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.
Musicals That Mention Halloween
The following musicals feature a significant Halloween song, scene, or party in the plot.
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: George Abbott, Betty Smith
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Song About Halloween: “Halloween Interlude”
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Song About Halloween: “One Hallowe’en”
Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Song About Halloween: “Halloween”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Anthony Stein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Song About Halloween: “Trick or Treat”
Music/Lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Song About Halloween: “A Whole Lot Worse”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser Book: Lesser Samuels
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Song About Halloween: “Halloweve”
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Song About Halloween: “Everything I Know”
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”
Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: 1944 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1989)
Song About Halloween: “Ghosties and Ghoulies”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Songs About Halloween: “I’ll Cover You (Reprise)”, “Halloween”
Music/Lyrics: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan Book: Hunter Bell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Song About Halloween: “It’s Me”
Music: Jeffrey Zahn Lyrics/Book: Joe Troiano
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Song About Halloween: “It’s Halloween”
Music: Larry Grossman Lyrics: Hal Hackady Book: Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Grace
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Song About Halloween: “The Vigil”
Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram Book: Brian Hill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Song About Halloween: “Mrs. Remington”
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Last Reviewed: October 9, 2025