Musical Lists

Halloween Musicals

The following list includes stage musicals in which Halloween is depicted within a scene or musical number. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.


The following musicals feature a significant Halloween song, scene, or party in the plot.


A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Music: Arthur Schwartz  Lyrics: Dorothy Fields  Book: George Abbott, Betty Smith

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

Song About Halloween: “Halloween Interlude”


Applause

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Lee Adams  Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)

Song About Halloween: “One Hallowe’en”


Be More Chill

Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis  Book: Joe Tracz

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Song About Halloween: “Halloween”


Captain Louie

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Anthony Stein

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Song About Halloween: “Trick or Treat”


Cry-Baby

Music/Lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum  Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Song About Halloween: “A Whole Lot Worse”


Greenwillow

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

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)

Song About Halloween: “Halloweve”


In the Heights

Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda  Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Song About Halloween: “Everything I Know”


Mean Girls

Music: Jeff Richmond  Lyrics: Nell Benjamin  Book: Tina Fey

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Song About Halloween: “Sexy”


Now Is the Time for All Good Men

Music: Nancy Ford  Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)

Song About Halloween: “Halloween Hayride”


Meet Me in St. Louis

Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane  Book: Hugh Wheeler

Musical Type: 1944 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1989)

Song About Halloween: “Ghosties and Ghoulies”


Rent

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Songs About Halloween: “I’ll Cover You (Reprise)”, “Halloween”


Silence!

Music/Lyrics: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan  Book: Hunter Bell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Song About Halloween: “It’s Me”


Spookley the Square Pumpkin

Music: Jeffrey Zahn  Lyrics/Book: Joe Troiano

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Song About Halloween: “It’s Halloween”


Snoopy!!!

Music: Larry Grossman  Lyrics: Hal Hackady  Book: Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Grace

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

Song About Halloween: “The Vigil”


The Story of My Life

Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram  Book: Brian Hill

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Song About Halloween: “Mrs. Remington”