70+ Musicals About Work – The Full List of Shows
These musicals about work explore jobs, careers and professional life through at least one song. The list includes shows that touch on workplace ambition, daily routines, career struggles and the general role that work plays in a character’s story.
Musicals About Work
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Milton Schafer, Ronny Graham, and A.J. Russell
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Scott Goodman
Songs About Work: “Fact and Fiction”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Songs About Work: “Miss Byrd”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Garson Kanin
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Joe DiPietro
Songs About Work: “Stop / Rewind / Play / Record”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jimmy Buffett, Greg Garcia, and Mike O’Malley
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: Kay Swift, Paul James, and Donald Ogden Stewart
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, and George Abbott
Songs About Work: “Unfair”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Robbie Roth, Robert Cary, and Tom Hedley
Songs About Work: “Steeltown Sky”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, George Abbott, Robert Russell, and David Thompson
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Anaïs Mitchell
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: David Heneker and Beverley Cross
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Bob Merrill
Songs About Work: “Sew a Button”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Hilliard, and Ben Hecht
Songs About Work: “A Little More Heart”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Harold Rome and Jerome Weidman
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Frank Galati
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein, and Allan Knee
Songs About Work: “The Weekly Volcano Press”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: David Arnold, Richard Thomas, and Richard Bean
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, and Homer Curran
Songs About Work: “Women Weaving”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Lionel Bart and Alun Owen
Songs About Work: “There’s Only One Union”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Robert E. Sherwood
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Amanda Green, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss, Joseph Stein, and Will Glickman
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Joseph Dougherty
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Songs About Work: “Little Bar on Sullivan Street”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Songs About Work: “The Tide Pool”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez, Lisa Loomer, and Nell Benjamin
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joe Masteroff
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Morrie Ryskind, and George S. Kaufman
Songs About Work: “Fletcher’s American Cheese Choral Society”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Craig Carnelia, and John Guare
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elton John, Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick, and Kate Wetherhead
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Ed Curtis and Others
Songs About Work: “Money Honey”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: David Yazbek and Terrence McNally
Songs About Work: “Scrap”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Huey Lewis and the News, Jonathan A. Abrams, Tyler Mitchell, and Others
Songs About Work: “Workin’ for a Livin'”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Songs About Work: “Movin’ Too Fast”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Sting, Brian Yorkey, John Logan, and Lorne Campbell
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frank Loesser
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, and Richard Bissell
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen
Songs About Work: “Sons”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: James Valcq and Fred Alley
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan, and Richard Morris
Songs About Work: “The Speed Test”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Peter Stone
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: William Patrick Harrison, Maryhee Yoon, and Cara Baldwin
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: David Yazbek and Robert Horn
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: PigPen Theatre Co. and Rick Elice
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and N. Richard Nash
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Peter Stone
Songs About Work: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, James Taylor, and Nina Faso
Songs About Work: Multiple