Musicals About Black History
The following list includes musicals about Black history, focusing on Black experiences and historical events. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Musicals about Black History
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Thomas “Fats” Waller, Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Others
Subject: Fats Waller / Harlem Renaissance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: The Legendary Motown Catalog and Dominique Morisseau
Subject: The Temptations
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
Creators: Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
Subject: Harlem Renaissance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Daryl Waters, Zane Mark, Ann Duquesnay, George C. Wolfe, and Reg E. Gaines
Subject: Black History
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Subject: The Antebellum South
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Micki Grant and Vinnette Carroll
Subject: The Black Experience
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Fela Kuti, Bill T. Jones, and Jim Lewis
Subject: Fela Kuti
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, and Dan Wheetman
Subject: The History of Blues Music
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead, and George C. Wolfe
Subject: Jelly Roll Morton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Taliep Petersen and David Kramer
Subject: Apartheid Era South Africa
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Todd Matshikiza, Pat Williams, and Harry Bloom
Subject: Ezekiel Dlamini
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Subject: Race Relations / Early 20th-Century USA
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela
Subject: Soweto Uprising / Apartheid Era South Africa
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Subject: Racial Inequality
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1921)
Creators: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller, and Aubrey Lyles
Subject: Harlem Renaissance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and Marsha Norman
Subject: Rural American South
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Subject: The Scottsboro Boys