30+ Musicals About Sports – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about sports focus on athletic competition, teams, and the culture of different team and individual sports. The list is divided by the type of sport featured, including baseball, basketball, football, boxing, and more.
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Musicals About Baseball
These musicals either feature baseball in the plot or mention baseball in a specific song.
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, and Douglass Wallop
Songs About Baseball: “Six Months Out of Every Year”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
Songs About Baseball: “To Break in a Glove”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Songs About Baseball: “The Baseball Game”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Tommy Greenwald
Songs About Baseball: “Little League”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Songs About Baseball: “What a Game”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Rick Elice, and Bob Martin
Songs About Baseball: “The National Pastime”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson
Songs About Baseball: “There Goes the Ball Game”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Clark Gesner
Songs About Baseball: “T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game)”
Musicals About Basketball
These musicals feature basketball in the plot or mention basketball in a specific song.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Nell Benjamin, Bob Martin, and Chad Beguelin
Songs About Basketball: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: David Simpatico and Others
Songs About Basketball: “Get’cha Head in the Game”, “Wildcat Cheer”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane
Songs About Basketball: “Lay Low”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon
Songs About Basketball: “She Likes Basketball”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: David Yazbek and Terrence McNally
Songs About Basketball: “Michael Jordan’s Ball”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Julianne Wick Davis and Dan Collins
Songs About Basketball: “Horse”
Musicals About Boxing
These musicals either feature boxing in the plot or mention boxing in a specific song.
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Clifford Odets, and William Gibson
Songs About Boxing: “The Fight”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Todd Matshikiza, Pat Williams, and Harry Bloom
Songs About Boxing: “Marvelous Muscles”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Thomas Meehan, and Sylvester Stallone
Songs About Boxing: “In the Ring”, “My Nose Ain’t Broken”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, and Will Glickman
Songs About Boxing: “Where Are They?”
Musicals About Football
These musicals feature American football in the plot or mention football in a specific song.
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: James Goldman, John Kander, and William Goldman
Songs About Football: “Football Game”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Mel Brooks
Songs About Football: “Physical Fitness”
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Laurence Schwab
Songs About Football: “Today’s the Day”
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1917)
Creators: Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and P. G. Wodehouse
Songs About Football: “Football Song”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang
Songs About Football: “Go Go Nighthawks!”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Joseph Fields, and Jerome Chodorov
Songs About Football: “Pass the Football”
Musicals About Soccer
These musicals feature soccer (football) in the plot or mention it in a specific song.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Howard Goodall, Charles Hart, Gurinder Chadha, and Paul Mayeda Berges
Songs About Soccer: “Just a Game”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Steve Brown and Justin Greene
Songs About Soccer: “The Win”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
Songs About Soccer: “The Beautiful Game”, “Clean the Kit”, “The Final”
Musicals About Sports (Other)
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Green, and Jeff Whitty
Sport Mentioned: Cheerleading
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry Gelbart
Sport Mentioned: Tennis
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Sport Mentioned: Racquetball
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane
Sport Mentioned: Cheerleading
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Sport Mentioned: Bowling
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Eddie Perfect
Sport Mentioned: Cricket
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Nick Butcher, Tom Ling, and Joe White
Sport Mentioned: Rugby
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Preston Max Allen
Sport Mentioned: Cheerleading