LGBTQ+ Musicals – The Complete List
The following list includes LGBTQ+ musicals, featuring shows that center LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or experiences. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Pre-1970s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, Michael Whaley
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
1970s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Edward Kleban Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Genre: Comedic Horror / Spoof
1980s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Charles Hart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Genre: Drama
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Genre: Drama
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Music: Janet Hood Lyrics/Book: Bill Russell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Genre: Song Cycle
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Michel Legrand Lyrics: Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer Book: Schönberg, Kent, Boublil
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Genre: Drama
1990s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Semi-Autobiography
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Trask Book: John Cameron Mitchell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Genre: Romance
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Robert Schrock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Genre: Comedic Revue
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen Book: Nick Enright, Martin Sherman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Biography
Music/Lyrics/Book: Andrew Lippa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Genre: Drama
Music: Henry Mancini, Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Book: Blake Edwards
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music: Dick Gallagher Book/Lyrics/Concept: Mark Waldrop Concept: Howard Crabtree
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Genre: Comedic Revue
Music/Lyrics/Book: Howard Crabtree, Charles Cantanese, Mark Waldrop, Dick Gallagher, Phillip George, Peter Morris
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Genre: Revue
2000s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker Book: Kevin Del Aguila
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Satire
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Genre: Comedy / Parody
Music/Lyrics: Kath Gotts Book: Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Drama
Music/Book: Damon Intrabartolo Lyrics/Book: Jon Hartmere
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Pet Shop Boys Book: Jonathan Harvey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Nick Blaemire Book: James Gardiner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Genre: Drama
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Gertrude Stein Adaptation: Frank Galati
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Biography
Music/Lyrics: Ricky Ian Gordon Lyrics/Book: Richard Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: John Weidman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Phillip George, David Lowenstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: John Du Prez Music/Lyrics/Book: Eric Idle
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Comedy / Spoof
Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Boy George Music: Kevan Frost, John Themis, Richie Stevens Book: Charles Busch
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Genre: Semi-Autobiography
Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa Book: George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Genre: Semi-Autobiography
Music: Joseph Zellnik Lyrics/Book: David Zellnik
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Drama
2010s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music/Lyrics: Max Martin, Various Book: David West Read
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael R. Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Tom Kitt Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Irene Sankoff, David Hein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Drama
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Music: Dan Gillespie Sells Lyrics/Book: Tom MacRae
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Richard Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Meredith Stepien, Mark Swiderski Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Stuart Brayson Lyrics: Tim Rice Book: Bill Oakes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Genre: Drama
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Lisa Kron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: The Go-Go’s Book: Jeff Whitty, James Magruder
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Fat Mike, Soma Snakeoil, Jeff Marx Book: David Goldsmith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Drama
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, Sara Wordsworth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Barbara Anselmi Lyrics/Book: Brian Hargrove
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Alanis Morissette Music: Glen Ballard, Guy Sigsworth, Michael Farrell Book: Diablo Cody
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Book: Matt Gould Lyrics/Book: Carson Kreitzer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Genre: Biography
Music/Lyrics/Book: Justin Huertas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Fantasy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Joe Iconis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Dark Comedy / Horror
Music: George Stiles Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe Book: Elliot Davis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Satire
Music: John Kander Lyrics/Book: Greg Pierce
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin Book: Bob Martin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Max Vernon
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Preston Max Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Comedic Horror / Murder Mystery
Music/Lyrics/Book: Matt Gould, Griffin Matthews
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Genre: Documentary
2020s LGBTQ+ Musicals
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Emerald Fennell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Genre: Fairy Tale
Music: Jeff Richmond Lyrics: Nell Benjamin Book: Tina Fey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Kate Diaz Lyrics/Book: Tina Landau
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Matthew López, Amber Ruffin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Elton John Lyrics: Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick Book: Kate Wetherhead
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Genre: Chamber
Music: Julianne Wick Davis Lyrics/Book: Dan Collins
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael R. Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Genre: Satire
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Genre: Comedy