50+ Dark Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Looking for musicals with unsettling themes? These dark musicals explore themes of death, loss, and tragedy, offering a glimpse into the darkest corners of the human experience.
Dark Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Eddie Perfect, Scott Brown, and Anthony King
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Lionel Bart and Joan Maitland
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Ivan Menchell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, and Lawrence D. Cohen
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: George Reinblatt, Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, and Melissa Morris
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Parody
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, and Bruce Joel Rubin
Genre: Fantasy / Romance / Thriller
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Clifford Odets, and William Gibson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Anaïs Mitchell
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy
Genre: Dark Comedy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Genre: Religious Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, and Jean-Marc Natel
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt, and Tim Maner
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Genre: Dark Comedy / Horror
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Marvin Laird and Joel Paley
Genre: Dark Comedy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan, and Hunter Bell
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Parody
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: The Avett Brothers and John Logan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson
Genre: Dark Comedy / Horror
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Paul Simon and Derek Walcott
Genre: Biography
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Peter Rutherford and James Millar
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Max Vernon
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Andrew Lippa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Charlotte Jones
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Peter Stone
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Preston Max Allen
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Mystery
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, and Gale Edwards
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane
Genre: Dark Comedy