Musicals About Marriage – The Complete List
Last Updated: May 24, 2025
The following list includes 42+ stage musicals about marriage, focusing on married life and committed relationships. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Musicals About Marriage
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: George Abbott, Betty Smith
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Jason Loewith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Genre: Drama
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Genre: Revue / Song Cycle
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross Book: George Abbott, Douglass Wallop
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel Book: Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Genre: Drama
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Garson Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Richard Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Genre: Drama
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Goldman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Isobel Lennart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Genre: Semi-Biography
Music/Lyrics: Bob Dylan Book: Conor McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Jay Presson Allen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Genre: Biography
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Genre: Comedy
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Music: Jimmy Roberts Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Genre: Dramedy
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Paul Leigh Book: Claire Luckham
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music: Jason Robert Brown Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Genre: Drama
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr. Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Genre: Murder Mystery
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Dwight Taylor, Reginald Lawrence
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Genre: Fantasy
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Genre: Revue
Music/Lyrics: Kate Diaz Lyrics/Book: Tina Landau
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Genre: Drama
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Genre: Biography
Music: Keith Herrmann Lyrics/Book: Barry Harman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Phillip George, David Lowenstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Semi-Biography
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Concept: Michael Scheman, David Stern
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Revue Hybrid
Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music: Albert Hague Lyrics/Book: Allan Sherman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy
Music/Lyrics: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz Book: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music: Jerome Moross Lyrics/Book: John La Touche
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Genre: Dramedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Genre: Romantic Drama
Music: Tommy Wolf Lyrics: Fran Landesman Book: Jay Landesman, Theodore J. Flicker
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Genre: Dramedy
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Music: Leon Carr Lyrics: Earl Shuman Book: Joe Manchester
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Charlotte Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Mystery
Music/Lyrics: Ralph Blane Book: Charles O’Neal, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Schuyler Green Book: Philip Bartholomae, Guy Bolton
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1915)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Jack Murphy Book: Gregory Boyd
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Genre: Fantasy