Musicals About Work – The Complete List
The following list includes 70+ musicals about work, in which jobs and professional life are addressed in at least one song. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Musicals About Work
Music/Lyrics: Dolly Parton Book: Patricia Resnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Jason Loewith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Milton Schafer Lyrics: Ronny Graham Book: A.J. Russell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Scott Goodman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Songs About Work: “Fact and Fiction”
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Tony Kushner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Songs About Work: “Miss Byrd”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Garson Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Brendan Milburn Lyrics: Valerie Vigoda Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Work: “Stop / Rewind / Play / Record”
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Kay Swift Lyrics: Paul James Book: Donald Ogden Stewart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Weidman, George Abbott
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Songs About Work: “Unfair”
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg Book: Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Robbie Roth Lyrics/Book: Robert Cary Book: Tom Hedley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Work: “Steeltown Sky”
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: George Abbott, Robert RussellRevisions: David Thompson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Richard Taylor Book: Rachel Wagstaff
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Anaïs Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: David HenekerBook: Beverley Cross
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Bob Merrill
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Songs About Work: “Sew a Button”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Hilliard Book: Ben Hecht
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Songs About Work: “A Little More Heart”
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Songs About Work: Multiple
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Songs About Work: Multiple
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Book: Jerome Weidman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Frank Galati
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jason Howland Lyrics: Mindi Dickstein Book: Allan Knee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Work: “The Weekly Volcano Press”
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: David Arnold Lyrics: Richard Thomas Book: Richard Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Songs About Work: “Women Weaving”
Music/Lyrics: Lionel Bart Book: Alun Owen
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Songs About Work: “There’s Only One Union”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Robert E. Sherwood
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jason Robert Brown Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Joseph Dougherty
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Jack Feldman Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Joshua Salzman Lyrics/Book: Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Songs About Work: “Little Bar on Sullivan Street”
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Songs About Work: “The Tide Pool”
Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, Jim Wann
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez Book: Lisa Loomer, Nell Benjamin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Morrie Ryskind Original Libretto: George S. Kaufman
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Songs About Work: “Fletcher’s American Cheese Choral Society”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Craig Carnelia Book: John Guare
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Songs About Work: Multiple
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: David Spencer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Jonathan Marc Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Marc Blitzstein
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Ed Curtis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Songs About Work: “Money Honey”
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Songs About Work: “Scrap”
Music/Lyrics: Huey Lewis and the News, Various Book: Jonathan A. Abrams, Tyler Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Songs About Work: “Workin’ for a Livin'”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Songs About Work: “Movin’ Too Fast”
Music/Lyrics: Sting Book: Brian Yorkey, John Logan, Lorne Campbell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross Book: George Abbott, Richard Bissell
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Songs About Work: Multiple
The Rothschilds / Rothschild & Sons
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Songs About Work: “Sons”
Music/Book: James Valcq Lyrics/Book: Fred Alley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Dick Scanlan Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Songs About Work: “The Speed Test”
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: William Patrick Harrison Lyrics/Book: Maryhee Yoon, Cara Baldwin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Sara Bareilles Book: Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: PigPen Theatre Co. Book: Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Ervin Drake Book: Budd Schulberg, Stuart Schulberg
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh Book: N. Richard Nash
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: Jeffrey Lunden Lyrics/Book: Arthur Perlman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Songs About Work: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Adaptation: Stephen Schwartz Music/Lyrics: Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, James Taylor Adaptation: Nina Faso
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Songs About Work: Multiple
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Last Reviewed: January, 2026