Dancer in the Dark 2000 Film Björk Björk, Lars von Trier, Sjón Lars von Trier
Dancin' 1978 Broadway various various Bob Fosse
Dancing Lady 1933 Film Louis Silvers and Burton Lane Harold Adamson Allen Rivkin and P. J. Wolfson
The Dancing Years 1939 West End Ivor Novello Christopher Hassall Ivor Novello
Dangerous Games 1989 Broadway Willian Finn Astor Piazzolla
A Dangerous Maid 1923 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Charles W. Bell Based on Bell's 1918 play, A Dislocated Honeymoon.
Dangerous When Wet 1953 Film Albert Sendrey and Georgie Stoll Dorothy Kingsley
Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959 Film Oliver Wallace Lawrence Edward Watkin Lawrence Edward Watkin Based on books Darby O'Gill and the Good People and The Ashes of Old Wishes And Other Darby O'Gill Tales by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
Darling Lili 1970 Film Henry Mancini Johnny Mercer William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards
Darling of the Day 1968 Broadway Jule Styne Yip Harburg Nunnally Johnson Based on the novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett.
A Date with Judy 1948 Film Ernesto Lecuona Dorothy Kingsley Based on the radio series of the same name.
A Day at the Races 1937 Film Bronisław Kaper and Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, and George Oppenheimer
The Day Before Spring 1945 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine 1979 West End Frank Lazarus and others Dick Vosburgh Dick Vosburgh Second act based on the one-act play The Bear by Anton Chekhov.
Days of Wine and Roses 2023 Broadway Adam Guettel Guettel Craig Lucas Based on the 1962 film of the same name and the 1958 teleplay of the same name.
De-Lovely 2004 Film Cole Porter Cole Porter Jay Cocks
Dear Edwina 2008 Off-Broadway Zina Goldrich Marcy Heisler Marcy Heisler
Dear Evan Hansen 2016 Broadway Pasek and Paul Pasek and Paul Steven Levenson Winner of 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical
Dear World 1969 Broadway Jerry Herman Jerry Herman Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Based on the play The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux.
Dearest Enemy 1925 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Herbert Fields
Death Note 2015 Seoul, South Korea Frank Wildhorn Lorenz Hart Ivan Menchell Based on Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata
Death of a Salesman 1949 Broadway Alex North Alex North Arthur Miller
Debbie Does Dallas 2002 Off-Broadway Andrew Sherman, Tom Kitt, Jonathan Callicutt Andrew Sherman, Tom Kitt, Jonathan Callicutt Susan L. Schwartz
Deep in My Heart 1954 Film Sigmund Romberg Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Dorothy Donnelly, Roger Edens, Cyrus D. Wood, Ballard MacDonald, Rida Johnson Young, Harold Atteridge, Herbert Reynolds Leonard Spigelgass, Elliott Arnold
Delicious 1931 Film George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Guy Boltons, Sonya Levien
Delightfully Dangerous 1945 Film Morton Gould Edward Heyman Walter DeLeon, Arthur Phillips
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort 1967 Film Michel Legrand Jacques Demy Jacques Demy
Departure Lounge 2010 Off West End Douglas Irvine
Descendants 2015 Film David Lawrence David Lawrence Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott Disney Channel Original Movie
Descendants 2 2017 Film David Lawrence David Lawrence Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott Disney Channel Original Movie
Descendants 3 2019 Film David Lawrence David Lawrence Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott Disney Channel Original Movie
The Desert Song

+ film (1929)

1926 Broadway Sigmund Romberg Otto Harbach Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel
Dessa Rose 2005 Off-Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens Based on the novel of the same name by Sherley Anne Williams.
Destry Rides Again 1939 Film Friedrich Hollaender Frank Loesser Felix Jackson Based on the novel of the same name by Max Brand.
Destry Rides Again 1959 Broadway Harold Rome Harold Rome Leonard Gershe Based on the novel of the same name by George Marshall.
Devil-May-Care 1929 Film Herbert Stothart Clifford Grey Richard Schayer
The Devil Wears Prada 2022 Chicago Elton John Shaina Taub Kate Wetherhead Based on the novel and film of the same name
Diamonds 1984 Off-Broadway Gerard Alessandrini, Craig Carnelia, Cy Coleman, Larry Grossman, John Kander, Doug Katsaros, Alan Menken, Jonathan Sheffer, Lynn Udall, Albert Von Tilzer, Jim Wann Gerard Alessandrini, Howard Ashman, Craig Carnelia, Betty Comden, Fred Ebb, Ellen Fitzhugh, Adolph Green, Karl Kennett, Jack Norworth, Jim Wann, David Zippel Bud Abbott, Ralph G. Allen, Roy Blount, Jr., Richard Camp, Jerry L. Crawford, Lou Costello, Lee Eisenberg, Jim Wann, John Lahr, Arthur Masella, Harry Stein, John Weidman, Alan Zweibel
Diana 2019 Broadway David Bryan David Bryan and Joe DiPietro Joe DiPietro Based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales
Dick Tracy 1990 Film Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Stephen Sondheim, Michael Kernan, Andy Paley, Jeff Lass, Ned Claflin, Jonathan Paley, Shep Pettibone, Danny Elfman Madonna, Stephen Sondheim, Andy Paley Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr. Based on the comic strip of the same name by Chester Gould.
Different Times 1972 Broadway Michael Brown Michael Brown Michael Brown
Dimples 1936 Film Jimmy McHugh Ted Koehler Nat Perrinn and Arthur Sheekman
Diner 2014 Regional Sheryl Crow Crow Barry Levinson Based on the 1982 film of the same name.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2004 Broadway David Yazbek David Yazbek Jeffrey Lane Based on the film of the same name by Frank Oz.
Disaster! 2016 Broadway Various Artists Various Artists Jack Plotnick and Seth Rudetsky
Disco Inferno 2004 West End various various
The District Leader 1906 Broadway Joseph E. Howard Joseph E. Howard Joseph E. Howard
Divorce Me, Darling! 1965 West End Sandy Wilson Sandy Wilson Sandy Wilson Sequel to the musical The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson.
Les Dix Commandements 2000 French Pascal Obispo Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao Élie Chouraqui and Pascal Obispo
Dixiana 1930 Film Max Steiner Luther Reed
Dixie 1943 Film Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware, Claude Binyon
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? 1979 Broadway James Quinn and Alaric Jans James Quinn and Alaric Jans John R. Powers
Do I Hear a Waltz? 1965 Broadway Richard Rodgers Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents Based on the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents.
Do Re Mi 1960 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Garson Kanin
Doctor Dolittle

+ film (1967)

1998 Touring Leslie Bricusse Bricusse Bricusse Based on the 1967 film and the children's books by Hugh Lofting. Notable song: "Talk to the Animals".
Doctor Zhivago 2011 Sydney Lucy Simon Michael Korie and Amy Powers Michael Weller Based on the novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak.
Dog Man 2019 Off-Broadway Brad Alexander Kevin Del Aguila Based on the Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey.
Dogfight 2012 Off-Broadway Pasek and Paul Pasek and Paul Peter Duchan Based on the film of the same name by Nancy Savoca.
Doll 2003 Workshop production Scott Frankel Michael Korie Michael Korie
Doll Face 1945 Film Jimmy McHugh, Lionel Newman (The Parisian Trot) Harold Adamson, Charles E. Henderson (The Parisian Trot) Harold Buchman Based on the play The Naked Genius by Gypsy Rose Lee.
Die Dollarprinzessin 1907 Operetta Leo Fall Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum
A Doll's Life 1982 Broadway Larry Grossman Betty Comden and Adolph Green Betty Comden and Adolph Green Based on the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.
The Dolly Sisters 1945 Film John Larkin and Marian Spitzer
Donnybrook! 1961 Broadway Johnny Burke Johnny Burke Robert E. McEnroe Based on the film The Quiet Man by John Ford.
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope 1971 Broadway Micki Grant Micki Grant
Don't Play Us Cheap 1972 Broadway Melvin Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles
Doonesbury 1983 Broadway Elizabeth Swados Garry Trudeau Garry Trudeau Based on the comic strip of the same name by Garry Trudeau.
Double or Nothing 1937 Film Burton Lane, Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke, John Leipold, Victor Young, Al Siegel, Sam Coslow, Sanford Green Burton Lane, Ralph Freed, Johnny Burke, Irving Kahal Duke Atteberry, Erwin Gelsey, John Moffitt, Charles Lederer
Double Trouble 1967 Film Various Artists Various Artists Jo Heims Stars Elvis Presley
Down Argentine Way 1940 Film Harry Warren and Jimmy McHugh Mack Gordon and Al Dubin Rian James, Ralph Spence, Karl Tunberg, Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
Down to Earth 1947 Film George Duning and Heinz Eric Roemheld Harry Segall, Edwin Blum Sequel to the film Here Comes Mr. Jordan by Alexander Hall.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 2008 Web miniseries Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1994 Broadway Mel Marvin and Albert Hague Timothy Mason and Dr. Seuss Timothy Mason Based on the children's story of the same name by Dr. Seuss.
Drácula 1991 Argentina Ángel Mahler Pepe Cibrián Pepe Cibrián https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ntY1nyd-znBfFmPD6UFFvIVcUdpEh_kns
Dracula 2001 Broadway Frank Wildhorn Don Black and Christopher Hampton Black and Hampton Based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort 2006 Quebec Simon Leclerc Roger Tabra Bruno Pelletier and Richard Ouzounian
Dragons 2003 Sheldon Harnick Harnick Harnick
Drat! The Cat! 1965 Broadway Milton Schafer Ira Levin Levin Notable song: "She Touched Me".
Dream House 1932 Film
Dream True 2004 Ricky Ian Gordon Ricky Ian Gordon Ricky Ian Gordon
Dreamboats and Petticoats 2009 West End Various Various Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran Based on the compilation album of the same name.
Dreamgirls

+ film (2006)

1981 Broadway Henry Krieger Tom Eyen Tom Eyen Semi-based on The Supremes. Notable song: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".
Dreams Come True 1936 Film Franz Lehár, Colin Wark, Ben Frankel Bruce Sevier Donald Bull
Die Drei von der Tankstelle 1930 Film Werner R. Heymann Franz Schulz and Paul Frank
The Drifters Girl 2021 West End Various Various Ed Curtis and Tina Treadwell (idea)
The Drowsy Chaperone 2006 Broadway Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison Bob Martin and Don McKellar
DuBarry Was a Lady 1939 Broadway Cole Porter Cole Porter Herbert Fields and Buddy DeSylva Notable song: "Friendship."
The Duchess of Dantzic 1903 London comic opera Ivan Caryll Henry Hamilton Henry Hamilton Based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau.
Duchess of Idaho 1950 Film Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, Henry Nemo, Lee Pearl Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, Henry Nemo, Lee Pearl Dorothy Cooper, Jerry Davis, Sid Fields
Duck Soup 1933 Film Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin
Dude 1972 Broadway Galt MacDermot Gerome Ragni Gerome Ragni
Duffy's Tavern 1945 Film Robert E. Dolan Melvin Frank and Norman Panama Based on the radio series of the same name created by Ed Gardner.
Dumbo 1941 Film Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace Otto Englander, Joe Grant, Dick Huemer Based on the children story the same name. Notable song: "Baby Mine".
Dusty – The Original Pop Diva 2005 Australian Jukebox various various John-Michael Howson, David Mitchell, Melvyn Morrow Based on songs by Dusty Springfield.

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Eadie Was a Lady 1945 Film George Duning Marlin Skiles Monte Brice Based on the musical Take a Chance.
The Earl and the Girl 1903 West End Ivan Caryll Percy Greenbank Seymour Hicks
Earl Carroll Vanities of 1931 1931 Broadway Burton Lane Harold Adamson Ralph Spence and Eddie Welch
Earl of Ruston 1971 Broadway Peter Link C.C. Courtney and Ragan Courtney Courtney and Courtney
Early to Bed 1943 Broadway Fats Waller George Marion, Jr. Marion, Jr.
Earth Girls Are Easy 1988 Film Ray Colcord and Nile Rodgers Julie Brown Brown, Charlie Coffey and Terrence E. McNally
The East Side of Heaven 1939 Film Frank Skinner Skinner William Conselman and James V. Kern
Easter Parade 1948 Film Johnny Green, Roger Edens and Irving Berlin Berlin Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Easter Rising 2004 Off-Broadway Michael Arden Arden Isaac Oliver
Easy to Love 1953 Film Georgie Stoll Robert Van Eps László Vadnay and William Roberts
Eating Raoul 1992 Off-Broadway Jed Feuer Boyd Graham Paul Bartel and Richard Blackburn Based on the movie of the same name.
Ebenezer Scrooge 2015 British Paul Flynn and John Reddel Paul Flynn Paul Flynn
Ed Wynn Carnival 1920 Broadway revue Ed Wynn Wynn Wynn
The Eddie Cantor Story 1954 Film David Buttolph Buttolph Ted Sherdeman, Sidney Skolsky and Jerome Weidman
The Eddy Duchin Story 1956 Film George Duning Duning Samuel A. Taylor
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N 1968 Broadway Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau Brand and Nassau Benjamin Bernard Zavin
Eight Crazy Nights 2002 Film Teddy Castellucci, Marc Ellis, and Ray Ellis Teddy Castellucci, Marc Ellis, and Ray Ellis Brooks Arthur, Allen Covert, Brad Isaacs, and Adam Sandler
Eileen 1917 Broadway Victor Herbert Henry Blossom Blossom
Einbrecher 1930 Film Friedrich Hollaender and Franz Waxman Hollaender and Waxman Robert Liebmann
Elegies 2003 Off-Broadway revue William Finn Finn Finn
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens 1993 Off-Broadway Janet Hood Bill Russell Russell
Elf 2010 Broadway Matthew Sklar Chad Beguelin Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan Based on the 2003 Christmas film of the same name.
Elisabeth 1992 Austrian Sylvester Levay Michael Kunze Kunze Based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Elixier 1997 German Tobias Künzel and Wolfgang Lenk Kati Naumann Horst Königstein [de]
Ella Enchanted 2017 Regional Deborah Wicks La Puma Wicks La Puma Karen Zacarias Based on the 1997 book of the same name and the 2004 film of the same name.[70]
Elsie 1923 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Charles W. Bell Originally entitled A Dangerous Maid.
Emir 2010 Film Chino Toledo, Vin Dancel and Ebe Dancel Diwa de Leon and Gary Granada Jerry Gracio
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas 1977 Film Paul Williams Lillian Hoban, Russell Hoban, Jerry Juhl Jim Henson
Emo the Musical 2016 Film Neil Triffett, Charlotte Nicdao, Craig Pilkington Neil Triffett
The Emperor Waltz 1948 Film Victor Young Young Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett
The Emu War 2024 Musical theatre Lotte Pearl Lotte Pearl Lotte Pearl PearlWhirl Productions
Enchanted 2007 Film Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz Bill Kelly Disney film starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden.
The Enchantress 1911 Broadway Victor Herbert Fred de Gresac and Harry B. Smith de Gresac and Smith
Erminie 1885 Off-West End Edward Jakobowski Claxson Bellamy and Harry Paulton —
Ernest in Love 1960 Off-Broadway Lee Pockriss Anne Croswell Croswell
Escape from the Haltsburg Boys Choir 2011 Regional Jason Rico Aaron Dean and Jason Rico Aaron Dean
Escape to Margaritaville 2017 Broadway Jimmy Buffett Buffett Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley Features numerous Jimmy Buffett songs.
Eubie! 1978 Broadway revue Eubie Blake Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, Johnny Brandon, F. E. Miller and Jim Europe —
Eugenius! 2016 Off-West End Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
Evangeline, or The Belle of Acadia 1874 Broadway Edward E. Rice J. Cheever Goodwin Goodwin
Evening Primrose 1966 Television Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Goldman
An Evening with Beatrice Lillie 1952 Broadway revue Various Various —
An Evening with Max Morath at the Turn of the Century 1969 Off-Broadway revue Various Various —
Ever After 2015 Regional Zina Goldrich Marcy Heisler Heisler Based on the 1998 film of the same name.
Ever Green 1930 West End Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Benn Levy
Every Night at Eight 1935 Film Frederick Hollander and Paul Mertz Clifford Vaughan C. Graham Barker and Stanley Garvey
Everybody Sing 1938 Film William Axt Axt Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf and James Gruen
Everybody's Talking About Jamie

+ film (2021)

2017 West End Dan Gillespie Sells Tom MacRae Tom MacRae
Everybody's Welcome 1931 Broadway Sammy Fain Irving Kahal Lambert Carroll
Everyday Rapture 2009 Broadway Various Various Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan
Everyone Says I Love You 1996 Film Dick Hyman Hyman Woody Allen
Everything I Have is Yours 1952 Film David Rose Rose Ruth Brooks Flippen and George Wells
Everything Is Rhythm 1936 Film — — Jack Byrd and Syd Courtenay
Evie and the Birdman 2001 Australian John Field Field Field
Evil Dead 2003 Canadian Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt Reinblatt Reinblatt
Evita

+ film (1996)

1978 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Lloyd Webber and Rice Based on Eva Perón. Notable songs: "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall". An additional song, "You Must Love Me", was added to the film.

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Fade Out - Fade In 1964 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green Closed after 274 performances, after several changes in lead
Falsettoland 1990 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn James Lapine Later become half of Falsettos.
Falsettos 1992 Broadway William Finn Finn James Lapine and Finn
Fame

+ film (1980)
+ film (2009)

1988 Off-Broadway Steve Margoshes Jacques Levy Jose Fernandez Based on the 1980 film version.
A Family Affair 1962 Broadway John Kander James Goldman and William Goldman Goldman and Goldman
Fancy Nancy 2012 Off-Broadway Danny Abosch Susan DiLallo and Abosch DiLallo
FANGIRLS 2019 Australian Tour Yve Blake Yve Blake Yve Blake FANGIRLS performed an Australian tour in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Wollongong, Canberra, and Melbourne theatres.
Fanny 1954 Broadway Harold Rome Rome S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan
The Fantasticks 1960 Off-Broadway Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones Jones Notable songs: "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain".
Fellowship! 2004 Off-Broadway Allen Simpson Various Kelly Holden-Bashar and Joel McCrary A Tolkien parody.
F.F.F 1920 Australia Reginald Stoneham C. J. De Garis C. J. De Garis tour of major Australian cities
Fiddler on the Roof 1964 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joseph Stein Notable songs: "Tradition", "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker".
The Fields of Ambrosia 1996 Canadian Martin Silvestri Joel Higgins Higgins Based on the 1970 film The Traveling Executioner.
Finding Nemo 2007 Disney musical Robert Lopez Kristen Anderson-Lopez Peter Brosius
Finding Neverland 2012 Broadway Scott Frankel and Michael Korie Frankel and Korie James Graham Based on the 1998 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee and the play's 2004 film adaptation by David Magee.
Fine and Dandy 1930 Broadway Kay Swift James Warburg Donald Ogden Stewart Notable song: "Fine and Dandy".
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be 1959 West End Lionel Bart Bart Frank Norman
Finian's Rainbow 1947 Broadway Burton Lane E. Y. Harburg Harburg and Fred Saidy Notable songs: "How are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "Old Devil Moon".
Fiorello! 1959 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Jerome Weidman and George Abbott Notable song: "Little Tin Box".
Firebringer 2016 Chicago Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski Stepien and Swiderski Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden
First Date 2013 Broadway Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner Zachary and Weiner Austin Winsberg
First Impressions 1959 Broadway George Weiss, Robert Goldman and Glenn Paxton Weiss, Goldman and Paxton Abe Burrows Based on Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.
First Lady Suite 1993 Off-Broadway Michael John LaChiusa
The First Queen 2010 Seoul
Five Guys Named Moe 1990 West End Louis Jordan Jordan Clarke Peters
The Five O'Clock Girl 1928 Broadway Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
The Fix 1997 West End Dana P. Rowe John Dempsey John Dempsey
Flahooley 1951 Broadway Sammy Fain E.Y. Harburg Harburg and Fred Saidy
Flashdance 2008 West End Robbie Roth Roth and Robert Cary Tom Hedley and Cary Based on the film Flashdance
Flora the Red Menace 1965 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb George Abbott and Robert W. Russell Noted for Broadway debut of Liza Minnelli.
Florodora 1899 West End Leslie Stuart and Paul Rubens Rubens and Edward Boyd-Jones Owen Hall
Flower Drum Song

+ film (1961)

1958 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields Notable songs: "I Enjoy Being a Girl" and "Love, Look Away".
Floyd Collins 1996 Off-Broadway Adam Guettel Guettel and Tina Landau Landau
Fly by Night (musical) 2014 Off-Broadway Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock
Flying High 1930 Broadway Ray Henderson B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Brown, DeSylva, and John McGowan
Flying Over Sunset 2021 Broadway Tom Kitt Michael Korie James Lapine
Follies 1971 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Goldman Notable songs: "Broadway Baby", "I'm Still Here" and "Losing My Mind".
Follow That Girl 1960 West End Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds Slade and Reynolds Slade and Reynolds
Follow the Boys 1963 Film Various Various Lou Breslow and Gertrude Purcell
Follow the Girls 1944 Broadway Phil Charig, Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal Charig, Shapiro and Pascal Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
Follow Thru 1929 Broadway Ray Henderson B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown DeSylva and Lawrence Schwab
Footloose

+ film (1984)
+ film (2011)

1998 Broadway Tom Snow Dean Pitchford Pitchford and Walter Bobbie Based on the 1984 film version.
Forbidden Broadway 1982 Off-Broadway revue Various Gerard Alessandrini Alessandrini
Forbidden Zone 1980 Film Danny Elfman Elfman Richard Elfman
Forever Plaid 1990 Off-Broadway Various Various Stuart Ross
The Fortress of Solitude 2014 Off-Broadway Michael Friedman Friedman Itamar Moses Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel of the same name.
Fosse 1999 Broadway revue Various Various —
The Four Musketeers 1967 West End Laurie Johnson Herbert Kretzmera Michael Pertwee
Foxes 2018 Australian Shannon Parnell Shannon Parnell Rachel Pengilly
Foxy 1964 Broadway Robert Emmett Dolan Johnny Mercer Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner, Jr. Based on Ben Jonson's play Volpone.
Frankenstein 2007 Off-Broadway Mark Baron Jefferey Jackson Jackson and Gary P Cohen
Freaky Friday

+ film (2018)

2016 Regional Tom Kitt Brian Yorkey Bridget Carpenter Based on the 1972 book of the same name, the musical is an adaptation of the 1976, 1995, and 2003 films.
Free as Air 1957 West End Julian Slade Dorothy Reynolds and Slade Reynolds and Slade
Freestyle Love Supreme 2019 Off-Broadway Various Various Various An 80-minute improvisational hip-hop musical based on audience suggestions. Concept created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale.[71]
Friends! The Musical Parody 2017 Off-Broadway Assaf Gleizner Gleizner Bob and Tobly McSmith A musical parody of the television show Friends.[72]
The Frogs 2004 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane Originally performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in 1974.
From Generation to Generation 1996 Off-Broadway Karen Sokolof Javitch Sokolof Javitch Sokolof Javitch and Elaine Jabenis
From Here to Eternity 2013 West End Stuart Brayson Tim Rice Bill Oakes
From Justin to Kelly 2003 Film Greg Siff Michael Wandmacher Kim Fuller
Frozen

+ film (2013)

2017 Broadway Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Lopez and Anderson-Lopez Jennifer Lee Based on the 2013 film of the same name.
Frozen Fever 2015 Short film Christophe Beck Beck Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Marc E. Smith
Full House! The Musical! 2015 Off-Broadway Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith A musical parody of the television show Full House.[73]
The Full Monty 2000 Broadway David Yazbek Yazbek Terrence McNally Based on the 1997 film version.
Fun Home 2015 Broadway Jeanine Tesori Lisa Kron Lisa Kron Based on the 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home by Alison Bechdel.
Funny Face

+ film (1957)

1927 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Paul Gerard Smith and Fred Thompson
Funny Girl

+ film (1968)

1964 Broadway Jule Styne Bob Merrill Isobel Lennart Notable songs: "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade".
Funny Lady 1975 Film John Kander Fred Ebb Jay Presson Allen and Arnold Schulman
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1962 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Notable song: "Comedy Tonight".

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Gay Divorce

+ film (1934)

1932 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Dwight Taylor Notable song: "Night and Day".
The Gay Life 1961 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin Based on The Affairs of Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler.
Gay Purr-ee 1962 Animated film Harold Arlen E.Y. Harburg Dorothy Webster Jones and Chuck Jones
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 2013 Broadway Steven Lutvak Robert L. Freedman and Lutvak Freedman Notable songs: "Poison in my Pocket" and "I've Decided to Marry You"
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

+ film (1953)

1949 Broadway Jule Styne Leo Robin Joseph Fields and Anita Loos Notable song: "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend".
George M! 1968 Broadway George Cohan (revised Mary Cohan) George Cohan Michael Stewart, John Pascal and Francine Pascal Notable song: "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical 2021 West End Bob Marley Bob Marley Lee Hall
Get Used to It! 1992 Off-Broadway revue Tom Wilson Weinberg Wilson Weinberg Wilson Weinberg
Gettin' the Band Back Together 2018 Broadway Mark Allen Allen Ken Davenport and the Grundleshotz
Ghost 2011 West End Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard Stewart, Ballard and Bruce Joel Rubin Rubin
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County 2012 Touring production John Mellencamp Mellencamp Stephen King
Gigi

+ film (1958)

1973 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Notable song: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls".
The Girl Behind the Gun 1918 Broadway Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse Bolton and Wodehouse Revised as Kissing Time in London.
Girl Crazy 1930 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Guy Bolton and John McGowan Notable song: "I've Got Rhythm".
The Girl in the Taxi 1910 Broadway Benjamin Hapgood Burt Burt Stanislaus Stange
The Girl Who Came to Supper 1963 Broadway Noël Coward Coward Harry Kurnitz
The Girls 2015 West End Gary Barlow and Tim Firth Barlow and Firth Barlow and Firth Based on the film Calendar Girls
The Glorious Ones 2007 Off-Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Ahrens
Glory Days 2008 Broadway Nick Blaemire Blaemire James Gardiner
The Go-Between 2011 Northampton / West End Richard Taylor Taylor and David Wood Wood
Go into Your Dance 1935 Film Harry Warren Al Dubin Bradford Ropes and Earl Baldwin
Goblin Market 1985 Off-Broadway Polly Pen Christina Rossetti Rossetti
God Save Queen Pam 2018 Off-Broadway Erin Murray Quinlan Quinlan Quinlan
Godspell

+ film (1973)

1971 Off-Broadway Stephen Schwartz Schwartz and Episcopal Hymnal John-Michael Tebelak
The Golden Apple 1954 Off-Broadway Jerome Moross John Latouche Latouche Based on the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer.
Golden Boy 1964 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Clifford Odets and William Gibson
Golden Rainbow 1968 Broadway Walter Marks Marks Ernest Kinoy
Goldilocks 1958 Broadway Leroy Anderson Jean Kerr, Joan Ford and Walter Kerr Kerr and Kerr
The Good Companions 1974 West End André Previn Johnny Mercer Ronald Harwood
Good News 1927 Broadway Ray Henderson B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown DeSylva and Laurence Schwab
Good Vibrations 2005 Broadway Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys Wilson and The Beach Boys Richard Dresser
The Goodbye Girl 1993 Broadway Marvin Hamlisch David Zippel Neil Simon Based on the 1977 film version.
Goodtime Charley 1975 Broadway Larry Grossman Hal Hackady Sidney Michaels Story of Joan of Arc, featuring Joel Grey and Ann Reinking
Goosebumps 2016 Newmark Theatre Danny Abosch John Maclay and Abosch Maclay Based on Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium by R.L. Stine.
The Gospel According to Tammy Faye 2006 Regional J. T. Buck Buck Fernando Dovalina A musical based on the life of Tammy Faye Bakker.[74]
Grab Me a Gondola 1958 West End James Gilbert Gilbert and Julien More More
Grand Hotel 1989 Broadway Robert Wright, George Forrest and Maury Yeston Wright, Forrest and Yeston Luther Davis
A Grand Night for Singing 1993 Broadway revue Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Walter Bobbie
The Grand Tour 1979 Broadway Jerry Herman Herman Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
The Grass Harp 1971 Broadway Claibe Richardson Kenward Elmslie Elmslie
Grease

+ film (1978)

1972 Broadway Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs Casey and Jacobs Casey and Jacobs Notable songs: "Summer Nights", "Greased Lightnin'" and "We Go Together". The song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was added to the film.
Grease 2 1982 Film Louis St. Louis St. Louis Ken Finkleman Sequel to the 1978 film adaptation.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical 2005 Off-Broadway David Nehls Nehls Betsy Kelso
Great British Bake Off 2022 Regional Pippa Cleary Jake BrungerPippa Cleary Jake Brunger Based on the British television baking competition of the same name
The Great Gatsby 2023 Broadway Jason Howland Nathan Tysen Kait Kerrigan Based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Great Lady 1938 Broadway Frederick Loewe Earle Crooker Crooker
The Great Waltz 1934 Broadway Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II Desmond Carter Moss Hart Based on the Strauss family feud.
The Greatest Showman 2017 Film John Debney and Joseph Trapanese Jenny Bicks
A Greek Slave 1898 West End Sidney Jones and Lionel Monckton Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross Owen Hall
Greenwillow 1960 Broadway Frank Loesser Loesser Lesser Samuels and Loesser
Grey Gardens 2006 Off-Broadway Scott Frankel Michael Korie Doug Wright Adaptation of the 1975 documentary of the same name.
Grimm 2014 Off-Broadway Thomas Zaufke Peter Lund Lund Based on several fairy tales.
Grind 1985 Broadway Larry Grossman Ellen Fitzhugh Fay Kanin
Groundhog Day 2016 West End Tim Minchin Minchin Danny Rubin Based on the 1993 film Groundhog Day
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals 2018 Los Angeles Jeff Blim Blim Nick Lang and Matt Lang
Guys and Dolls

+ film (1955)

1950 Broadway Frank Loesser Loesser Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Notable songs: "Luck Be a Lady", "A Bushel and a Peck" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat".
Gypsy

+ film (1962)

1959 Broadway Jule Styne Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents Notable songs: "Everything's Coming up Roses" and "Together Wherever We Go".

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Hadestown 2019 Broadway Anaïs Mitchell Mitchell Mitchell Based on the 2010 folk opera concept album of the same name by Anaïs Mitchell.
Hair 1968 Broadway Galt MacDermot Gerome Ragni and James Rado Notable song: "Aquarius".
Hairspray

+ film (2007)

2002 Broadway Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman and Shaiman Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan Notable song: "You Can't Stop the Beat".
Half a Sixpence

+ film (1967)

1963 West End David Heneker Beverley Cross Notable Songs: "Simple Tune" and "Flash, Bang, Wallop!".
Half a Sixpence 2016 West End George Stiles and David Heneker Anthony Drewe and David Heneker Julian Fellowes Based on the 1905 novel Kipps and the original 1963 musical.
Hallelujah, Baby! 1967 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Arthur Laurents
Hamilton 2015 Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda Based on Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Opened on Broadway on 6 August 2015.
Hamleton 2019 Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Theater Based on Hamilton (musical) by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Opened at the Salt Lake City Off-Broadway Theater on 2 August 2019
Hands on a Hardbody 2013 Broadway Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green Amanda Green Doug Wright
Hans Christian Andersen 1952 Film Frank Loesser Myles Connolly and Moss Hart
The Happiest Girl in the World 1961 Broadway Jacques Offenbach E.Y. Harburg Fred Saidy
The Happiest Millionaire 1967 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Cordelia Drexel Biddle and A.J. Carothers Notable song: "Fortuosity".
Happiness 2009 Off-Broadway Scott Frankel Michael Korie John Weidman
Happy Days 1919 Broadway Raymond Hubbell R. H. Burnside
Happy Days 2009 Off-Broadway Paul Williams Garry Marshall
Happy End 1929 German Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht Elisabeth Hauptmann Notable songs: "Bilbao Song" and "Sailor's Tango".
Happy Go Lovely 1951 Film Mischa Spoliansky Barbara Gordon, Mischa Spoliansky and Jack Fishman
Happy Hunting 1956 Broadway Harold Karr Matt Dubey Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Notable songs: "Mutual Admiration Society" and "A New-Fangled Tango".
The Happy Time 1968 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb N. Richard Nash
A Hard Day's Night 1964 Film The Beatles and
George Martin 		Alun Owen
Harmony 1996 Off-Broadway Barry Manilow Bruce Sussman Notable song: "Stars in the Night".
The Harvey Girls 1946 Film Harry Warren Johnny Mercer Eleanore Griffin and William Rankin
A Hatful of Snow 1994 American Matthew Breindel Breindel Breindel A Christmas musical.
The Hatpin 2005 Australian Peter Rutherford James Millar
Hazel Flagg 1953 Broadway Jule Styne Bob Hilliard Ben Hecht
Head Over Heels 2015 Broadway The Go-Go's The Go-Go's Jeff Whitty (original book) and James Magruder (adaptation)
Heart and Souls 1993 Fantasy-comedy film Ron Underwood
The Heart of Rock & Roll 2018 Broadway Huey Lewis and others Huey Lewis and others Jonathan Abrams Jukebox musical featuring the music of Huey Lewis and the News.
Heathers 2014, 2018 Off-Broadway, West End Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy Based on the 1988 film of the same name. Notable songs: "Candy Store", "Freeze Your Brain", "Seventeen".
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

+ film (2001)

1998 Off-Broadway Stephen Trask John Cameron Mitchell
Hell's Kitchen 2023 Broadway Alicia Keys and others Keys and others Kristoffer Diaz
Hello, Dolly!

+ film (1969)

1964 Broadway Jerry Herman Michael Stewart Notable song: "Hello, Dolly!".
Hellzapoppin

+ film (1941)

1938 Broadway revue Sammy Fain and Charles Tobias Harold Johnson and Ole Olsen
Help! 1965 Film The Beatles, George Martin and Ken Thorne Charles Wood and Marc Behm
Henry, Sweet Henry 1967 Broadway Bob Merrill Merrill Nunnally Johnson and Nora Johnson
Her First Roman 1968 Broadway Ervin Drake Drake Drake
Hercules 1997 Animated film Alan Menken David Zippel Ron Clements and John Musker
Hercules 2019 Off-broadway Alan Menken David Zippel Kristoffer Diaz Played at the Delacorte Theater from 31 August to 8 September 2019.
Here Comes the Groom 1951 Film Joseph J. Lilley Lilley Virginia Van Upp and Liam O'Brien Featured the Academy Award winning song "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening".
Here Lies Love 2013 Off-Broadway David Byrne and Fatboy Slim Byrne Based on the 2010 concept album by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim about the life of Imelda Marcos.
Here's Love 1963 Broadway Meredith Willson Willson Willson Based on the 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street.
Hex 2021 West End Jim Fortune Rufus Norris Tanya Ronder Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault
High Button Shoes 1947 Broadway Jule Styne Sammy Cahn George Abbott and Phil Silvers
High Fidelity 2006 Broadway Tom Kitt Amanda Green David Lindsay-Abaire
High School Musical 2006 Film Various artists Various artists Peter Barsocchini
High School Musical 2 2007 Film Various artists Various artists Peter Barsocchini
High School Musical 2: On Stage! 2009 Touring production/Regional theatre/Community theatre Various artists Various artists David Simpatico Based on High School Musical 2 by Peter Barsocchini.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 2008 Film Various artists Various artists Peter Barsocchini
High School Musical on Stage! 2007 Touring production/Regional theatre/Community theatre Various artists Various artists David Simpatico Based on High School Musical by Peter Barsocchini.
High Society

+ film (1956)

1998 Broadway Cole Porter Porter and Susan Birkenhead Arthur Kopit Adaptation of the 1956 film version. Notable song: "True Love".
High Spirits 1964 Broadway Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray Martin and Gray Martin and Gray
The Hobbit 1977 Television Maury Laws Jules Bass Romeo Muller
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency 1988 Off-Off-Broadway Chad Henry Henry Daniel Pinkwater
Hold Everything! 1928 Broadway Ray Henderson Lew Brown and B. G. De Sylva De Sylva and John McGowan
Holiday Inn

+ film (1942)

2014 Broadway Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge
Holy Musical B@man! 2012 Off-Off-Broadway Nick Gage and Scott Lamps Gage and Lamps Matt Lang and Nick Lang
Home Fires 2014 British Paul Flynn Paul Flynn Paul Flynn
Honeymoon in Vegas 2013 Broadway Jason Robert Brown Brown Andrew Bergman Based on the 1992 film of the same name.
Honk! 1993 Off-West End George Stiles Anthony Drewe Drewe
Hood: The Robin Hood Musical Adventure 2017 Dallas (Dallas Theater Center) Lewis Flinn Flinn Douglas Carter Beane
Hooray for What! 1937 Broadway Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
The Hot Mikado 1939 Broadway Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert Mike Todd Based on Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.
House of Flowers 1954 Broadway Harold Arlen Truman Capote and Arlen Capote
How Now, Dow Jones 1967 Broadway Elmer Bernstein Carolyn Leigh Max Shulman
How to Eat Like a Child 1981 Television John Forster Forster Judith Kahan
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1961 Broadway Frank Loesser Loesser Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert Notable songs: "I Believe in You" and "Brotherhood of Man".
Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar 2004 Spanish Nacho Cano and José María Cano Cano and Cano David Serrano
Huckleberry Finn 1974 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Sherman and Sherman Based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The Human Comedy 1984 Broadway Galt MacDermot William Dumaresq Dumaresq
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

+ film (1996)

1999 Berlin Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz James Lapine (Germany) and Peter Parnell (US) Based on The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo.
The Hunting of the Snark 1991 West End Mike Batt Batt Batt Based on Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark. Notable song: "The Snooker Song" (used as theme music for the TV show Big Break).

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I and Albert 1972 West End Charles Strouse Lee Adams Jay Presson Allen
I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1962 Broadway Harold Rome Rome Jerome Weidman
I Can't Sing! 2014 West End Steve Brown Brown, Harry Hill Hill Based on the Reality television show The X Factor
I Capture The Castle 2017 UK Regional Tour Steven Edis Teresa Howard Teresa Howard Based on the Novel by Dodie Smith
I Could Go on Singing 1963 Film Harold Arlen Arlen Robert Dozier
I Do! I Do! 1966 Broadway Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones Jones

I Don't <3 u no More

2010 Off-Broadway Frank Grullon and Cathy Thomas Daren Taylor Taylor
I Love My Wife 1977 Broadway Cy Coleman Michael Stewart Stewart
I Love You Because 2006 Off-Broadway Joshua Salzman Ryan Cunningham Cunningham
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change 1996 Off-Broadway Jimmy Roberts Joe DiPietro DiPietro
I Married an Angel 1938 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Rodgers and Hart
Identical 2022 Regional George Stiles Anthony Drewe Stuart Paterson Based on the novel Lisa and Lottie by Erich Kästner
Idol 2007 Off-Broadway Jon Balcourt Balcourt Todd Ellis Based on the popular TV show American Idol.
If/Then 2014 Broadway Tom Kitt Brian Yorkey Yorkey
Illya Darling 1967 Broadway Manos Hadjidakis Joe Darion Jules Dassin
Imagine Tap! 2006 Off-Broadway revue Zane Mark Crystal Joy —
Imagine This 2008 West End Shuki Levy David Goldsmith Glenn Berenbeim
The Immigrant 2004 Off-Broadway Steven M. Alper Sarah Knapp Mark Harelik Based on Harelik's play, The Immigrant.
In Dahomey 1903 Broadway Will Marion Cook Paul Laurence Dunbar Jesse A. Shipp
In the Green 2019 Off-Broadway Grace McLean McLean McLean Based on the lives of Hildegard of Bingen and Jutta von Sponheim
In the Heights 2008 Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda Miranda Quiara Alegría Hudes
In Transit 2016 Broadway Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth Anderson-Lopez, Ford, Kaplan, Wordsworth Anderson-Lopez, Ford, Kaplan, Wordsworth This is an a cappella musical.
In Trousers 1979 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn Finn
Infertility: The Musical That's Hard to Conceive 2007 Off-Broadway Chris Neuner Neuner Neuner
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem 2003 Animated film Various artists Various artists Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Cédric Hervet and Leiji Matsumoto
Into the Light 1986 Broadway Lee Holdridge John Forster Jeff Tambornino
Into the Woods

+ film (2014)

1987 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Lapine Notable songs: "No One is Alone" and "Children Will Listen".
Irene 1919 Broadway Harry Tierney Joseph McCarthy James Montgomery and Joseph Stein
Irma La Douce 1956 French Marguerite Monnot Alexandre Breffort Breffort
Is There Life After High School? 1982 Broadway Craig Carnelia Carnelia Jeffrey Kindley
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues 1999 Off-Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor and Dan Wheetman
It Shoulda Been You 2011 Broadway Barbara Anselmi Brian Hargrove Hargrove
It's Only Life[75] 2008 Revue John Bucchino John Bucchino Daisy Prince and John Bucchino

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Jackpot 1944 Broadway Vernon Duke Howard Dietz Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 1968 Off-Broadway revue Jacques Brel Brel, Eric Blau and Mort Shuman Blau and Shuman
Jagged Little Pill 2018 Broadway Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard Alanis Morissette Diablo Cody
Jamaica 1957 Broadway Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Harburg and Fred Saidy
James Joyce's The Dead 1998 Broadway Shaun Davey Richard Nelson Nelson
Jane Eyre 2000 Broadway Paul Gordon Gordon John Caird Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
Jekyll & Hyde 1997 Broadway Frank Wildhorn Leslie Bricusse, Wildhorn and Steve Cuden Bricusse
Jelly's Last Jam 1992 Broadway Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson Susan Birkenhead George C. Wolfe
Jerico-Jim Crow 1964 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists William Hairston and Langston Hughes
Jerome Robbins' Broadway 1989 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists —
Jerry Springer 2003 West End Richard Thomas Thomas and Stewart Lee Thomas and Lee Based on the television show The Jerry Springer Show.
Jerry's Girls 1985 Broadway revue Jerry Herman Herman —
Jersey Boys

+ film (2014)

2005 Broadway jukebox Bob Gaudio Bob Crewe Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Jesus Christ Superstar

+ film (1973)

1971 Broadway Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Rice Notable songs: "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "Heaven on Their Minds", "Everything's Alright", and "Gethsemane".
Jo 1964 Off-Broadway
Joan of Arc: Into the Fire 2017 Off-Broadway David Byrne Byrne Byrne
john & jen 1995 Off-Broadway Andrew Lippa Tom Greenwald Lippa and Greenwald
John Henry 1940 Broadway Jacques Wolfe Roark Bradford Bradford
John Paul Jones 2001 Scottish Julian Wagstaff Julian Wagstaff Julian Wagstaff and Joel Jenkins Based on the life of the Scots-born naval captain and hero of the American Revolution
Johnny Johnson 1936 Broadway Kurt Weill Paul Green Green Based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel, The Good Soldier Švejk.
Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer 1993 Off-Broadway Randy Courts Mark St. Germain Courts and Germain
Jolly Jerome 1928 Off-Broadway Roy French French
Jonah 1992 Concert Judd Woldin Woldin Woldin
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

+ film (1999)

1968 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Rice Notable songs: "Any Dream Will Do" and "Close Every Door".
Joseph McCarthy is Alive and Living in Dade County 1977 Off-Broadway Ray Scantlin Scantlin Scantlin
Juan Darién 1996 Broadway Elliot Goldenthal Goldenthal Goldenthal and Julie Taymor
Jubilee 1935 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Moss Hart
Jumbo 1935 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Jump for Joy 1941 Off-Broadway revue Duke Ellington and Hal Borne Paul Francis Webster and Sid Kuller — Aimed at Broadway but closed out of town in Los Angeles.
The Jungle Book 1967 Animated film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Larry Clemmons
Juno 1959 Broadway Marc Blitzstein Blitzstein Joseph Stein

K

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Ka-Boom! 1980 Off-Broadway Joe Ercole Bruce Kluger Bruce Kluger A musical about the end of the world, directed by John-Michael Tebelak.
Katdashians! Break the Musical! 2016 Off-Broadway Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith A musical parody of the Kardashians.[76]
Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! 2024 West End Matthew Floyd Jones Jon Brittain & Jones Brittain Two true crime podcasters get thrust into a thrilling true crime of their own.
Kean 1961 Broadway Robert Wright and George Forrest Wright and Forrest Peter Stone
Keating! 2007 Australian Casey Bennetto Bennetto Bennetto Portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating.
Kelly 1965 Broadway Moose Charlap Eddie Lawrence Lawrence Never officially opened on Broadway.
The Kid
2010 Off-Broadway Andy Monroe Jack Lechner Michael Zam Based on the memoir by Dan Savage.
Kimberly Akimbo 2021 Off-Broadway Jeanine Tesori David Lindsay-Abaire David Lindsay-Abaire Kimberly Akimbo
The King and I

+ film (1956)

1951 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II Notable songs: "Shall We Dance", "I Whistle a Happy Tune" and "Getting to Know You".
King David 1997 Broadway Alan Menken Tim Rice Rice
King Kong 2013 Broadway Marius de Vries Eddie Perfect Jack Thorne Based on the 1933 film on the same name.
Kinky Boots 2013 Broadway Cyndi Lauper Lauper Harvey Fierstein Based on the 2005 film version.
Kismet 1953 Broadway Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright and George Forrest Wright and Forrest Charles Lederer and Luther Davis Notable song: "Stranger in Paradise".
Kiss Me, Kate

+ film (1953)

1948 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Samuel and Bella Spewack Notable song: "Too Darn Hot".
Kiss of the Spider Woman 1993 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Terrence McNally
Kissing Time 1919 Broadway Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse Bolton and Wodehouse
Knickerbocker Holiday 1938 Broadway Kurt Weill Maxwell Anderson Anderson Notable songs: "September Song" and "It Never Was You".
KPOP 2017 Broadway Helen Park and Max Vernon Park and Vernon Jason Kim Based on the K-pop genre of music.
Kristina från Duvemåla 1995 Swedish Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Ulvaeus
Kronborg: 1582 1974 Canadian Cliff Jones Jones Jones Based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
A Kurt Weill Cabaret 1963 Off-Broadway Kurt Weill Various artists —
Kwamina 1961 Broadway Richard Adler Adler Robert Alan Aurthur

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La La Land 2016 Film Justin Hurwitz Pasek and Paul Damien Chazelle Notable songs "City of Stars" and "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)"
Labyrinth 1986 Film David Bowie Bowie Terry Jones
Ladies First 1918 Broadway revue A. Baldwin Sloane Harry B. Smith Smith Featuring songs by James Brockmann and James Kendl.
Lady and the Tramp 1955 Animated film Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee Burke and Lee Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, and Don DaGradi Notable songs: "The Siamese Cat Song", "He's a Tramp", and "Bella Notte".
Lady, Be Good 1924 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
The Lady Comes Across 1942 Broadway Vernon Duke John La Touche Fred Thompson and Dawn Powell
Lady in the Dark

+ film (1944)

1941 Broadway Kurt Weill Ira Gershwin Moss Hart Notable songs: "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)", "My Ship" and "The Saga of Jenny".
The Last Breakfast Club 2017 Los Angeles Various artists Various artists A musical parody of the 1985 film The Breakfast Club.[77]
The Last Empress 1995 Korean Hee-Gap Kim In-Ja Yang and Georgina St George Mun-Yol Yi
The Last Five Years

+ film (2014)

2003 Off-Broadway Jason Robert Brown Brown Brown Notable songs: "Still Hurting" and "I Can Do Better Than That".
The Last Session 1997 Off-Broadway Steve Schalchlin Schalchlin, John Bettis, and Marie Cain Jim Brochu
The Last Ship 2014 Broadway Sting Sting John Logan and Brian Yorkey
Laughing Room Only 2003 Broadway Doug Katsaros Katsaros Dennis Blair and Digby Wolfe
Leader of the Pack 1985 Broadway revue Ellie Greenwich Various artists Anne Beatts
Leap of Faith 2010 Broadway Alan Menken Glenn Slater Janus Cercone and Slater Based on the 1992 film of the same name.
Leben ohne Chris 2009 German Wolfgang Böhmer Peter Lund Lund
Legally Blonde 2007 Broadway Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe Benjamin and O'Keefe Heather Hach Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film of the same name. Notable songs: "Omigod You Guys", "Ireland", and "There! Right There!".
Legs Diamond 1989 Broadway Peter Allen Allen Harvey Fierstein and Charles Suppon
Lempicka 2018 Broadway Matt Gould Carson Kreitzer Gould and Kreitzer
Lend Me a Tenor 2011 West End Brad Carroll Peter Sham Sham
Lennon 2005 Broadway John Lennon Lennon Don Scardino
Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952

+ film (1954)

1952 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists — Notable song: "Boston Beguine".
Lestat 2006 Broadway Elton John Bernie Taupin Linda Woolverton Based on the vampire novels of Anne Rice.
Let It Ride 1961 Broadway Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Livingston and Evans Abram S. Ginnes
Let My People Come 1974 Broadway Earl Wilson, Jr. Wilson, Jr. Wilson, Jr.
Letters from Lehrer 2006 Canadian Tom Lehrer Lehrer Richard Greenblatt
Die letzte Kommune 2013 German Thomas Zaufke Peter Lund Lund
Liberty: The Siege of The Alamo 2003 Off-Off-Broadway Bernard J. Taylor Taylor Taylor
The Lieutenant 1975 Broadway Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman, and Chuck Strand Curty, Scharfman, and Strand Curty, Scharfman, and Strand
The Life 1997 Broadway Cy Coleman Ira Gasman David Newman, Gasman, and Coleman
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1980 West End Stephen Oliver Oliver David Edgar
Life Begins at 8:40 1934 Broadway revue Harold Arlen Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg —
The Light in the Piazza 2005 Broadway Adam Guettel Guettel Craig Lucas
The Light Princess 2013 Royal National Theatre Tori Amos Amos Samuel Adamson
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical 2017 Broadway Rob Rokicki Rokicki Joe Tracz Based on the book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
The Likes of Us 1965 Off-West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Leslie Thomas
Li'l Abner

+ film (1959)

1956 Broadway Gene de Paul Johnny Mercer Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
The Lion King

+ films (1994) and (2019)

1997 Broadway Elton John Tim Rice Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi Based on the film of the same name. Notable songs: "The Circle of Life", "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".
The Lion King 1½ 2004 Film Don Harper Harper Tom Rogers
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride 1998 Film Nick Glennie-Smith Glennie-Smith Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus
Little by Little 1999 Off-Broadway Brad Ross Ellen Greenfield and Hal Hackady Annette Jolles and Greenfield
Little Fish 2003 Off-Broadway Michael John LaChiusa LaChiusa LaChiusa
Little Ham 1987 Off-Broadway Judd Woldin Richard Engquist and Woldin Dan Owens
Little Johnny Jones 1904 Broadway George M. Cohan Cohan Cohan
Little Mary Sunshine 1959 Off-Broadway Rick Besoyan Besoyan Besoyan
Little Me 1962 Broadway Cy Coleman Carolyn Leigh Neil Simon
The Little Mermaid

+ film (1989)

2008 Broadway Alan Menken Glenn Slater and Howard Ashman Doug Wright Based on the film of the same name. Notable songs: "Part of Your World", "Kiss the Girl" and "Under the Sea".
Little Miss Sunshine 2013 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn James Lapine Based on the film of the same name.
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 1993 Animated film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Chris Columbus and Richard Outten
A Little Night Music 1973 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Hugh Wheeler Notable song: "Send in the Clowns".
A Little Princess 2003 Off-Broadway Andrew Lippa Brian Crawley Brian Crawley
Little Shop of Horrors

+ film (1986)

1982 Broadway Alan Menken Howard Ashman Ashman Notable songs: "Suddenly, Seymour" and "Somewhere That's Green".
Little Tramp 1995 Off-Off-Broadway David Pomeranz Pomeranz Pomeranz and Steven David Horwich
Little Women 2005 Broadway Jason Howland Mindi Dickstein Allan Knee Notable song: "Astonishing". Based on the book of the same title by Louisa May Alcott.
Lizzie 2009 American Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner Maner Focuses on the involvement of Lizzie Borden in the axe murders of her father and stepmother, for which she was tried and acquitted, in 1892.
Lock Up Your Daughters 1959 West End Laurie Johnson Lionel Bart Bernard Miles
London Calling! 1923 West End revue Noël Coward Coward André Charlot
London Road 2011 Royal National Theatre Adam Cork Alecky Blythe Blythe
Lone Star Love 2004 Off-Broadway Jack Herrick Herrick John L. Haber and Robert Horn
Look to the Lilies 1970 Broadway Jule Styne Sammy Cahn Leonard Spigelgass
Lord of the Dance 1996 Dublin/Touring Ronan Hardiman Michael Flatley —
The Lord of the Rings 2007 West End A. R. Rahman, Värttinä and Christopher Nightingale Matthew Warchus and Shaun McKenna Warchus and McKenna Based on the books by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Lorelei 1974 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Kenny Solms and Gail Parent
Loserville 2012 West End James Bourne and Elliot Davis Bourne and Davis Based on the Son of Dork album Welcome to Loserville.
Lost in the Stars

+ film (1974)

1949 Broadway Kurt Weill Maxwell Anderson Anderson
Louisiana Purchase

+ film (1941)

1940 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin Morrie Ryskind
Love! at the Cafe! 1993 Off-Broadway Karen Sokolof Javitch Javitch and James Spicer Conant Conant
Love from Judy 1952 West End Hugh Martin Martin and Timothy Gray Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster
Love, Janis 2001 Off-Broadway revue Various artists Various artists —
Love Life 1948 Broadway Kurt Weill Alan Jay Lerner Lerner
Love Never Dies 2010 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Glenn Slater Ben Elton Sequel to the Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera.
The Love Note 2009 Curry College Theatre Gail Phaneuf
Love Story 2010 West End Howard Goodall Goodall and Stephen Clark Clark
LoveMusik 2007 Broadway Kurt Weill Various artists Alfred Uhry
Lucky Guy 2011 Off-Broadway Willard Beckham Beckham Beckham
Lucky Stiff 1988 Off-Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Ahrens Based on a novel by Mike Butterworth.
Ludwig II 2000 German Franz Hummel Stephan Barbarino Barbarino
Lust 'n Rust 2001 Off-Off-Broadway Frank Haney, Carol Kimball and Dave Stratton Haney, Kimball and Stratton Haney, Kimball and Stratton
Lysistrata Jones 2011 Broadway Lewis Flinn Flinn Douglas Carter Beane Based on the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Jenner changed her name due to gender transition in 2015.[69]

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  2. ^ Dietz 2017, p. 387.
  3. ^ Dietz 2017, p. 358.
  4. ^ Soloski, Alexis (8 June 2014). "A Mix of Fact and Imagination, 'As Seen on Radio'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ^ Dietz 2017, p. 218.
  6. ^ Taylor & Symonds 2017, p. 19.
  7. ^ Dietz 2016a, p. 41.
  8. ^ Dietz 2015b, p. 59.
  9. ^ Akbar, Arifa (24 July 2022). "101 Dalmatians review – puppyish enthusiasm can't save a patchy production". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Bordman & Norton 2010, p. 696.
  11. ^ Bordman & Norton 2010, p. 152.
  12. ^ Bloom 2013, p. 294.
  13. ^ Green & Ginell 2019, p. 227.
  14. ^ Maro, Emmanuel (23 August 2012). "VIDEO. Louis Delort: le chouchou de " The Voice " fait sa Révolution". Le Parisien.
  15. ^ Dietz 2010, p. 5-6.
  16. ^ Dick 2022, p. 253.
  17. ^ Shannon 2023, p. 220-221.
  18. ^ Hischak 2005, p. 38.
  19. ^ Dietz 2022, p. 371-372.
  20. ^ Donnelly 2007, p. 172.
  21. ^ Hill 2018, p. 605-606.
  22. ^ Peterson 1993, p. 5.
  23. ^ Hodges & Willis 2009, p. 340.
  24. ^ Gänzl 1986, p. 622.
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  27. ^ Suskin 2000, p. 336.
  28. ^ Dietz 2020, p. 7-9.
  29. ^ Hischak 2011, p. 390-391.
  30. ^ Dietz 2021, p. 224-225.
  31. ^ Hischak 2009, p. 33.
  32. ^ Anita Gates (1 October 1999). "MOVIES, FILM REVIEW; That Very Special Blue B-L-A-N-K-E-T; Little red Muppet searches for blanket in strange world". The New York Times.
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  34. ^ Baxter 2020, p. 3.
  35. ^ Dietz 2017, p. 59.
  36. ^ Bloom 1996, p. 810.
  37. ^ Hirschhorn 1981, p. 339.
  38. ^ Snelson 2023, p. 40.
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