Classical Musicals
The following list includes classical musicals, featuring works that incorporate elements of classical music in their score. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Classical Musicals
The following musicals incorporate classical music into their scores and storytelling. Many also blend elements from other genres, including pop and experimental styles.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt, Jan Levy Tranen, and Austin Pendleton
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Craig Lucas
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice, Richard Nelson, and Danny Strong
Music Genres: Classical / Pop / Musical Theatre / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Michael John La Chiusa
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Polly Pen and Peggy Harmon
Music Genre: Classical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp
Music Genres: Classical / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Music Genres: Classical / Folk / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Keith Herrmann and Barry Harman
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
Music Genres: Classical / Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman
Music Genres: Classical / Funk / Jazz / Pop / Rap
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Nathan Lane
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Peter Rutherford and James Millar
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Music Genres: Blues / Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Lindsey Ferrentino
Music Genres: Classical / Country / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Charlotte Jones
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Music Genres: Classical / Folk / Pop / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Tracy Miller, Carly Robyn Green, Riko Sakaguchi, and Rinne B. Groff
Music Genres: Classical / Pop-Rock / Musical Theatre
Operatic Musicals
The following musicals feature operatic influences in their scores. This list includes both operatic musicals and operettas, many of which blend in traditional musical theatre.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Milton Schafer, Ronny Graham, and A.J. Russell
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker, John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, and Lillian Hellman
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1916)
Creators: Frederic Norton and Oscar Asche
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Herbert Fields
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Michael Feingold
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Peter Stone
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Charles Lederer, and Luther Davis
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin, and Moss Hart
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Carroll and Peter Sham
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
Music Genres: Blues / Opera
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Alfred Uhry, and Others
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton, and Frederick Forsyth
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, and Homer Curran
Music Genres: Folk Operetta / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Dorothy Heyward
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Al Carmines and María Irene Fornés
Music Genres: Folk / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Ron Grainer and Ronald Millar
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Milton Lazarus
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, and Elmer Rice
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1922)
Creators: Jerome Kern, George Grossmith, Jr., and P.G. Wodehouse
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Frank Mandel
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, Fay Kanin, and Michael Kanin
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Leo Robin, Jerome Chodorov, and Joseph Fields
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Jerome Moross and John La Touche
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jacques Offenbach, Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Henry Mayers
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frank Loesser
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Opera (1879)
Creators: Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Vincent Youmans, Edward Heyman, and Brian Hooker
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Bernard J. Taylor
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera