Musicals of the 1940s
Musicals of the 1940s were a defining part of popular culture, with romantic comedies, lively dance numbers, and feel-good plots dominating the stage. This decade marked the start of the Golden Age of musical theatre. This page lists musicals that premiered during this era.
Musicals by Year
1940 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Vernon Duke, John La Touche, and Lynn Root
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O’Hara
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Buddy DeSylva
1941 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and John Cecil Holm
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin, and Moss Hart
1942 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1942)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1942)
Creators: Irving Berlin
1943 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash, and S.J. Perelman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Dorothy Fields
1944 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Sig Herzig, and Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Dorothy Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Milton Lazarus
1945 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
1946 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Harold Rome and Arnold Auerbach
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Noël Coward
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Arna Bontemps, and Countee Cullen
1947 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Burton Lane, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and Stephen Longstreet
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, and Elmer Rice
1948 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Cole Porter, Bella Spewack, and Samuel Spewack
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, and Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Frank Loesser and George Abbott
1949 Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Joseph Fields, and Anita Loos
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Robert E. Sherwood
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Robert Emmett Dolan, Johnny Mercer, John Whedon, and Sam Moore