Musicals About Food – The Complete List
Last Updated: May 6, 2025
The following list includes 23+ stage musicals about food, focusing on cooking, dining, and food-related experiences. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Musicals With Food in Their Titles
Musicals About Food
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Songs About Food: “Fair Shares for All”
Music: Milton Schafer Lyrics: Ronny Graham Book: A.J. Russell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Songs About Food: “Uriti”
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: David Greig
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Songs About Food: “The Candy Man”, Others
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Food: “Cheeseburger in Paradise”, “Coconut Telegraph Medley”, Others
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Dennis Green Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Songs About Food: “Cheese Nips”
Music: Leroy Anderson Lyrics: Joan Ford Lyrics/Book: Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Songs About Food: “Porridge”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: David Ives
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Songs About Food: “Cafe Everything”, “Waiter’s Song”, “Bistro a la Mode”
Music/Lyrics/Book: John Forster Book: Delia Ephron, Judith Kahan
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Songs About Food: “Like a Child”
Music: Justin Paul Lyrics: Benj Pasek Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Songs About Food: “Plump and Juicy”, Others
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Songs About Food: “Suppertime”, “Feed Me”
Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall Lyrics/Book: Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Songs About Food: “Pasta”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lionel Bart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Food: “Food, Glorious Food”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Rick Hip-Flores
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Food: “Recipe for Success”, “Delicious”
Music/Lyrics: John Gregor Lyrics/Book: Victoria Kann, Elizabeth Kann
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Songs About Food: “The Power of Antioxidants”, “Green Food”
Music/Lyrics/Book: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, Jim Wann
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Songs About Food: “Serve Yourself”, “Menu Song”, Others
Music/Lyrics: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Songs About Food: “Corn”, “Corn Mix”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Karey Kirkpatrick Music/Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick Book: John O’Farrell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Food: “It’s Eggs!”, “Something Rotten! / Make an Omelette”
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Morrie Ryskind Original Libretto: George S. Kaufman
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Songs About Food: “Fletcher’s American Cheese Choral Society”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Songs About Food: “The Worst Pies in London”, “A Little Priest”, “God, That’s Good!”
Music/Book: Jerry Bock Lyrics/Book: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Coopersmith
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Songs About Food: “Forbidden Fruit”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Songs About Food: “Bread”
The Great British Bake Off Musical
Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary Lyrics/Book: Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Songs About Food: “Somewhere in the Dough”, “Bring on the Scone”, Others
Music/Book: James Valcq Lyrics/Book: Fred Alley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Songs About Food: “Something’s Cooking”, “Out of the Frying Pan”, Others
Music/Lyrics: Sara Bareilles Book: Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
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.
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Loften Mitchell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Gary Kupper Book: Rose Caiola
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Don Appell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music: Judd Woldin Lyrics: Robert Brittan Book: Robert Nemiroff, Charlotte Zaltzberg
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Music: Jeffrey Zahn Lyrics/Book: Joe Troiano
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Music/Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Hy Kraft
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Music/Lyrics: Noël Coward Book: Harry Kurnitz
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Music: Jerome Moross Lyrics/Book: John La Touche
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)