30+ Musicals About New York City – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about New York City explore the culture, identity, communities and politics that shape the city today or have historically shaped it over the years. The full list is sorted alphabetically for easy browsing.
Musicals About New York City
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
Songs About NYC: “42nd Street”, “Lullaby of Broadway”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater and Chazz Palminteri
Songs About NYC: “Belmont Avenue”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan
Songs About NYC: “NYC”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
Songs About NYC: “Brooklyn in the Blood”, “Madison Square Garden”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, and Bob Martin
Songs About NYC: “My New York”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Scott Goodman
Songs About NYC: “Bright Lights, Big City”, “Back In the City”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Songs About NYC: “Another Hundred People”
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart
Songs About NYC: “The Police of New York”, “A Roof in Manhattan”, “Manhattan Madness”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, and George Abbott
Songs About NYC: “The Name’s La Guardia”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Songs About NYC: “Alexander Hamilton”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
Songs About NYC: “Put on Your Sunday Clothes”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Alicia Keys, Kristoffer Diaz, and Others
Songs About NYC: “Gramercy Park”, “Empire State of Mind”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Songs About NYC: “Another Saturday Night in New York”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Songs About NYC: “A Map of New York”, “Ain’t No Man Manhattan”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Songs About NYC: “In the Heights”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth
Songs About NYC: “Deep Beneath the City”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Bill Jacob, Patti Jacob, and Melville Shavelson
Songs About NYC: “The Darlin’ of New York”, “Riverside Drive”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Songs About NYC: “Columbus Circle”, “Windy Day on Coney Island”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Charles Strouse and Warren Leight
Songs About NYC: “You Can Be a New Yorker Too!”, “The Last I Love New York Song”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lin-Manuel Miranda, David Thompson, and Sharon Washington
Songs About NYC: “Morning in New York”, “New York in the Rain”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
Songs About NYC: “King of New York”, “Brooklyn’s Here”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Songs About NYC: “New York, New York”, “Times Square Ballet”, “The Real Coney Island”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Adam Gwon
Songs About NYC: “Saturday at the Met”, “Hundred Story City”, “Calm”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Michael Bennett
Songs About NYC: “My City”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Songs About NYC: “Ride Through the Night”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, George Abbott, and Jerome Weidman
Songs About NYC: “Little Old New York”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman, Jay Landesman, and Theodore J. Flicker
Songs About NYC: “New York”
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: Cole Porter and Herbert Fields
Songs About NYC: “I Happen to Like New York”, “Take Me Back to Manhattan”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan, and Richard Morris
Songs About NYC: “Only in New York”, “Not For the Life of Me”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Songs About NYC: “Boho Days”, “No More”, “Sunday”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell
Songs About NYC: “Two Nobodys in New York”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Songs About NYC: “New York”, “This Is The Place”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Joseph Fields, and Jerome Chodorov
Songs About NYC: “Christopher Street”, “Conquering New York”