Musicals of the 1990s – The Full List of Shows
The musicals of the 1990s offered a blend of traditional Broadway storytelling with pop, rock, and contemporary styles. Key trends of the time included Disney productions, jukebox musicals, historical stories, experimentation, and large-scale spectacles. This list features the full list of over 100 musicals that premiered between 1990 and 1999, including Broadway hits, influential productions, and lesser-known shows.
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The Full List of 1990s Musicals
Broadway Musicals of the 1990s
Hi, I’m Stacy, the creator of Theatre Trip! If you only look into a few musicals on this list, I recommend Falsettos, The Lion King, Ragtime, Titanic, and Rent. They’re some of my all-time favorites!
The Full List of 1990s Musicals
1990 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, and Jack Feldman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Louis Jordan and Clarke Peters
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Bob Merrill
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, and David Newman
1991 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and John Caird
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead, and George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Robert Longden and Hereward Kaye
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson
1992 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Ken Ludwig
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding, and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Joseph Dougherty
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Marvin Laird and Joel Paley
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Alan Menken, David Spencer, and Alan Brennert
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Bernard J. Taylor
1993 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles, Paul Leigh, and Claire Luckham
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Keating, Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall, and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, David Zippel, and Neil Simon
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Howard Crabtree, Charles Catanese, Mark Waldrop, Dick Gallagher, Phillip George, and Peter Morris
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
1994 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Tina Landau
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
1995 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Daryl Waters, Zane Mark, Ann Duquesnay, George C. Wolfe, and Reg E. Gaines
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and A.J. Carothers
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Tommy Greenwald
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson, and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Henry Mancini, Frank Wildhorn, Leslie Bricusse, and Blake Edwards
1996 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jimmy Roberts and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Taliep Petersen and David Kramer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy, and Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Cheryl West, Duke Ellington, and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Tom Briggs, and Louis Mattioli
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Dick Gallagher, Mark Waldrop, and Howard Crabtree
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, and Gale Edwards
1997 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Michel Legrand, Didier van Cauwelaert, and Jeremy Sams
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe, Keythe Farley, and Brian Flemming
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Cole Porter, Susan Birkenhead, and Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Harold Adamson, and Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Willis Hall
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Julius J. Epstein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Bill Russell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Elton John, Tim Rice, Roger Allers, and Irene Mecchi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Andrew Lippa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeffrey Stock, Susan Birkenhead, and James Magruder
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley
1998 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Elton John, Tim Rice, Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, and Walter Bobbie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Adam Guettel
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Bee Gees, Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Steve Brown and Justin Greene
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Peter Allen, Nick Enright, and Martin Sherman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Paul Simon and Derek Walcott
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Gregory Boyd
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, and Don McKellar
1999 Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Scott Goodman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Chet Walker, Ann Reinking, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, and Dan Wheetman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Brad Ross, Ellen Greenfield, and Hal Hackady
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Catherine Johnson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Robert Schrock and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Paul Kelly and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, James Lapine, and Peter Parnell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Popular Musicals of the 1990s
These 15 shows were chosen for their lasting impact on musical theatre: a mix of box-office success, major awards, and how often they’re still performed and sung at auditions today.
- Aida
- Beauty and the Beast
- Falsettos
- Footloose
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Jekyll & Hyde
- Mamma Mia!
- Once on This Island
- Parade (Brown)
- Ragtime
- Rent
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Drowsy Chaperone
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Lion King
Broadway Musicals of the 1990s
Below you’ll find every Broadway opening of the 1990s by year, including shows that aren’t in the Theatre Trip Archive due to a lack of a cast album. Some had premiered elsewhere first, so their Broadway year can differ from the year in the full list above.
- Once on This Island (1990)
- Shōgun: The Musical (1990)
- Nick & Nora (1991)
- The Secret Garden (1991)
- The Will Rogers Follies (1991)
- Anna Karenina (1992)
- Crazy for You (1992)
- Dreamtime (1992)
- Falsettos (1992)
- Five Guys Named Moe (1992)
- Jelly’s Last Jam (1992)
- Metro (1992)
- My Favorite Year (1992)
- A Grand Night for Singing (1993)
- Ain’t Broadway Grand (1993)
- Cyrano: The Musical (1993)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)
- The Goodbye Girl (1993)
- The Red Shoes (1993)
- The Who’s Tommy (1993)
- Beauty and the Beast (1994)
- Passion (1994)
- Sunset Boulevard (1994)
- The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994)
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1995)
- Smokey Joe’s Cafe (1995)
- Swinging on a Star (1995)
- Victor/Victoria (1995)
- Big (1996)
- Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk (1996)
- Rent (1996)
- State Fair (1996)
- Dream (1997)
- Jekyll & Hyde (1997)
- Play On! (1997)
- Side Show (1997)
- Steel Pier (1997)
- The Life (1997)
- The Lion King (1997)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)
- Titanic (1997)
- Triumph of Love (1997)
- An Evening with Jerry Herman (1998)
- High Society (1998)
- Parade (1998)
- Ragtime (1998)
- The Capeman (1998)
- Band in Berlin (1999)
- Fosse (1999)
- It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (1999)
- James Joyce’s The Dead (1999)
- Kat and the Kings (1999)
- Marie Christine (1999)
- Marlene (1999)
- Putting It Together (1999)
- Saturday Night Fever (1999)
- Swing! (1999)
- The Civil War (1999)
- The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm (1999)
West End Musicals of the 1990s
Here is every West End opening of the decade by year. Shows that started on Broadway or elsewhere may show a later year here than in the full list above.
- Five Guys Named Moe (1990)
- Children of Eden (1991)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1992)
- Moby Dick (1992)
- Crazy for You (1993)
- Leonardo: The Musical (1993)
- Sunset Boulevard (1993)
- Copacabana (1994)
- Hot Shoe Shuffle (1994)
- Jolson (1995)
- Once on This Island (1995)
- Martin Guerre (1996)
- Passion (1996)
- Scrooge! (1996)
- Smokey Joe’s Cafe (1996)
- The Who’s Tommy (1996)
- Beauty and the Beast (1997)
- Marlene (1997)
- The Goodbye Girl (1997)
- Boogie Nights (1998)
- Kat and the Kings (1998)
- Rent (1998)
- Saturday Night Fever (1998)
- Whistle Down the Wind (1998)
- Honk! (1999)
- Spend Spend Spend (1999)
- The Lion King (1999)
- Mamma Mia! (1999)
Other 1990s Musicals
Several additional 1990s musicals not listed above can be found in our Musical Archive or Indie Musicals Database. The following indie/archived musicals are listed chronologically.
- Das Barbecü (1991)
- Pageant (1991)
- Annie Warbucks (1993)
- Radio Gals (1993)
- An American Tragedy (1995)
- Miracle City (1996)
- Mirette (1996)
- The Christmas Schooner (1996)
- Clue: The Musical (1997)
- Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical (1997)
- The Last Session (1997)
- Guys on Ice: The Ice Fishing Musical (1998)
- In the Red (1998)
- All About Us (1999)
- Exactly Like You (1999)
- If Love Were All (1999)
Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, the author of The Thespian’s Bucket List➝, and the creator of The Cast Album List➝. Her background includes a BA in Theatre, a TESOL Drama certificate, and professional experience in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
