40+ Musicals About Infidelity – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about infidelity explore themes of broken trust, unfaithfulness, and romantic betrayal. The list includes stories that involve cheating in marriages as well as other committed relationships.
Musicals About Infidelity
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Douglas McGrath
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Sheldon Epps and Others
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice, Richard Nelson, and Danny Strong
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, and Marco Pennette
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Cole Porter, Susan Birkenhead, and Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Al Morgan, and José Ferrer
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O’Hara
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Keith Herrmann and Barry Harman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Eddie Perfect
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: David Martin and Langston Hughes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, and Elmer Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Albert Hague and Allan Sherman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Jerome Moross and John La Touche
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Nehls and Betsy Kelso
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frank Loesser
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jimmy Roberts and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: PigPen Theatre Co. and Rick Elice