28+ Musicals About Memories – A Full List of Shows
These musicals about memories focus on reflection, recollection, and the ways memories shape how stories are told. The list includes shows that explore the revisiting of personal experiences as well as the often unreliable nature of memory in general.
Musicals About Memories
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Edward Kleban, Linda Kline, and Lonny Price
Genre: Biography
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and John August
Genre: Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Stuart Ross and Others
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and David Lindsay-Abaire
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Craig Carnelia and Jeffrey Kindley
Genre: Song Cycle
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead, and George C. Wolfe
Genre: Biography
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Frank Galati
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Anita Loos, Joseph Fields, Kenny Solms, and Gail Parent
Genre: Comedy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Lynn Nottage and Others
Genre: Biography
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Amanda Green, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel
Genre: Comedy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, and Susan Blackwell
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Michael Scheman, and David Stern
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater
Genre: Drama / Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Genre: Biography
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Benjamin Scheuer
Genre: Autobiography
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Genre: Comedy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Genre: Comedy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Genre: Comedy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter
Genre: Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Genre: Drama
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Vincent Youmans, Edward Heyman, and Brian Hooker
Genre: Romance
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Jack Heifner
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman
Genre: Drama