Musicals About America – The Complete List

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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Music: Leonard Bernstein  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Genre: Historical

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1776

Music/Lyrics: Sherman Edwards  Book: Peter Stone

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)

Genre: Drama

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Allegiance

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jay Kuo  Book: Marc Acito, Lorenzo Thione

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Genre: Drama

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American Idiot

Music: Green Day  Lyrics/Book: Billie Joe Armstrong  Book: Michael Mayer

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Genre: Drama

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As Thousands Cheer

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Moss Hart

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)

Genre: Revue / Satire

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Assassins

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: John Weidman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Genre: Drama

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Ben Franklin in Paris

Music: Mark Sandrich, Jr.  Lyrics/Book: Sidney Michaels  Additional Songs: Jerry Herman

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)

Genre: Semi-Biography

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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Music/Lyrics: Michael Friedman  Book: Alex Timbers

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Genre: Biography

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Call Me Mister

Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome  Sketches: Arnold Auerbach

Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)

Genre: Revue

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Clinton: The Musical

Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Hodge  Book: Michael Hodge

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Genre: Satire

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Dearest Enemy

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics: Lorenz Hart  Book: Herbert Fields

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)

Genre: Comedy / Romance

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First Daughter Suite

Music/Lyrics: Michael John La Chiusa

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Genre: Dramedy

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First Lady Suite

Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)

Genre: Dramedy

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George M!

Music/Lyrics: George M. Cohan  Lyrics: Mary Cohan  Book: Michael Stewart, John Pascal, Francine Pascal

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)

Genre: Biography

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Hamilton

Music/Lyrics/Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Genre: Biography

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Let ‘Em Eat Cake

Music: George Gershwin  Lyrics: Ira Gershwin  Book: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)

Genre: Satire

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Miss Liberty

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Robert E. Sherwood

Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)

Genre: Romantic Comedy

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Mr. President

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)

Genre: Dramedy

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Of Thee I Sing

Music: George Gershwin  Lyrics: Ira Gershwin  Book: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1931)

Genre: Satire

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Over Here!

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman  Book: Will Holt

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Genre: Satire

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Rags

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Joseph Stein  Revisions: David Thompson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)

Genre: Drama

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Ragtime

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Genre: Drama

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See Rock City and Other Destinations

Music: Brad Alexander  Lyrics/Book: Adam Mathias

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Genre: Song Cycle

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Shenandoah

Music: Gary Geld  Lyrics/Book: Peter Udell  Book: Philip Rose, James Lee Barrett

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Genre: Drama

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Suffs

Music/Lyrics/Book: Shaina Taub

Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)

Genre: Historical

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The Civil War

Music/Book: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics: Jack Murphy  Book: Gregory Boyd

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Genre: Drama

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Tintypes

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

Genre: Revue