23+ Musicals About Dating – The Full List of Shows
Last Updated: May 6, 2025
From lighthearted comedies to fantasies and biographies, there are a lot of great musicals that offer different perspectives on budding love and relationships. Here’s a full list of musicals about dating, sorted alphabetically!
Musicals About Dating
Music/Lyrics/Book: The Heather Brothers
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1989)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Genre: Comedy / Parody
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1989)
Genre: Revue / Song Cycle
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Book: Peter Duchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Genre: Drama
Music: Brendan Milburn Lyrics: Valerie Vigoda Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner Book: Austin Winsberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics: George Weiss, Robert Goldman, Glenn Paxton Book: Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Genre: Romance
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music: Joshua Salzman Lyrics: Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Music: Jimmy Roberts Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, Sara Wordsworth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Ellie Greenwich & Friends Book: Anne Beatts
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984)
Genre: Biography
Music/Lyrics/Book: Justin Huertas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Joshua Salzman Lyrics/Book: Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Julius J. Epstein
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955) / Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Joseph Stein, Robert Russell
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin Book: Tim Herlihy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Genre: Romance
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Genre: Comedy
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
