31+ Halloween Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Whether you’re looking for the perfect Halloween show to produce or simply looking for some new musicals to get into, there are lots of spooky and fun options at your disposal. And that’s why we’ve put together this full list of Halloween musicals for you!
The following list is broken down into the following categories: “Halloween Musicals”, “Halloweenish Musicals”, “Spooky Musicals” and “Musicals That Mention Halloween”.
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Halloween Musicals
The following musicals are specifically about Halloween or feature it as the main plot.
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Anthony Stein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Music: Jeffrey Zahn Lyrics/Book: Joe Troiano
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Halloweenish Musicals
The following musicals feature a significant Halloween song, scene, or party in the plot.
Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
The Halloween Scene: “Halloween”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser Book: Lesser Samuels
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
The Halloween Scene: “Halloweve”
Music: Jeff Richmond Lyrics: Nell Benjamin Book: Tina Fey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
The Halloween Scene: “Sexy”
Now Is the Time for All Good Men
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
The Halloween Scene: “Halloween Hayride”
Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: 1944 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1989)
The Halloween Scene: “Ghosties and Ghoulies”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
The Halloween Scene: “I’ll Cover You (Reprise)”, “Halloween”
Music: Larry Grossman Lyrics: Hal Hackady Book: Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Grace
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
The Halloween Scene: “The Vigil”
Spooky Musicals
The following musicals may not specifically mention Halloween, but they have spooky or Halloweeny vibes to them!
Music: Jason Howland Lyrics: Nathan Tysen Book: Rachel Axler, Kait Kerrigan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: John Weidman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Music/Lyrics: Eddie Perfect Book: Scott Brown, Anthony King
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Music/Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe Book: Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Willy Russell
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1983)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Laurence O’Keefe, Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin Book: Linda Woolverton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash Lyrics/Book: Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Christenson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Bob Carlton
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1983)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music: Marvin Laird Lyrics/Book: Joel Paley
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Book: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Nick Lang, Matt Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Charles Hart Lyrics/Book: Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
Music/Lyrics: David Bryan Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Music: Dana P. Rowe Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Preston Max Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music: Dana P. Rowe Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1993)
Musicals That Mention Halloween
These musicals might not really feel like Halloween or have a spooky scene, but they do mention or talk about the holiday at least once in the show.
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: George Abbott, Betty Smith
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Song That Mentions Halloween: “Halloween Interlude”
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Song That Mentions Halloween: “One Hallowe’en”
Music/Lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Song That Mentions Halloween: “A Whole Lot Worse”
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Song That Mentions Halloween: “Everything I Know”
Music/Lyrics: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan Book: Hunter Bell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Song That Mentions Halloween: “It’s Me”
Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram Book: Brian Hill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Song That Mentions Halloween: “Mrs. Remington”
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.