55+ Musicals About School – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about school focus on education, students, teachers, and life within school environments. The list is divided by level of schooling, making it easy to find musicals about elementary , middle school, high school, college, and the concept of school in general.
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Musicals About Elementary School
Musicals About Elementary School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, and Lindsay Anderson
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Gary Kupper and Rose Caiola
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: John Forster, Delia Ephron, and Judith Kahan
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nicky Ager and Debbie Isitt
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Douglas Lyons, Greg Borowsky, and Melvin Tunstall III
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Keating, Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall, and Others
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Doug Besterman, Dean Pitchford, and Timothy Allen McDonald
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Clark Gesner
School Level: Elementary / Primary
Musicals About Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley
School Level: Boarding School / Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Michael Mahler, Alan Schmuckler, and Kevin Del Aguila
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Danny Abosch and John Maclay
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rick Hip-Flores
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, and Julian Fellowes
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger
School Level: Middle School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Julianne Wick Davis and Dan Collins
School Level: Middle School
Musicals About High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, Tommy Newman, and Gordon Greenberg
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and John Cecil Holm
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, and Timothy Allen McDonald
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Green, and Jeff Whitty
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Barry Wyner
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, and Lawrence D. Cohen
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross, and Others
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Steve Margoshes, Jacques Levy, and José Fernandez
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Bridget Carpenter
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: David Simpatico and Others
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Craig Carnelia and Jeffrey Kindley
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, and Tina Fey
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Bob Martin
School Level: High School
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
School Level: High School
Musicals About College
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Mel Brooks
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Walter Marks and Ernest Kinoy
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Elizabeth Swados and Garry Trudeau
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Laurence Schwab
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1917)
Creators: Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and P. G. Wodehouse
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe, and Heather Hach
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Gertrude Stein, and Frank Galati
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1936)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and George Abbott
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
School Level: Finishing School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Frank Loesser and George Abbott
School Level: College / University
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman
School Level: College / University
Other Musicals About School
The following shows feature a mix of different levels of education and school settings.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
School Level: Middle School / High School
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner
School Level: College / High School / University
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Jack Heifner
School Level: College / High School / University