Dramatic Musicals
The following list includes dramatic musicals that feature significant elements of drama in their plots, ranging from pure dramas and romantic dramas to dramedies and mixed genres. These works incorporate serious storytelling and complex narratives. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Dramatic 1920s Musicals
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Genre: Drama
Dramatic 1930s Musicals
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Dorothy Heyward
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein
Genre: Drama
Dramatic 1940s Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Sig Herzig, and Fred Saidy
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin, and Moss Hart
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Noël Coward
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O’Hara
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Milton Lazarus
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Arna Bontemps, and Countee Cullen
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, and Elmer Rice
Genre: Drama
Dramatic 1950s Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields, George Abbott, and Betty Smith
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Harold Rome and Leonard Gershe
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Harold Rome, S.N. Behrman, and Joshua Logan
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Genre: Biography / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Harold Arlen and Truman Capote
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Bob Merrill and George Abbott
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and Morton DaCosta
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Victor Young, Stella Unger, and Victor Wolfson
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Bob Merrill, Joseph Stein, and Robert Russell
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Jerome Moross and John La Touche
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Genre: Drama / Romance
Dramatic 1960s Musicals
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, and N. Richard Nash
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Norman Campbell, Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, and Mavor Moore
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Walter Marks and Ernest Kinoy
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Langston Hughes and Others
Genre: Drama / Religious
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Lionel Bart and Joan Maitland
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Bob Merrill and Edward Albee
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Bob Merrill and Michael Stewart
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Pearl S. Buck, and Charles K. Peck, Jr.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, George Abbott, Robert Russell, and David Thompson
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart
Genre: Biography / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Clifford Odets, and William Gibson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Arthur Laurents
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Harold Rome and Jerome Weidman
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Manos Hadjidakis, Joe Darion, and Jules Dassin
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, and Arnold Schulman
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Peter Stone
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss, and Morton DaCosta
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Lionel Bart and Alun Owen
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion, and Dale Wasserman
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Don Appell
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Meredith Willson
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Samuel Taylor
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Lionel Bart
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse, and Wolf Mankowitz
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Satire
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Ron Grainer and Ronald Millar
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, and Neil Simon
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Albert Hague and Allan Sherman
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and N. Richard Nash
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Harold Rome, Howard Da Silva, and Felix Leon
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Ervin Drake, Budd Schulberg, and Stuart Schulberg
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and N. Richard Nash
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joseph Stein
Genre: Drama
Dramatic 1970s Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Billy Goldenberg, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Jerome Kass
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Michael J. Lewis and Anthony Burgess
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Micki Grant and Vinnette Carroll
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Galt MacDermot and Gerome Ragni
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Genre: Biography / Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Alan Menken, Dennis Green, and Howard Ashman
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Satire
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
Genre: Drama / Religious
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Larry Grossman, Hal Hackady, and Sidney Michaels
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Martin Charnin, Raymond Jessel, and Thomas Meehan
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: William Finn
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Genre: Drama / Religious
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan, Robert Nemiroff, and Charlotte Zaltzberg
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Elizabeth Swados
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Michael Bennett
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Gary Geld, Peter Udell, Philip Rose, and James Lee Barrett
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb and George Furth
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Claibe Richardson and Kenward Elmslie
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Gary William Friedman, Will Holt, Bob Livingston, and Herb Schapiro
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: John Williams, James Harbert, and Edward Anhalt
Genre: Drama / Historical
Dramatic 1980s Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Charles Hart
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Sybille Pearson
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Roger Miller and William Hauptman
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: David Evans and Winnie Holzman
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Sheldon Epps and Others
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice, Richard Nelson, and Danny Strong
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Charles Strouse and Alan Jay Lerner
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Janet Hood and Bill Russell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Steve Margoshes, Jacques Levy, and José Fernandez
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston and Luther Davis
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Grossman, Ellen Fitzhugh, and Fay Kanin
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Brian Gari and Allan Knee
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alan Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, and Jean-Marc Natel
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: William Finn
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas, and Norman René
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and Hugh Wheeler
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Genre: Autobiography / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein, and David Thompson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Keith Herrmann and Barry Harman
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: David Heneker and Warner Brown
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Galt MacDermot and William Dumaresq
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Henry Krieger, Robert Lorick, and Charles Blackwell
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Dramatic 1990s Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Genre: Autobiography / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Elton John, Tim Rice, Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Scott Goodman
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and A.J. Carothers
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and John Caird
Genre: Drama / Religious
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, and Jack Feldman
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Tina Landau
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, and Walter Bobbie
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Bob Merrill
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Cole Porter, Susan Birkenhead, and Arthur Kopit
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Tommy Greenwald
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy, and Stephen Clark
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles, Paul Leigh, and Claire Luckham
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Adam Guettel
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim
Genre: Comedy / Drama
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: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Bee Gees, Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Bill Russell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Steve Brown and Justin Greene
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Gregory Boyd
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, James Lapine, and Peter Parnell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, and David Newman
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Elton John, Tim Rice, Roger Allers, and Irene Mecchi
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman
Genre: Drama
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: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Peter Stone
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, and Gale Edwards
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Bernard J. Taylor
Genre: Drama / Romance
Dramatic 2000s Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: John Bucchino and Harvey Fierstein
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jill Santoriello
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: David Essex and Jon Conway
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Michael Mayer
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick, and Ann McManus
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Elton John and Lee Hall
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: A.R. Rahman, Don Black, Meera Syal, and Thomas Meehan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Ivan Menchell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Evans, Douglas J. Cohen, and Stuart Hample
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Pet Shop Boys and Jonathan Harvey
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Eleanor Bergstein and Others
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: William Finn
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Robbie Roth, Robert Cary, and Tom Hedley
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Mark Baron and Jeffrey Jackson
Genre: Drama / Horror
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and David Lindsay-Abaire
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein, and Allan Knee
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Alfred Uhry, and Others
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Michel Legrand, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Jonathan Kent
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Adam Gwon
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Madness and Tim Firth
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott, and Others
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Western
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Michael Scheman, and David Stern
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Hunter Foster
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Craig Carnelia, and John Guare
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and Marsha Norman
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Peter Rutherford and James Millar
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Genre: Biography / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: James Valcq and Fred Alley
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Jack Heifner
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Joseph Zellnik and David Zellnik
Genre: Drama
Dramatic 2010s Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater and Chazz Palminteri
Genre: Autobiography / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt, Jan Levy Tranen, and Austin Pendleton
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Michael R. Jackson
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jay Kuo, Marc Acito, and Lorenzo Thione
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe
Genre: Autobiography / Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Daniel Messé, Nathan Tysen, and Craig Lucas
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Gary Barlow and Tim Firth
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross, and Others
Genre: Dark Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lucy Simon, Michael Korie, Amy Powers, and Michael Weller
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Peter Duchan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Yve Blake
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Richard Greenberg
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Allan Knee, and James Graham
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Michael John La Chiusa
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Stuart Brayson, Tim Rice, and Bill Oakes
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Nell Benjamin, Bob Martin, and Chad Beguelin
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green, and Doug Wright
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Fat Mike, Soma Snakeoil, Jeff Marx, and David Goldsmith
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard, Guy Sigsworth, Michael Farrell, and Diablo Cody
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Helen Park, Max Vernon, and Jason Kim
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Janus Cercone, and Warren Leight
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Joe Iconis
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton, and Frederick Forsyth
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: David Arnold, Richard Thomas, and Richard Bean
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: John Logan and Others
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain, Don Black, and Terry Johnson
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, and Susan Blackwell
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, and Andreas Carlsson
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Danny Abosch and Joshua Borths
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Garry Marshall, and J.F. Lawton
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Thomas Meehan, and Sylvester Stallone
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Gary Clark, John Carney, and Enda Walsh
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Richard Hawley and Chris Bush
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Tom Kitt and John Logan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Alan Menken and David Spencer
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: David Yazbek and Itamar Moses
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, and Others
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Sting, Brian Yorkey, John Logan, and Lorne Campbell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Jules Feiffer
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Philip LaZebnik
Genre: Drama / Religious
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Max Vernon
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson
Genre: Drama / Romance
Dramatic 2020s Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Buena Vista Social Club and Marco Ramirez
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Michael Korie, and James Lapine
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and David Ives
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Satire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Frank Galati
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Thompson, and Sharon Washington
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Kate Diaz and Tina Landau
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: The Avett Brothers and John Logan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elton John, Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick, and Kate Wetherhead
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Kait Kerrigan
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Nick Butcher, Tom Ling, and Joe White
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Justin Levine, Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance, and Adam Rapp
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: William Patrick Harrison, Maryhee Yoon, and Cara Baldwin
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Julianne Wick Davis and Dan Collins
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: PigPen Theatre Co. and Rick Elice
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Tracy Miller, Carly Robyn Green, Riko Sakaguchi, and Rinne B. Groff
Genre: Drama / Romance