50+ Jazz Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Jazz music is the heart and soul of most of the shows on the following list. However, jazz musicals tend to incorporate a blend of other genres, such as blues, gospel, rock, and swing. So keep scrolling to explore the wide range of sounds and musical styles featured in this full list of jazz-infused musicals.
This list does not contain a list of “Jazz Age Musicals”. Here’s where you can find full lists of musicals from the 1920s and 1930s.
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Jazz Musicals
3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Music: Michael Rupert Lyrics/Book: Jerry Colker
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Music: Thomas “Fats” Waller Lyrics: Various Concept: Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Music/Lyrics: Kath Gotts Book: Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Billy Goldenberg Lyrics: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman Book: Jerome Kass
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Oberacker Lyrics/Book: Robert Taylor
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Various
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Music/Lyrics: Various Concept: Sheldon Epps
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1980)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Patrik Komljenović
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Various Book: Loften Mitchell Concept: Rosetta LeNoire
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Woody Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music Genres: Jazz / Ragtime
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: John Latouche Book: Lynn Root
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Swing
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: John Kander Lyrics/Book: Fred Ebb Book: Bob Fosse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Larry Gelbart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1989)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Book: Barry Manilow Lyrics/Book: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Music Genres: Jazz / Pop / Swing
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel Book: Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Jeffrey Lane
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics/Book: Melvin Van Peebles
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1972)
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Richard Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Louis Jordan Book: Clarke Peters
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Music Genres: Blues / Jive / Jazz
Music/Lyrics: Various Concept: Chet Walker, Ann Reinking, Richard Matlby, Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1999)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Stuart Brayson Lyrics: Tim Rice Book: Bill Oakes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Clifford Odets, William Gibson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Larry Grossman Lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh Book: Fay Kanin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Adolph Green, Betty Comden Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1994)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: 1956 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1997)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Andrew Bergman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Rob Bowman Lyrics/Book: David H. Bell
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Scat / Swing
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Music Genres: Jazz / Pop
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1977)
Music Genres: Jazz / Pop-Rock
Music: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Swing
Music: Taliep Petersen Lyrics/Book: David Kramer
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Music Genres: Doo-Wop / Jazz / Pop / Rock & Roll
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Music/Lyrics: Todd Matshikiza Lyrics: Pat Williams Book: Harry Bloom
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Music Genres: Jazz
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Will Holt, Linda Hopkins
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Soul
Music: Jason Robert Brown Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Music Genres: Jazz / Gospel / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics: John Kander, Fred Ebb Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: David Thompson, Sharon Washington
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Music Genres: Jazz / Latin / Musical Theatre
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Various Concept: Vernel Bagneris
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Ragtime
Music/Lyrics: Duke Ellington, Various Book: Cheryl L. West
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Music Genres: Jazz / Swing
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Libretto: DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Judd Woldin Lyrics: Robert Brittan Book: Robert Nemiroff, Charlotte Zaltzberg
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Pop
Music/Book: Dan Studney Lyrics/Book: Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Rock / Swing
Music: Keith Herrmann Lyrics/Book: Barry Harman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1987)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Morton DaCosta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Abe Burrows, Marian & Richard Bissell
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: David Pomeranz, David Friedman Lyrics/Book: Kathie Lee Gifford
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Michael Bennett
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle Book: F.E. Miller, Aubrey Lyles, George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1921)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Ragtime
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Matthew López, Amber Ruffin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Music Genre: Jazz
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Craig Carnelia Book: John Guare
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Paul Kelly
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1999)
Music Genres: Jazz / Jive / Swing
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1977)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Tommy Wolf Lyrics: Fran Landesman Book: Jay Landesman, Theodore J. Flicker
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Book: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Ira Gasman Book: David Newman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Music Genres: Gospel / Jazz / Soul
Music: Henry Krieger Lyrics: Robert Lorick Book: Charles Blackwell
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1983)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: John Kander, Fred Ebb Book: David Thompson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Ragtime
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa Book: George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Music/Lyrics/Book: Andrew Lippa
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Music: Dana P. Rowe Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Concept: Shaina Taub Concept: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Music Genres: Funk / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
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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, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.