Musicals About Travel

Musicals About Travel

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Anything Goes

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”

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Back to the Future

Music/Lyrics: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard  Book: Bob Gale

Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)

Songs About (Time) Travel: “Back in Time”

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By Jeeves

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics/Book: Alan Ayckbourn

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

Songs About Travel: “Travel Hopefully”

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Catch Me If You Can

Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman  Lyrics: Scott Wittman  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Songs About Travel: “Jet Set”

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Come From Away

Music/Lyrics/Book: Irene Sankoff, David Hein

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Songs About Travel: “38 Planes”

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Do I Hear a Waltz?

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Arthur Laurents

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)

Songs About Travel: “What Do We Do? We Fly!”

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Doctor Dolittle

Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Songs About Travel: “Fabulous Places”

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Escape to Margaritaville

Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett  Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Songs About Travel: “He Went to Paris”

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Flowers for Mrs Harris

Music/Lyrics: Richard Taylor  Book: Rachel Wagstaff

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Songs About Travel: “Something to Come Home To”

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Fugitive Songs

Music: Chris Miller  Lyrics: Nathan Tysen

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Songs About Travel: “Getting There”

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics: Leo Robin  Book: Joseph Fields, Anita Loos

Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)

Songs About Travel: “It’s High Time”

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Grand Hotel

Music/Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston  Book: Luther Davis

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Songs About Travel: “At the Grand Hotel”

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Honeymoon in Vegas

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown  Book: Andrew Bergman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Songs About Travel: “When You Say Vegas”, “Hawaii”

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James and the Giant Peach

Music: Justin Paul  Lyrics: Benj Pasek  Book: Timothy Allen McDonald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Songs About Travel: “Floatin’ Along”

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Little Miss Sunshine

Music/Lyrics: William Finn  Book: James Lapine

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Songs About Travel: “Motel Sequence”

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Lucky Stiff

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)

Songs About Travel: “Good to Be Alive”

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Maybe Happy Ending

Music/Book: Will Aronson  Lyrics/Book: Hue Park

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Songs About Travel: “Goodbye, My Room”, “Hitting the Road”

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Milk and Honey

Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman  Book: Don Appell

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)

Songs About Travel: “Chin Up, Ladies”

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Nymph Errant

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, Michael Whaley

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)

Songs About Travel: “Ruins”

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Oh, Captain!

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”

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On the Twentieth Century

Music: Cy Coleman  Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)

Songs About Travel: “Life Is Like a Train”

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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Songs About Travel: “Go West”

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Redwood

Music/Lyrics: Kate Diaz Lyrics/Book: Tina Landau

Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)

Songs About Travel: “Drive”

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Road Show

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: John Weidman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Songs About Travel: “Addison’s Trip”

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Sail Away

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”

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See Rock City and Other Destinations

Music: Brad Alexander  Lyrics/Book: Adam Mathias

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Songs About Travel: “Mile After Mile”

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Shrek

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Songs About Travel: “Travel Song”

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Shucked

Music/Lyrics: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally  Book: Robert Horn

Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)

Songs About Travel: “Travelin’ Song”

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The Band’s Visit

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Itamar Moses

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Songs About Travel: “Welcome to Nowhere”

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The Bridges of Madison County

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown  Book: Marsha Norman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Songs About Travel: “Temporarily Lost”

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The Frogs

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Burt Shevelove, Nathan Lane

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Songs About Travel: “I Love to Travel”

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The Trail to Oregon!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jeff Blim  Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Songs About Travel: “Gone to Oregon”

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Music/Lyrics: Meredith Willson  Book: Richard Morris

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)

Songs About Travel: “Bon Jour (The Language Song)”

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Three Wishes for Jamie

Music/Lyrics: Ralph Blane  Book: Charles O’Neal, Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)

Songs About Travel: “My Home’s a Highway”

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Titanic

Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston  Book: Peter Stone

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Songs About Travel: “I Must Get On That Ship”

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Violet

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Songs About Travel: “On My Way”

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Water for Elephants

Music/Lyrics: PigPen Theatre Co.  Book: Rick Elice

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Songs About Travel: “Another Train”