25+ Musicals About Food – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about food focus on cooking, dining, and other food-related experiences. The list includes shows with food-related titles as well as musicals that feature a song that’s specifically about food.
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Musicals With Food in Their Titles
Musicals About Food
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, Ron Cowen, and Daniel Lipman
Songs About Food: “Fair Shares for All”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Milton Schafer, Ronny Graham, and A.J. Russell
Songs About Food: “Uriti”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and David Greig
Songs About Food: “The Candy Man”, Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jimmy Buffett, Greg Garcia, and Mike O’Malley
Songs About Food: “Cheeseburger in Paradise”, “Coconut Telegraph Medley”, Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Alan Menken, Dennis Green, and Howard Ashman
Songs About Food: “Cheese Nips”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Leroy Anderson, Joan Ford, Jean Kerr, and Walter Kerr
Songs About Food: “Porridge”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and David Ives
Songs About Food: “Cafe Everything”, “Waiter’s Song”, “Bistro a la Mode”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: John Forster, Delia Ephron, and Judith Kahan
Songs About Food: “Like a Child”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Songs About Food: “Plump and Juicy”, Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Songs About Food: “Suppertime”, “Feed Me”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Songs About Food: “Pasta”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Lionel Bart
Songs About Food: “Food, Glorious Food”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Tom Fletcher and Jessica Swale
Songs About Food: “Marmalade”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rick Hip-Flores
Songs About Food: “Recipe for Success”, “Delicious”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: John Gregor, Victoria Kann, and Elizabeth Kann
Songs About Food: “The Power of Antioxidants”, “Green Food”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Songs About Food: “Serve Yourself”, “Menu Song”, Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Cinco Paul
Songs About Food: “Corn Puddin'”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Robert Horn
Songs About Food: “Corn”, “Corn Mix”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and John O’Farrell
Songs About Food: “It’s Eggs!”, “Something Rotten! / Make an Omelette”
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Morrie Ryskind, and George S. Kaufman
Songs About Food: “Fletcher’s American Cheese Choral Society”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Songs About Food: “The Worst Pies in London”, “A Little Priest”, “God, That’s Good!”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Jerome Coopersmith
Songs About Food: “Forbidden Fruit”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein
Songs About Food: “Bread”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger
Songs About Food: “Somewhere in the Dough”, “Bring on the Scone”, Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: James Valcq and Fred Alley
Songs About Food: “Something’s Cooking”, “Out of the Frying Pan”, Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson
Songs About Food: “What Baking Can Do”, “What’s Inside”, Others
Musicals With Food in Their Titles
The following shows have food in their titles, but don’t exactly feature food in their plots.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Loften Mitchell and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Gary Kupper and Rose Caiola
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Don Appell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan, Robert Nemiroff, and Charlotte Zaltzberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Jeffrey Zahn and Joe Troiano
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Peter Stone
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Jerome Moross and John La Touche
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Johnny Mercer and Hy Kraft