27+ Musicals About Travel – The Full List
Last Updated: May 16, 2025
Looking for a musical that takes you on a journey around the world? Whether it’s a story of adventure, discovery, or personal growth, these shows capture the excitement and wonder of travel. Here’s a full list of musicals about travel, sorted alphabetically.
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: 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: Chris Miller Lyrics: Nathan Tysen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Travel: “Getting There”
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: Justin Paul Lyrics: Benj Pasek Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Songs About Travel: “Floatin’ Along”
Music/Lyrics: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Songs About Travel: “Motel Sequence”
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Songs About Travel: “Good to Be Alive”
Music/Book: Will Aronson Lyrics/Book: Hue Park
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Travel: “Goodbye, My Room”, “Hitting the Road”
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, Michael Whaley
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Songs About Travel: “Ruins”
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”
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Songs About Travel: “Go West”
Music/Lyrics: Kate Diaz Lyrics/Book: Tina Landau
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Songs About Travel: “Drive”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: John Weidman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Songs About Travel: “Addison’s Trip”
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: “Mile After Mile”
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: Jason Robert Brown Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Songs About Travel: “Temporarily Lost”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Burt Shevelove, Nathan Lane
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
Songs About Travel: “I Love to Travel”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jeff Blim Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Travel: “Gone to Oregon”
Music/Lyrics: Meredith Willson Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Travel: “Bon Jour (The Language Song)”
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”
Music/Lyrics: PigPen Theatre Co. Book: Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Songs About Travel: “Another Train”
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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 and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
