25 Exciting Musicals About Travel – The Full List
Whether you’re doing some research, putting on a show, or simply looking for new musicals to get into, it’s good to get familiar with what’s out there. And that’s why we’ve put together this list for you! A full list of musicals about travel are listed below!
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Musicals About Travel
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Songs About Travel: “There’s No Cure Like Travel”
Music/Lyrics: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard Book: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Songs About (Time) Travel: “Back in Time”
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Alan Ayckbourn
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Songs About Travel: “Travel Hopefully”
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Songs About Travel: “Jet Set”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Irene Sankoff, David Hein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Songs About Travel: “38 Planes”
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Songs About Travel: “What Do We Do? We Fly!”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Songs About Travel: “Fabulous Places”
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Travel: “He Went to Paris”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Leo Robin Book: Joseph Fields, Anita Loos
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Songs About Travel: “It’s High Time”
Music/Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston Book: Luther Davis
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1989)
Songs About Travel: “At the Grand Hotel”
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Andrew Bergman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Songs About Travel: “When You Say Vegas”, “Hawaii”
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Songs About Travel: “Good to Be Alive”, Others
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, Michael Whaley
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Songs About Travel: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans Book: Al Morgan, José Ferrer
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Songs About Travel: “I’ve Been There and I’m Back”
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Songs About Travel: “Life Is Like a Train”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Noël Coward
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Songs About Travel: “Why Do the Wrong People Travel?” “The Passenger’s Always Right”
See Rock City and Other Destinations
Music: Brad Alexander Lyrics/Book: Adam Mathias
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Songs About Travel: Multiple
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Travel: “Travel Song”
Music/Lyrics: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Songs About Travel: “Travelin’ Song”
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Itamar Moses
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Travel: “Welcome to Nowhere”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Burt Shevelove, Nathan Lane
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
Songs About Travel: “I Love to Travel”
Music/Lyrics: Meredith Willson Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Travel: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Ralph Blane Book: Charles O’Neal, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Songs About Travel: “My Home’s a Highway”
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Songs About Travel: “I Must Get On That Ship”
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Songs About Travel: “On My Way”
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.