Musicals About Work
The following list includes 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
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: Elton John Lyrics: Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick Book: Kate Wetherhead
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
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: 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 29, 2026