35 Musicals About Magic – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about magic bring spells, enchantment and fantasy worlds to the stage. The list includes shows where magical elements shape the characters, setting, or the story itself.
Musicals About Magic
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Chad Beguelin, Tim Rice, and Howard Ashman
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Michel Legrand, Didier van Cauwelaert, and Jeremy Sams
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Jeremy Sams, and Ray Roderick
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Douglas Carter Beane
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, and Marco Pennette
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Nick Blaemire, Madeline Smith, and Others
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Thomas Meehan
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Bridget Carpenter
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Jennifer Lee
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frank Loesser and Lesser Samuels
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash, and S.J. Perelman
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Moose Charlap, Jule Styne, Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and J.M. Barrie
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Willis Hall
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater, and Doug Wright
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: A.R. Rahman, Christopher Nightingale, Värttinä, Matthew Warchus, and Shaun McKenna
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Marc Teitler and Nancy Harris
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Dave Malloy and Lucy Kirkwood
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart, L. Frank Baum, and John Kane
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Yip Harburg, Tim Rice, and Jeremy Sams
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, Claudia Shear, and Tim Federle
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar, and Douglas Carter Beane
Genre: Fantasy