90+ Musicals About Music – The Full List of Shows
The following list includes musicals about music, focusing on themes of composers, singers, dreams of stardom, starting bands, and the pursuit of musical success within their plots.
Musicals About Music
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Neil Diamond and Anthony McCarten
Music Genre: Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Janis Joplin, Randy Johnson, and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Rock / Soul
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, André Previn, Saul Chaplin, Roger Eden, and Morton Gould
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman, Al Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, and Robert B. Sherman
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Thomas “Fats” Waller, Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: The Legendary Motown Catalog and Dominique Morisseau
Music Genres: R&B / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe
Music Genres: Folk / Musical Theatre / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila
Music Genres: Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Gerard Alessandrini
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Floyd Mutrux, Colin Escott, and Others
Music Genre: Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, Tommy Newman, and Gordon Greenberg
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
Music Genre: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Douglas McGrath
Music Genres: Pop-Rock / R&B / Soul
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Gallagher and Others
Music Genre: Pop/Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock / Soul
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Various Artists
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Buddy Holly, Alan Janes, and Others
Music Genres: Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Buena Vista Social Club and Marco Ramirez
Music Genres: Latin / Cuban
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and A.J. Carothers
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gerald Jay Markoe and Michael Colby
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
Music Genre: Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Garson Kanin
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
Music Genres: Blues / Disco / Gospel / Pop / R&B / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Joe DiPietro
Music Genres: Bluegrass / Electronic / Folk / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Steve Margoshes, Jacques Levy, and José Fernandez
Music Genre: Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Louis Jordan and Clarke Peters
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Stuart Ross and Others
Music Genres: Doo-Wop / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Bob Marley and Lee Hall
Music Genre: Reggae
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Mark Allen, Ken Davenport, and The Grundleshotz
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Alicia Keys, Kristoffer Diaz, and Others
Music Genres: Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Bob Merrill and Nunnally Johnson
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and David Lindsay-Abaire
Music Genre: Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Rob Bowman and David H. Bell
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Music Genre: Folk
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: William Finn
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, and Dan Wheetman
Music Genre: Blues
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead, and George C. Wolfe
Music Genre: Blues / Jazz (Swing)
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Jerome Kern, Dick Vosburgh, and Others
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Various Artists
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Larry Alford, and Wayne Cilento
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
Music Genres: Rock & Roll / Doo-Wop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Warren Leight, Isaac Oliver, and Others
Music Genres: Jazz / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Helen Park, Max Vernon, and Jason Kim
Music Genre: Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Carroll and Peter Sham
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: The Beatles
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and Yip Harburg
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton, and Frederick Forsyth
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Musical Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Alfred Uhry, and Others
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: William Finn and Rob Ruggiero
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Will Aronson and Hue Park
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Will Holt, Linda Hopkins, and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Gospel / Jazz / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Music Genres: Gospel / R&B / Rock & Roll / Soul
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Musical Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Colin Escott, Floyd Mutrux, and Others
Music Genre: Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Colin Escott and Others
Music Genre: Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Berry Gordy and Others
Music Genres: Pop/ R&B / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Thompson, and Sharon Washington
Music Genres: Jazz / Latin / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Chad Beguelin and Others
Music Genre: Disney
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, and Alexander Dinelaris
Music Genres: Latin / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, and Enda Walsh
Music Genre: Folk-Rock
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Buddy DeSylva
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Music Genres: Gospel / Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Cheryl West, Duke Ellington, and Others
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz (Swing)
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Music Genres: Classical / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre / Ragtime
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Johnny Cash, Bill Meade, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Music Genres: Country / Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Chris D’Arienzo and Others
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, and Julian Fellowes
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, and Jule Styne
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Gary Clark, John Carney, and Enda Walsh
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Cheri Steinkellner, and Bill Steinkellner
Music Genres: Disco / Gospel / Musical Theatre / R&B / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Rick Elice, and Bob Martin
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Music Genre: R&B / Rock & Roll
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Matthew López, and Amber Ruffin
Music Genre: Jazz
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Milton Lazarus
Music Genre: Operetta
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Peter Stone
Music Genres: Jazz / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ray Davies and Joe Penhall
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Kelly and Others
Music Genre: Jazz (Jive / Swing)
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Boy George, Kevan Frost, John Themis, Richie Stevens, and Charles Busch
Music Genre: Pop / Pop-Rock / Reggae / Rock
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1931)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, and George S. Kaufman
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: David Yazbek and Itamar Moses
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Middle Eastern
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Rick Elice and Others
Music Genres: Disco / Pop
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, and Others
Music Genres: Folk / Musical Theatre / Pop / Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Ed Curtis and Others
Music Genres: Pop / R&B / Rock & Roll / Soul
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Huey Lewis and the News, Jonathan A. Abrams, Tyler Mitchell, and Others
Music Genre: Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Benjamin Scheuer
Music Genre: Folk-Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2026)
Creators: The Rescues, David Hornsby, Chris Hoch
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Meredith Willson
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Music Genres: African / Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Tim Herlihy
Music Genre: Pop-Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager, and Neil Simon
Music Genres: Disco / Musical Theatre / Pop
Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Rock
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Tom Lehrer, Cameron Mackintosh, and Robin Ray
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Ben Elton and Queen
Music Genre: Rock
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Irving Berlin, David Ives, and Paul Blake
Music Genre: Musical Theatre
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Tracy Miller, Carly Robyn Green, Riko Sakaguchi, and Rinne B. Groff
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre / Pop-Rock