67 of the Most Classic Musicals of All Time
Looking for well-known musicals that have stood the test of time? From beloved Golden Age favorites to Disney classics, these shows have shaped the world of musical theatre. Here is the full list of classic musicals, each recognized for its lasting impact and popularity.
Classic Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Larry Gelbart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Creators: Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, and Douglass Wallop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Joseph Fields, and Anita Loos
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Creators: Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Cole Porter, Bella Spewack, and Samuel Spewack
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alan Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, and Jean-Marc Natel
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion, and Dale Wasserman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Lionel Bart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O’Hara
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Moose Charlap, Jule Styne, Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and J.M. Barrie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Dorothy Heyward
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Johnny Mercer, Lawrence Kasha, and David Landay
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, and Neil Simon
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Meredith Willson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, and Richard Bissell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart, L. Frank Baum, and John Kane
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Irving Berlin, David Ives, and Paul Blake