17+ Musicals About Immigration – A Full List of Shows
These musicals about immigration explore the experiences of immigrants, migration, and building a new life in another country. The list includes stories about leaving home, new cultures, belonging, displacement, and the other life changes that come with immigration.
Musicals About Immigration
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jay Kuo, Marc Acito, and Lorenzo Thione
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, David Henry Hwang, and Joseph Fields
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Genre: Biography / Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Martin Charnin, Raymond Jessel, and Thomas Meehan
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Tom Fletcher and Jessica Swale
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein, and David Thompson
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez, Lisa Loomer, and Nell Benjamin
Genre: Comedy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, James Lapine, and Peter Parnell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Meredith Willson and Richard Morris
Genre: Biography / Comedy / Western
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte, and Others
Genre: Historical
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Peter Stone
Genre: Drama / Historical
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Genre: Drama / Romance