Musicals About Friendship – The Complete List
The following list includes 35+ musicals about friendship, focusing on friendly relationships and strong platonic bonds. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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: Late 20th Century (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: Late 20th Century (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: Late 20th Century (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: Late 20th Century (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: Late 20th Century (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: Late 20th Century (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: Late 20th Century (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”