Musicals for College Productions – The Complete List

Musicals for College

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A Chorus Line

Music: Marvin Hamlisch  Lyrics: Edward Kleban  Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

Cast Size: 26

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All American

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Lee Adams  Book: Mel Brooks

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)

Cast Size: 12+

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American Idiot

Music: Green Day  Lyrics/Book: Billie Joe Armstrong  Book: Michael Mayer

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Cast Size: 10+

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Bajour

Music/Lyrics: Walter Marks  Book: Ernest Kinoy

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)

Cast Size: 20+

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Bubble Boy

Music/Lyrics/Book: Cinco Paul  Book: Ken Daurio

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Cast Size: 10+

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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

Music/Lyrics: Buddy Holly, Various  Book: Alan Janes

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Cast Size: 20+

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Cry-Baby

Music/Lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum  Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Cast Size: 12+

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Daddy Long Legs

Music/Lyrics: Paul Gordon  Book: John Caird

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Cast Size: 2

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Dogfight

Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul  Book: Peter Duchan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Cast Size: 10+

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Doonesbury

Music: Elizabeth Swados  Lyrics/Book: Garry Trudeau

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

Cast Size: 11

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Glory Days

Music/Lyrics: Nick Blaemire  Book: James Gardiner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Cast Size: 4

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Good News!

Music: Ray Henderson  Lyrics/Book: Buddy DeSylva  Lyrics: Lew Brown  Book: Laurence Schwab

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)

Cast Size: 15+

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Hair

Music: Galt MacDermot  Lyrics/Book: Gerome Ragni, James Rado

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)

Cast Size: 20+

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Leave It to Jane

Music: Jerome Kern  Lyrics/Book: Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse

Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1917)

Cast Size: 20+

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Legally Blonde

Music/Lyrics: Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe  Book: Heather Hach

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Cast Size: 15+

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Lizard Boy

Music/Lyrics/Book: Justin Huertas

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Cast Size: 3

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Love’s Labour’s Lost

Music/Lyrics: Michael Friedman  Book: Alex Timbers

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Cast Size: 17+

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Loving Repeating

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Gertrude Stein  Adaptation: Frank Galati

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Cast Size: 3+

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Lysistrata Jones

Music/Lyrics: Lewis Flinn  Book: Douglas Carter Beane

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Cast Size: 12+

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Rent

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Cast Size: 13+

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The Mad Ones

Music/Lyrics/Book: Kait Kerrigan, Bree Lowdermilk

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Cast Size: 4

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The Theory of Relativity

Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram  Book: Brian Hill

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Cast Size: 8, 13, or 16

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The Visitor

Music: Tom Kitt  Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey  Book: Kwame Kwei-Armah

Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)

Cast Size: 10+

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Tick, Tick… BOOM!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)

Cast Size: 3

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West Side Story

Music: Leonard Bernstein  Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Arthur Laurents

Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)

Cast Size: 20+

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Where’s Charley?

Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser  Book: George Abbott

Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)

Cast Size: 12+

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Wicked

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Winnie Holzman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Cast Size: 21+