75+ Jazz Musicals – The Full List of Shows
These jazz musicals bring swing, blues, and jazz-influenced storytelling to the stage. The list includes shows where jazz shapes all or part of the score, often alongside genres like blues, gospel, and musical theatre.
See also: Musicals of the 1920s and 1930s.
Jazz Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Michael Rupert and Jerry Colker
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Thomas “Fats” Waller, Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Craig Lucas
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick, and Ann McManus
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Billy Goldenberg, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Jerome Kass
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, and Bob Martin
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Various Artists
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
Creators: Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
Music Genres: Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Sheldon Epps and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Loften Mitchell and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Woody Allen and Others
Music Genres: Jazz / Ragtime
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Vernon Duke, John La Touche, and Lynn Root
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Swing
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Terrence McNally
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry Gelbart
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, and Jack Feldman
Music Genres: Jazz / Pop / Swing
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Melvin Van Peebles
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Richard Greenberg
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Louis Jordan and Clarke Peters
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Jive
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Stuart Brayson, Tim Rice, and Bill Oakes
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Clifford Odets, and William Gibson
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Grossman, Ellen Fitzhugh, and Fay Kanin
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Anaïs Mitchell
Music Genres: Folk / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Nell Benjamin, Bob Martin, and Chad Beguelin
Music Genres: Jazz / Hip-Hop / Latin / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Arthur Laurents
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Cole Porter, Susan Birkenhead, and Arthur Kopit
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Gordon Greenberg, and Chad Hodge
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Rob Bowman and David H. Bell
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Scat / Swing
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding, and Others
Music Genres: Jazz / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart
Music Genres: Jazz / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead, and George C. Wolfe
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Swing
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson, and Others
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Warren Leight, Isaac Oliver, and Others
Music Genres: Jazz / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Taliep Petersen and David Kramer
Music Genres: Doo-Wop / Jazz / Pop / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Todd Matshikiza, Pat Williams, and Harry Bloom
Music Genre: Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Morrie Ryskind
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Will Aronson and Hue Park
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Will Holt, Linda Hopkins, and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Amanda Green, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Adam Guettel
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Thompson, and Sharon Washington
Music Genres: Jazz / Latin / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop / Rap
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O’Hara
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry
Music Genres: Blues / Folk / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, and Andreas Carlsson
Music Genres: Bluegrass / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Laurie Johnson and Peter Cook
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Opera (1879) / Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert, and Rupert Holmes
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta / Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Cheryl West, Duke Ellington, and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Swing
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Dorothy Heyward
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jule Styne and Bob Merrill
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Ragtime
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan, Robert Nemiroff, and Charlotte Zaltzberg
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Rock / Swing
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Keith Herrmann and Barry Harman
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and Morton DaCosta
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Abe Burrows, Marian Bissell, and Richard Bissell
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Pomeranz, David Friedman, and Kathie Lee Gifford
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Michael Bennett
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1921)
Creators: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller, and Aubrey Lyles
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Ragtime
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: David Martin and Langston Hughes
Music Genres: Blues / Calypso / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Rick Elice, and Bob Martin
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Matthew López, and Amber Ruffin
Music Genre: Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Peter Stone
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Craig Carnelia, and John Guare
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Kelly and Others
Music Genres: Jazz / Jive / Swing
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb and George Furth
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman
Music Genres: Classical / Funk / Jazz / Pop / Rap
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elton John, Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick, and Kate Wetherhead
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Kait Kerrigan
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Music Genres: Blues / Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, and David Newman
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Soul
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman, Jay Landesman, and Theodore J. Flicker
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Ragtime
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Henry Krieger, Robert Lorick, and Charles Blackwell
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Andrew Lippa
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: David Yazbek and Robert Horn
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Matthew White, and Howard Jacques
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Lionel Bart, Harvey Orkin, and Julian Woolford
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Shaina Taub and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Music Genres: Funk / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: PigPen Theatre Co. and Rick Elice
Music Genres: Bluegrass / Country / Folk / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Moose Charlap, Norman Gimbel, Cy Feuer, Ernest Martin, and Dan Cushman
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
Music Genres: Disco / Jazz / Pop / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Joseph Zellnik and David Zellnik
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre