30+ Country Musicals – A Full List of Popular Shows
Whether you’re auditioning for musicals, setting up your rep book, or simply looking for some new musicals to get into, it’s good to get familiar with what’s out there. And that’s why we’ve put together this list of the most notable country musicals (or musicals with country elements to them) for you below, sorted alphabetically.
The following list is broken down into three categories – “Bluegrass Musicals”, “Country Musicals”, and “Country/Mixed Genre Musicals”. Each category is sorted alphabetically.
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Bluegrass Musicals
Bright Star
Music: Steve Martin, Edie Brickell Lyrics: Edie Brickell Book: Steve Martin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Floyd Collins
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1994)
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel Book: Tina Landau
Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge
Music/Lyrics: Peter Mills Book: Mills, Cara Reichel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
The Burnt Part Boys
Music: Chris Miller Lyrics: Nathan Tysen Book: Mariana Elder
Musical Type: Contemporary
The Robber Bridegroom
Music: Robert Waldman Lyrics/Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Country Musicals
9 to 5
Music/Lyrics: Dolly Parton Book: Patricia Resnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Annie Get Your Gun
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Big River
Music/Lyrics: Roger Miller Book: William Hauptman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Bonnie & Clyde
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Don Black Book: Ivan Menchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Calamity Jane
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster Book: Ronald Hanmer, Phil Park
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Cinnamon Grits
Music/Lyrics/Book: Erica Allen McGee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Escape to Margaritaville
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2017)
Girl From the North Country
Music/Lyrics: Bob Dylan Book: Conor McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary Jukebox (2017)
Grits
Music/Lyrics/Book: Erica Allen McGee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Hands on a Hardbody
Music/Lyrics: Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Honky Tonk Laundry
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2017)
Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue
Music/Lyrics: Tom Adair
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
Li’l Abner
Music: Gene De Paul Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Nunsense Jamboree
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)
Oklahoma!
Music: Richard Rodgers Book/Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Paint Your Wagon
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Ring of Fire
Music/Lyrics: Johnny Cash Created by: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2006)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Music/Lyrics: Carol Hall Book: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
The Bridges of Madison County
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
The Civil War
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy Book: Gregory Boyd, Wildhorn
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
The Spitfire Grill
Music/Book: James Valcq Lyrics/Book: Fred Alley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
The Will Rogers Follies
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)
Urban Cowboy
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Others Book: Latham, Oesterman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Violet
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Waitress
Music/Lyrics: Sara Bareilles Book: Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Country/Mixed Genre Musicals
Bella: An American Tall Tale
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kirsten Childs
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Desperate Measures
Music: David Friedman Lyrics/Book: Peter Kellogg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Fugitive Songs
Music: Chris Miller Lyrics: Nathan Tysen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Music/Lyrics/Book: Foley, Hardwick, Monk, Morgan, Schimmel, Wann
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Music/Lyrics: David Nehls Book: Betsy Kelso
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
The Trail to Oregon
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Blim, Matt Lang, Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She has a TESOL drama certificate, a BA in theatre, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
