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.
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields, George Abbott, and Betty Smith
Halloween Song: “Halloween Interlude”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Gerard Alessandrini
Halloween Song: “On Halloween”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Halloween Song: “One Hallowe’en”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz
Halloween Song: “Halloween”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Anthony Stein
Halloween Song: “Trick or Treat”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
Halloween Song: “A Whole Lot Worse”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frank Loesser and Lesser Samuels
Halloween Song: “Halloweve”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Halloween Song: “Everything I Know”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, and Tina Fey
Halloween Song: “Sexy”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Halloween Song: “Halloween Hayride”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and Hugh Wheeler
Halloween Song: “Ghosties and Ghoulies”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Halloween Song: “Halloween”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan, and Hunter Bell
Halloween Song: “It’s Me”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Larry Grossman, Hal Hackady, Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, and Michael Grace
Halloween Song: “The Vigil”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Jeffrey Zahn and Joe Troiano
Halloween Song: “It’s Halloween”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Halloween Song: “Mrs. Remington”