Musicals for High School Productions
The following list includes musicals for high school productions, featuring roles suitable for teenage performers. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Best Fit Musicals for High School
Best Fit Musicals for High School
These musicals feature casts primarily of teen characters, with few or no adult roles.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: The Heather Brothers
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, Tommy Newman, and Gordon Greenberg
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and John Cecil Holm
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Green, and Jeff Whitty
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Barry Wyner
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, and Lawrence D. Cohen
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross, and Others
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Steve Margoshes, Jacques Levy, and José Fernandez
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Bridget Carpenter
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Paul Williams and Garry Marshall
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: David Simpatico and Others
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, and Tina Fey
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, and Sally Benson
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Ashman
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Preston Max Allen
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
High School-Friendly Musicals
These musicals either feature a substantial number of teen or young adult roles, or include flexible characters that can be portrayed by performers of various ages.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Jack Plotnick, Seth Rudetsky, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, and Walter Bobbie
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Bee Gees, Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater, and Doug Wright
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Bob Martin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Robert Waldman and Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Kyle Jarrow and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart, L. Frank Baum, and John Kane
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Clark Gesner