Contemporary Musicals of the 2000s
Musicals of the 2000s marked the beginning of a new contemporary era, with many shows drawing inspiration from pre-existing works such as books and films. Pop-rock music, jukebox musicals, and stories of big dreams and personal journeys took center stage. This page lists musicals that premiered during this decade.
Musicals by Year
2000 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Edward Kleban, Linda Kline, and Lonny Price
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: William Finn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Hunter Foster
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: David Yazbek and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Irving Berlin, David Ives, and Paul Blake
2001 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Pet Shop Boys and Jonathan Harvey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: James Valcq and Fred Alley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
2002 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Robert Reale and Willie Reale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: A.R. Rahman, Don Black, Meera Syal, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Jeremy Sams, and Ray Roderick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Madness and Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Craig Carnelia, and John Guare
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Boy George, Kevan Frost, John Themis, Richie Stevens, and Charles Busch
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan, and Richard Morris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Ben Elton and Queen
2003 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: William Finn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: George Reinblatt, Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, and Melissa Morris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jimmy Roberts and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman
2004 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Evans, Douglas J. Cohen, and Stuart Hample
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Friedman and Peter Kellogg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Eleanor Bergstein and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Chad Beguelin and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: John Du Prez and Eric Idle
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Charlotte Jones
2005 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Joe DiPietro and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Elton John and Lee Hall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Anthony Stein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Scott Brown and Anthony King
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein, and Allan Knee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Chris D’Arienzo and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Pomeranz, David Friedman, and Kathie Lee Gifford
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan, and Hunter Bell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Michael Scheman, and David Stern
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Nehls and Betsy Kelso
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Joseph Zellnik and David Zellnik
2006 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick, and Ann McManus
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Barry Wyner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Rupert Holmes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Martin Short, and Daniel Goldfarb
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Anaïs Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Bree Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Gertrude Stein, and Frank Galati
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: William Finn and Rob Ruggiero
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Colin Escott, Floyd Mutrux, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Johnny Cash, Bill Meade, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Phillip George, David Lowenstein, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Cheri Steinkellner, and Bill Steinkellner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: A.R. Rahman, Christopher Nightingale, Värttinä, Matthew Warchus, and Shaun McKenna
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, John Dempsey, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Tim Herlihy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Jack Heifner
2007 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: John Bucchino and Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jill Santoriello
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, and Lindsay Anderson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Mark Baron and Jeffrey Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Paul Williams and Garry Marshall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: David Simpatico and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe, and Heather Hach
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Alfred Uhry, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: John Gregor, Victoria Kann, and Elizabeth Kann
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater, and Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar, and Douglas Carter Beane
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
2008 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: David Essex and Jon Conway
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Fela Kuti, Bill T. Jones, and Jim Lewis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Robbie Roth, Robert Cary, and Tom Hedley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Michel Legrand, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Jonathan Kent
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Adam Gwon
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Eddie Perfect
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Peter Rutherford and James Millar
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Joe Iconis and John Simpkins
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Gipsy Kings, John Cameron, Stephen Clark, and Helen Edmundson
2009 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Joseph Robinette
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Michael Mayer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Floyd Mutrux, Colin Escott, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Ivan Menchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Dick Scanlan, Sherie Rene Scott, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt, and Tim Maner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Gregory Boyd