Musical Revues – The Complete List
The following list includes revue musicals composed of a series of songs or sketches rather than a single continuous plot. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Musical Revues
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Concept: Walter Bobbie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
What’s Featured: The music of Rodgers and Hammerstein
A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Music: Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, André Previn, Saul Chaplin, Roger Eden, Morton Gould
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
What’s Featured: The lyrics of Comden and Green
Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman Music/Lyrics: Al Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
What’s Featured: The music of the Sherman Family
Music: Thomas “Fats” Waller Lyrics: Various Concept: Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
What’s Featured: The music of Fats Waller
Anything Can Happen in the Theater
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Concept: Gerard Alessandrini
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
What’s Featured: The music of Maury Yeston
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
What’s Featured: Newspaper headlines of the day
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Larry Gallagher
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
What’s Featured: Female voices of the 1960s
Music/Lyrics: Various
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
What’s Featured: Black music in Paris between WWI and WWII.
Music: Jimmy McHugh Lyrics: Dorothy Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
What’s Featured: The music of McHugh and Fields
Music/Lyrics: Various Concept: Sheldon Epps
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
What’s Featured: The complexity of relationships
Bring In ‘Da Noise, Bring In ‘Da Funk
Music: Daryl Waters, Zane Mark Music/Lyrics: Ann Duquesnay Lyrics: George C. Wolfe Lyrics/Book: Reg E. Gaines
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
What’s Featured: Black history and experience
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Loften Mitchell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
What’s Featured: The music of the Harlem Renaissance
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Sketches: Arnold Auerbach
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
What’s Featured: Sketches by Rome and Auerbach
Music/Lyrics: Micki Grant Concept: Vinnette Carroll
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
What’s Featured: Black history and experience
Music/Lyrics: Louis Jordan Book: Clarke Peters
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
What’s Featured: The music of Louis Jordan
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Stuart Ross
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
What’s Featured: Close-harmony quartets of the 1950s
Music/Lyrics: Various Concept: Chet Walker, Ann Reinking, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
What’s Featured: The choreography of Bob Fosse
Music/Lyrics/Book: John Forster Book: Delia Ephron, Judith Kahan
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
What’s Featured: Songs about childhood
Music/Lyrics: William Finn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
What’s Featured: The music of William Finn
Music: Helen Miller Lyrics: Eve Merriam
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
What’s Featured: A celebration of urban life
It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
Music/Lyrics/Book: Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, Dan Wheetman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
What’s Featured: The history of blues music
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Music/Lyrics: Jacques Brel Book: Eric Blau, Mort Shuman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
What’s Featured: The music of Jacques Brel
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Various Book: Dick Vosburgh
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
What’s Featured: The music of Jerome Kern
Music/Lyrics: Various
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
What’s Featured: Music from shows directed/choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Concept: Larry Alford, Wayne Cilento
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
What’s Featured: The music and lyrics of Jerry Herman
Music/Lyrics: The Beatles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
What’s Featured: The music of The Beatles
Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
What’s Featured: The music of Arlen, Gershwin, and Harburg
Music/Lyrics: William Finn Concept: Rob Ruggiero
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
What’s Featured: The music of William Finn
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Concept: Craig Lucas, Norman René
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
What’s Featured: Cut songs from Sondheim shows
Music/Lyrics: Charles Strouse Book: Warren Leight
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
What’s Featured: Stories about former NYC Mayor Ed Koch
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Will Holt, Linda Hopkins
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
What’s Featured: Tribute to the career of Bessie Smith
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Robert Schrock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
What’s Featured: Vaudeville-style music performed naked
Music/Lyrics: Various
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
What’s Featured: Songs and comedy skits
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Chad Beguelin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
What’s Featured: Walt Disney Songs
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jerry Herman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
What’s Featured: The music of Jerry Herman
Music/Lyrics: Laurie Johnson Sketches: Peter Cook
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
What’s Featured: Various songs and sketches
Music/Lyrics/Book: Harold Rome Book: Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Arnold Horwitt, John La Touche, Joseph Schrank
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
What’s Featured: Current events of the time
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: David Thompson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
What’s Featured: The producing career of Harold Prince
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
What’s Featured: The music of Sondheim
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
What’s Featured: The music of Sondheim
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
What’s Featured: The music of Leiber and Stoller
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
What’s Featured: The music of Maltby and Shire
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Paul Kelly
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
What’s Featured: Swing music of the 1930s-1940s
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics/Book: Howard Dietz Book: George S. Kaufman
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1931)
What’s Featured: The music of Schwartz, Dietz, and Kaufman
Music: Mary Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Larry Siegel Lyrics: Marshall Barer, Steven Vinaver Book: Stan Hart Additional Song: Stephen Sondheim
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
What’s Featured: Mad Magazine
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
What’s Featured: The music of Jones and Schmidt
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Concept: Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, David Thompson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
What’s Featured: The music of Kander and Ebb
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Musical Type: Golden Age (1942)
What’s Featured: Morale boosting for WWII
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
What’s Featured: History/WWI
Music/Lyrics: Tom Lehrer Adaptation: Cameron Mackintosh, Robin Ray
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
What’s Featured: The music of Tom Lehrer
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
What’s Featured: The music of Styne, Comden, and Green
Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: Ogden Nash, Sammy Cahn Sketches: Charles Sherman, Peter DeVries
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
What’s Featured: Music and sketches related to show business
Music: Dick Gallagher Book/Lyrics/Concept: Mark Waldrop Concept: Howard Crabtree
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
What’s Featured: Comedic sketches
Music/Lyrics/Book: Howard Crabtree, Charles Cantanese, Mark Waldrop, Dick Gallagher, Phillip George, Peter Morris
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
What’s Featured: Sketches designed to showcase extravagant costumes
Music/Lyrics: Various
Musical Type: Revue Series (1907-1957)
What’s Featured: Songs, skits, and dance numbers
Revue Hybrids
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
* Only the first act counts as a revue in this musical.
Music: Frank Lazarus, Various Lyrics/Book: Dick Vosburgh
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
What’s Featured: Hollywood songs of the 1930s
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
What’s Featured: The music of Maltby and Shire
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Concept: Michael Scheman, David Stern
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
What’s Featured: The music of Stephen Schwartz