35+ Musicals About Friendship – The Full List of Shows
Looking for a musical that highlights the bonds of friendship? From heartfelt young connections to deep, enduring relationships, these shows explore the many forms friendship can take. Here’s the full list of musicals about friendship, sorted alphabetically.
Musicals About Friendship
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Dan Elish, Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Songs About Friendship: “What It Means to Be a Friend”
Music: Robert Reale Lyrics/Book: Willie Reale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Songs About Friendship: “He’ll Never Know”
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin Lyrics: Tim Rice, Howard Ashman
Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Songs About Friendship: “Friend Like Me”
Music/Lyrics: Norman Campbell Lyrics/Book: Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, Mavor Moore
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Songs About Friendship: “Kindred Spirits”
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Songs About Friendship: “Friendship”, “You’re the Top”
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Songs About Friendship: “If You Were Gay”
Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Friendship: “Two-Player Game”
Music/Lyrics: Roger Miller Book: William Hauptman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Songs About Friendship: “Worlds Apart”
Music: Tom Kitt Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Songs About Friendship: “I Got You”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Anthony Stein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Friendship: “Home Again”
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1989)
Songs About Friendship: “You Want to Be My Friend?”, “Three Friends”
Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Book: Steven Levenson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Friendship: “For Forever”
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Friendship: “White Milk & Red Blood”
Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”
Music: Deborah Wicks La Puma Lyrics/Book: Mo Willems
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Songs About Friendship: “We’ll Be Friends”
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Music: Dan Gillespie Sells Lyrics/Book: Tom MacRae
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Friendship: “It Means Beautiful”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Yve Blake
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Songs About Friendship: “Wait and See”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Gary Kupper Book: Rose Caiola
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Songs About Friendship: “When You Got Friends”
Music/Lyrics: Nick Blaemire Book: James Gardiner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Friendship: “My Three Best Friends”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Songs About Friendship: “We Go Together”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: David Ives
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Songs About Friendship: “The Road 1”
Music/Lyrics: Ryan Scott Oliver Book: Hunter Foster
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Friendship: “Goodbye Jasper”
Music: Brad Ross Lyrics: Ellen Greenfield, Hal Hackady
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1999)
Songs About Friendship: “Friendship and Love”
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Songs About Friendship: “Bosom Buddies”
Music: Jeff Richmond Lyrics: Nell Benjamin Book: Tina Fey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Friendship: “What’s Wrong With Me?”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)
Songs About Friendship: “Old Friends”
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Bowen Book: Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Songs About Friendship: “Kick Me”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Rick Hip-Flores
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Friendship: “Without My Friends”
Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical
Music/Lyrics: Douglas Lyons Music: Greg Borowsky Book: Melvin Tunstall III
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Friendship: “One Pal”
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Songs About Friendship: “Multiple”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Songs About Friendship: “Multiple”
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Friendship: “Don’t Let Me Go”
Music/Lyrics: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Songs About Friendship: “Friends”
Music: Larry Grossman Lyrics: Hal Hackady Book: Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Grace
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Songs About Friendship: “Friend”
Music: Doug Besterman Lyrics: Dean Pitchford Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Songs About Friendship: “Can You Call This Person a Friend?”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Songs About Friendship: “You and Me (But Mostly Me)”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Songs About Friendship: “‘Til Him”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Friendship: “BFF”
Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram Book: Brian Hill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Songs About Friendship: Multiple
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Friendship: “A Friend Is Still a Friend”
Music/Lyrics: David Kirshenbaum Book: Jack Heifner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Songs About Friendship: “Friendship Isn’t What It Used To Be”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Songs About Friendship: “Better Off Love Story”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Winnie Holzman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Songs About Friendship: “For Good”
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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.
