100+ Fantasy Musicals – The Full List of Shows
From fairy tales and mythic adventures to paranormal stories and science fiction, fantasy musicals come in all shapes and sizes. The following shows transport audiences to worlds filled with wonder and unlimited possibility.
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Dream World Fantasies
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.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, and Jessie Nelson
Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Allan Knee, and James Graham
Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee
Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart, L. Frank Baum, and John Kane
Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Yip Harburg, Tim Rice, and Jeremy Sams
Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Gregory Boyd
Type of Fantasy: Dream World Fantasy
Fairy Tale Musicals
The following musicals feature fantastical settings, mythical characters, and narratives centered on themes such as good versus evil, love, and moral conflict.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Chad Beguelin, Tim Rice, and Howard Ashman
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Emerald Fennell
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Douglas Carter Beane
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Polly Pen and Peggy Harmon
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Creators: Frank Loesser, John Fearnley, Beverly Cross, and Tommy Steele
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater, and Doug Wright
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Robert Waldman and Alfred Uhry
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Type of Fantasy: Fairy Tale
General Fantasy Musicals
The following musicals transport audiences to unearthly worlds filled with magic while sharing stories that ignite the imagination.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Robert Reale and Willie Reale
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Michel Legrand, Didier van Cauwelaert, and Jeremy Sams
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and John August
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, and Bob Martin
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Vernon Duke, John La Touche, and Lynn Root
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Anthony Stein
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and David Greig
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Jeremy Sams, and Ray Roderick
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, and Marco Pennette
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Maury Yeston, Peter Stone, and Thomas Meehan
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Nick Blaemire, Madeline Smith, and Others
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Thomas Meehan
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Joe DiPietro
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, and Lindsay Anderson
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Burton Lane, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Stuart Ross and Others
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Bridget Carpenter
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Jennifer Lee
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frank Loesser and Lesser Samuels
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Gene de Paul, Johnny Mercer, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash, and S.J. Perelman
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Tom Fletcher and Jessica Swale
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Moose Charlap, Jule Styne, Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and J.M. Barrie
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Willis Hall
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Cinco Paul
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Jeffrey Zahn and Joe Troiano
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alastair Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, and Nick Coler
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: A.R. Rahman, Christopher Nightingale, Värttinä, Matthew Warchus, and Shaun McKenna
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Marc Teitler and Nancy Harris
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Leon Carr, Earl Shuman, and Joe Manchester
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Dave Malloy and Lucy Kirkwood
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Creators: Ralph Blane, Charles O’Neal, and Abe Burrows
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, Claudia Shear, and Tim Federle
Type of Fantasy: General
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman
Type of Fantasy: General
Mythic Fantasy
The following musicals transport audiences to ancient realms of gods and heroes, exploring epic quests and the clash between mortals and deities.
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, and Douglass Wallop
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Melvin Van Peebles
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Anaïs Mitchell
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Alan Menken, David Zippel, Kristoffer Diaz, Robert Horn, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Creators: Cole Porter, Dwight Taylor, and Reginald Lawrence
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Nathan Lane
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar, and Douglas Carter Beane
Type of Fantasy: Mythic
Paranormal Fantasy
These musicals feature unexplainable events beyond normal scientific understanding. This type of fantasy often spotlights ghosts, monsters, vampires, and other fantastical creatures.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe, Keythe Farley, and Brian Flemming
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Eddie Perfect, Scott Brown, and Anthony King
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Ivan Menchell
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: George Reinblatt, Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, and Melissa Morris
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, and Bruce Joel Rubin
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Type of Fantasy: Paranormal
Science Fiction Musicals
These musicals transport audiences to futuristic realms, exploring topics such as technology, space, and other thought-provoking ideas.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, and Bob Gale
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jim Steinman
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: David Bowie and Enda Walsh
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Andrew R. Butler
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Bob Carlton and Others
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Barry Keating and Stuart Ross
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Shapera
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne, Jerry Wayne, and Doreen Wayne
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matt Sax and Eric Rosen
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Ben Elton and Queen
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Alan Menken, David Spencer, and Alan Brennert
Type of Fantasy: Sci-Fi
Superhero Musicals
These musicals feature characters with extraordinary abilities and narratives centered on conflict, heroism, and overcoming adversity.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Brad Alexander and Kevin Del Aguila
Type of Fantasy: Superhero
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
Type of Fantasy: Superhero
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, David Newman, and Robert Benton
Type of Fantasy: Superhero
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Justin Huertas
Type of Fantasy: Superhero
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Bono, The Edge, Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Type of Fantasy: Superhero