Musicals About Pirates
The following list includes stage musicals about pirates, focusing on pirate characters and seafaring adventures. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Musicals About Pirates
Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Song About Pirates: “Hookbeard’s Theme”
Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Allan Knee, James Graham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Song About Pirates: “The Pirates of Kensington”
Music: Moose Charlap, Jule Styne Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: J.M. Barrie
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Songs About Pirates: “Pirate March”, “Hook’s Waltz”
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Willis Hall
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Songs About Pirates: “Good Old Captain Hook”, “A Pirate with a Conscience”
Music/Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: John Dempsey Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Song About Pirates: “The Pirate Queen”
Music: Arthur Sullivan Lyrics: W.S. Gilbert
Musical Type: Opera (1879)
Songs About Pirates: “Now for the Pirates’ Lair!”, “When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Song About Pirates: “Poor Pirates”
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Bertolt Brecht
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Song About Pirates: “Pirate Jenny”
Musicals That Mention Pirates
Music/Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker Book: John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, Lillian Hellman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Song About Pirates: “Bon Voyage”
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Song About Pirates: “Growltiger’s Last Stand”
Music/Book: Barry Manilow Lyrics/Book: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Song About Pirates: “El Bravo!”
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Song About Pirates: “The Pirate Dance”
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Song About Pirates: “A Pirate Looks at Forty”
Music: Larry Grossman Lyrics: Hal Hackady Book: Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Grace
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Song About Pirates: “Great Writer”
Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Song About Pirates: “There Once Was a Pirate”
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Jack Murphy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Song About Pirates: “Pirates (Truth or Dare)”
Last Reviewed: May 6, 2025