Musical Lists

Fantasy Musicals – The Complete List

The following list includes 85+ fantasy musicals that feature elements of magic, mythology, or the supernatural. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.


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Dream World Fantasies

Fairy Tale Musicals

General Fantasy Musicals

Mythic Fantasy

Paranormal Fantasy

Sci-Fi Musicals

Superhero Musicals


The following musicals primarily take place in a character’s dream or imaginary visions, often concluding with the character waking up or returning to reality.


Alice by Heart

Music: Duncan Sheik  Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater  Book: Jessie Nelson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy


Finding Neverland

Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy  Music: Scott Frankel  Lyrics: Michael Korie  Book: Allan Knee, James Graham

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy


Jerry Springer: The Opera

Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy


The Wizard of Oz

Music/Lyrics: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg  Music: Herbert Stothart  Book: L. Frank Baum, John Kane

Musical Type: 1939 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1987)

Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy


The Wizard of Oz (ALW)

Music: Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart  Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Yip Harburg, Tim Rice  Book: Jeremy Sams

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy


Wonderland

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics/Book: Jack Murphy  Book: Gregory Boyd

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy


The following musicals feature fantastical settings, mythical characters, and narratives centered on themes such as good versus evil, love, and moral conflict.


Aladdin

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin  Lyrics: Tim Rice, Howard Ashman

Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Bad Cinderella

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Emerald Fennell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Beauty and the Beast

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice  Book: Linda Woolverton

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Between the Lines

Music/Lyrics: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson  Book: Timothy Allen McDonald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Cinderella

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II  Book: Douglas Carter Beane

Musical Type: 1957 Film/Contemporary Musical (2013)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Flahooley

Music: Sammy Fain  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Goblin Market

Music: Polly Pen  Lyrics: Peggy Harmon

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Music: George Stiles  Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Hans Christian Andersen

Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser  Book: John Fearnley, Beverly Cross, Tommy Steele

Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Honk!

Music: George Stiles  Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Into the Woods

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: James Lapine

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Once on This Island

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Once Upon a Mattress

Music: Mary Rodgers  Lyrics/Book: Marshall Barer  Book: Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller

Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


Shrek

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


The Clockmaker’s Daughter

Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael Webborn, Daniel Finn

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


The Light Princess

Music/Lyrics: Tori Amos  Lyrics/Book: Samuel Adamson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


The Little Mermaid

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater  Book: Doug Wright

Musical Type: 1989 Film/Contemporary Musical (2007)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


The Robber Bridegroom

Music: Robert Waldman  Lyrics/Book: Alfred Uhry

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


The Three Little Pigs

Music: George Stiles  Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale


The following musicals transport audiences to unearthly worlds filled with magic while sharing stories that ignite the imagination.


Amour

Music: Michel Legrand  Lyrics/Book: Didier van Cauwelaert, Jeremy Sams

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Type of Fantasy: General


Big

Music: David Shire  Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.  Book: John Weidman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Type of Fantasy: General


Big Fish

Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa  Book: John August

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Type of Fantasy: General


Boop! The Musical

Music: David Foster  Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead  Book: Bob Martin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Type of Fantasy: General


Brigadoon

Music: Frederick Loewe  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)

Type of Fantasy: General


Bumblescratch

Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Type of Fantasy: General


Cabin in the Sky

Music: Vernon Duke  Lyrics: John La Touche  Book: Lynn Root

Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)

Type of Fantasy: General


Camelot

Music: Frederick Loewe  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)

Type of Fantasy: General


Cats

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)

Type of Fantasy: General


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman  Lyrics: Scott Wittman  Book: David Greig

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Type of Fantasy: General


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman  Adaptations: Jeremy Sams, Ray Roderick

Musical Type: 1968 Film/Contemporary Musical (2002)

Type of Fantasy: General


Death Becomes Her

Music/Lyrics: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey  Book: Marco Pennette

Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)

Type of Fantasy: General


Death Takes a Holiday

Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston  Book: Peter Stone, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Type of Fantasy: General


Descendants

Music/Lyrics: Various  Lyrics/Book: Nick Blaemire  Adaptation: Madeline Smith

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: General


Doctor Dolittle

Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Type of Fantasy: General


Elf

Music: Matthew Sklar  Lyrics: Chad Beguelin  Book: Bob Martin, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Type of Fantasy: General


Ernest Shackleton Loves Me

Music: Brendan Milburn  Lyrics: Valerie Vigoda  Book: Joe DiPietro

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Type of Fantasy: General


Evening Primrose

Music/LyricsStephen Sondheim  Book: James Goldman

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Type of Fantasy: General


Finding Nemo

Music/Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez  Book: Lindsay Anderson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Type of Fantasy: General


Finian’s Rainbow

Music: Burton Lane  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)

Type of Fantasy: General


Forever Plaid

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Stuart Ross

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Type of Fantasy: General


Freaky Friday

Music: Tom Kitt  Lyrics: Brian Yorkey  Book: Bridget Carpenter

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Type of Fantasy: General


Frozen

Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez  Book: Jennifer Lee

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Type of Fantasy: General


Greenwillow

Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser  Book: Lesser Samuels

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)

Type of Fantasy: General


Groundhog Day

Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin  Book: Danny Rubin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Type of Fantasy: General


James and the Giant Peach

Music: Justin Paul  Lyrics: Benj Pasek  Book: Timothy Allen McDonald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Type of Fantasy: General


Just So

Music: George Stiles  Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

Type of Fantasy: General


Li’l Abner

Music: Gene de Paul  Lyrics: Johnny Mercer  Book: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

Type of Fantasy: General


Love Birds

Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: General


Mary Poppins

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe  Book: Julian Fellowes

Musical Type: 1964 Film/Contemporary Musical (2004)

Type of Fantasy: General


Matilda

Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin  Book: Dennis Kelly

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Type of Fantasy: General


One Touch of Venus

Music: Kurt Weill  Lyrics/Book: Ogden Nash  Book: S.J. Perelman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)

Type of Fantasy: General


Peter Pan

Music: Moose Charlap, Jule Styne  Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green  Book: J.M. Barrie

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

Type of Fantasy: General


Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure

Music: George Stiles  Lyrics: Anthony Drewe  Book: Willis Hall

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Type of Fantasy: General


Salad Days

Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade  Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

Type of Fantasy: General


Seussical

Music/Book: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

Type of Fantasy: General


Starlight Express

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, Nick Coler

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

Type of Fantasy: General


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Music/Lyrics: Darren Clark  Lyrics/Book: Jethro Compton

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Type of Fantasy: General


The Lord of the Rings

Music: A.R. Rahman, Christopher Nightingale, Värttinä  Lyrics/Book: Matthew Warchus, Shaun McKenna

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Type of Fantasy: General


The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Music: Leon Carr  Lyrics: Earl Shuman  Book: Joe Manchester

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)

Type of Fantasy: General


The Witches

Music/Lyrics: Dave Malloy  Lyrics/Book: Lucy Kirkwood

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Type of Fantasy: General


The Witches of Eastwick

Music: Dana P. Rowe  Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

Type of Fantasy: General


The Wiz

Music/Lyrics: Charlie Smalls  Book: William F. Brown

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Type of Fantasy: General


Three Wishes for Jamie

Music/Lyrics: Ralph Blane  Book: Charles O’Neal, Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)

Type of Fantasy: General


Tuck Everlasting

Music: Chris Miller  Lyrics: Nathan Tysen  Book: Claudia Shear, Tim Federle

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: General


Wicked

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Winnie Holzman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Type of Fantasy: General


The following musicals transport audiences to ancient realms of gods and heroes, exploring epic quests and the clash between mortals and deities.


Damn Yankees

Music/Lyrics: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross  Book: George Abbott, Douglass Wallop

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


Don’t Play Us Cheap

Music/Lyrics/Book: Melvin Van Peebles

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


Hadestown

Music/Lyrics/Book: Anaïs Mitchell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


Hercules

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Kristoffer Diaz, Robert Horn, Kwame Kwei-Armah

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


Jasper in Deadland

Music/Lyrics: Ryan Scott Oliver  Book: Hunter Foster

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


Out of This World

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Dwight Taylor, Reginald Lawrence

Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


The Frogs

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Burt Shevelove, Nathan Lane

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


The Lightning Thief

Music/Lyrics: Rob Rokicki  Book: Joe Tracz

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


Xanadu

Music/Lyrics: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar  Book: Douglas Carter Beane

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Type of Fantasy: Mythic


These musicals feature unexplainable events beyond normal scientific understanding. This type of fantasy often spotlights ghosts, monsters, vampires, and other fantastical creatures.


A Christmas Carol

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Mike Ockrent

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Bat Boy

Music/Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe  Book: Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Death Note

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics: Jack Murphy  Book: Ivan Menchell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Dracula

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Evil Dead

Music/Lyrics/Book: George Reinblatt  Music: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Follies

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: James Goldman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Ghost

Music/Lyrics: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard  Lyrics/Book: Bruce Joel Rubin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Ghost Quartet

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


High Spirits

Music/Lyrics/Book: Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Jekyll & Hyde

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Little Shop of Horrors

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


Nerdy Prudes Must Die

Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim  Book: Nick Lang, Matt Lang

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


The Landing

Music: John Kander  Lyrics/Book: Greg Pierce

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


The Toxic Avenger

Music/Lyrics: David Bryan  Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Type of Fantasy: Paranormal


These musicals transport audiences to futuristic realms, exploring topics such as technology, space, and other thought-provoking ideas.


Back to the Future

Music/Lyrics: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard  Book: Bob Gale

Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Bat Out of Hell

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Steinman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Be More Chill

Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis  Book: Joe Tracz

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Dreamland

Music/Lyrics/Book: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen

Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Lazarus

Music/Lyrics: David Bowie  Book: Enda Walsh

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future

Music/Lyrics/Book: Andrew R. Butler

Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Return to the Forbidden Planet

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Bob Carlton

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Starmites

Music/Lyrics/Book: Barry Keating  Book: Stuart Ross

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


The Dolls of New Albion

Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Shapera

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


The Rocky Horror Show

Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


The War of the Worlds

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jeff Wayne  Lyrics: Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne  Book: Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Venice

Music/Lyrics: Matt Sax  Lyrics/Book: Eric Rosen

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


We Will Rock You

Music/Lyrics: Queen  Book: Ben Elton

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


Weird Romance

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: David Spencer  Book: Alan Brennert

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi


These musicals feature characters with extraordinary abilities and narratives centered on conflict, heroism, and overcoming adversity.


Dog Man: The Musical

Music: Brad Alexander  Lyrics/Book: Kevin Del Aguila

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Type of Fantasy: Superhero


Eugenius!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Ben Adams, Chris Wilkins

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Type of Fantasy: Superhero


It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Lee Adams  Book: David Newman, Robert Benton

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Type of Fantasy: Superhero


Lizard Boy

Music/Lyrics/Book: Justin Huertas

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Type of Fantasy: Superhero


Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark

Music/Lyrics: Bono, The Edge  Book: Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Type of Fantasy: Superhero