40+ Country Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Are you looking for musicals that capture the heart and storytelling spirit of country music? Here’s a full list of country musicals with country-inspired scores and stories that range from romantic and comedic to deeply dramatic.
Country Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Roger Miller and William Hauptman
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Ivan Menchell
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Music Genre: Bluegrass / Country / Folk
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Friedman and Peter Kellogg
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Galt MacDermot and Gerome Ragni
Music Genres: Country / Folk-Rock / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Joe DiPietro
Music Genres: Bluegrass / Electronic / Folk / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jimmy Buffett, Greg Garcia, and Mike O’Malley
Music Genres: Country / Tropical Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Tina Landau
Music Genre: Bluegrass / Country / Folk
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen
Music Genres: Country / Folk / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green, and Doug Wright
Music Genres: Country / Gospel / Rock / Soul
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Music Genres: Calypso / Country / Musical Theatre / Pop / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Frank Galati
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Colin Escott and Others
Music Genres: Country / Gospel / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, and Andreas Carlsson
Music Genre: Bluegrass / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Music Genres: Blues / Country
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Johnny Cash, Bill Meade, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Music Genre: Country / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Music Genre: Bluegrass / Country
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Gary Geld, Peter Udell, Philip Rose, and James Lee Barrett
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Robert Horn
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, and Nick Coler
Music Genres: Blues / Country / Gospel / Pop-Rock / Rap
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: The Avett Brothers and John Logan
Music Genre: Bluegrass / Folk
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Robert Emmett Dolan, Johnny Mercer, John Whedon, and Sam Moore
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Carol Hall, Larry L. King, and Peter Masterson
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
Music Genres: Classical / Country / Legit
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder
Music Genre: Bluegrass
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Gregory Boyd
Music Genre: Country / Folk / Gospel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Nehls and Betsy Kelso
Music Genres: Country / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Justin Levine, Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance, and Adam Rapp
Music Genres: Country / Folk / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Lindsey Ferrentino
Music Genres: Classical / Country / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Robert Waldman and Alfred Uhry
Music Genre: Bluegrass
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: James Valcq and Fred Alley
Music Genre: Country / Folk
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Meredith Willson and Richard Morris
Music Genres: Country / Musical Theatre / Ragtime
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Peter Stone
Music Genre: Country
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley
Music Genres: Country / Folk / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson
Music Genres: Country / Folk / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: PigPen Theatre Co. and Rick Elice
Music Genres: Bluegrass / Country / Folk / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, James Taylor, and Nina Faso
Music Genres: Country / Folk / Latin / Musical Theatre / Pop / Soul