50+ Musicals About Money – A Full List of Shows
These musicals about money explore wealth, poverty, financial ambition and the role money plays in people’s lives. The list includes stories about making or losing money, as well as shows that examine class, greed, and the pursuit of financial success.
Musicals About Money
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Clark Baxtresser
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and A.J. Carothers
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: David Heneker, John Taylor, Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner, and Ray Cooney
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1916)
Creators: Frederic Norton and Oscar Asche
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Garson Kanin
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Creators: Cole Porter and Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, George Abbott, Robert Russell, and David Thompson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Alan Menken, Dennis Green, and Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Creators: Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: David Heneker and Beverley Cross
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and Stephen Longstreet
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding, and Others
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Elmer Bernstein, Carolyn Leigh, and Max Shulman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Marguerite Monnot, Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, and Monty Norman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Charles Lederer, and Luther Davis
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1924)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and Fred Thompson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, and Abram S. Ginnes
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Anita Loos, Joseph Fields, Kenny Solms, and Gail Parent
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles, Paul Leigh, and Claire Luckham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Creators: Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse, and Wolf Mankowitz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Garry Marshall, and J.F. Lawton
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Al Carmines and María Irene Fornés
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan, Robert Nemiroff, and Charlotte Zaltzberg
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955) / Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Julius J. Epstein
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn, and Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Steve Brown and Justin Greene
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Kait Kerrigan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Peter Rutherford and James Millar
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, and David Newman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Gary William Friedman, Will Holt, Bob Livingston, and Herb Schapiro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Lindsey Ferrentino
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Robert Waldman and Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: James Valcq and Fred Alley
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Lee Pockriss, Anne Croswell, and David Shaw