Contemporary Musicals of the 2010s
Contemporary musicals of the 2010s started to draw more inspiration from films, books, and music albums. In addition, Disney productions, pop/rock shows, jukebox musicals, and satire became defining trends. This page lists musicals that premiered during this decade.
Musicals by Year
2010 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, Tommy Newman, and Gordon Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Gary Kupper and Rose Caiola
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Janus Cercone, and Warren Leight
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Carroll and Peter Sham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton, and Frederick Forsyth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Jonathan Christenson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Bono, The Edge, Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matt Sax and Eric Rosen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane
2011 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt, Jan Levy Tranen, and Austin Pendleton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Chad Beguelin, Tim Rice, and Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, Ron Cowen, and Daniel Lipman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Green, and Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Maury Yeston, Peter Stone, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Jack Plotnick, Seth Rudetsky, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lucy Simon, Michael Korie, Amy Powers, and Michael Weller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, and Bruce Joel Rubin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Barbara Anselmi and Brian Hargrove
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, and Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Danny Abosch and Joshua Borths
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Elliot Davis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Yip Harburg, Tim Rice, and Jeremy Sams
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Matthew White, and Howard Jacques
2012 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Ryan Scott Oliver
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jay Kuo, Marc Acito, and Lorenzo Thione
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Peter Duchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Danny Abosch and Susan DiLallo
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Richard Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Allan Knee, and James Graham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner, and Austin Winsberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green, and Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: The Beatles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, and Susan Blackwell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Thomas Meehan, and Sylvester Stallone
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Alexander Dinelaris and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Shapera
2013 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Janis Joplin, Randy Johnson, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Douglas McGrath
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and John August
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and David Greig
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Douglas Carter Beane
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Deborah Wicks La Puma and Mo Willems
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Stuart Brayson, Tim Rice, and Bill Oakes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Mark Allen, Ken Davenport, and The Grundleshotz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Berry Gordy and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: A.J. Holmes, Kaley McMahon, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale
2014 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman, Al Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, and Robert B. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Woody Allen and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, and Michael Mitnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Gordon Greenberg, and Chad Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: David Arnold, Richard Thomas, and Richard Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rick Hip-Flores
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ray Davies and Joe Penhall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Sting, Brian Yorkey, John Logan, and Lorne Campbell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Benjamin Scheuer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews
2015 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Daniel Messé, Nathan Tysen, and Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Howard Goodall, Charles Hart, Gurinder Chadha, and Paul Mayeda Berges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Gary Barlow and Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Ivan Menchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Nick Blaemire, Madeline Smith, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Michael John La Chiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Jeff Whitty, James Magruder, and The Go-Go’s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Fat Mike, Soma Snakeoil, Jeff Marx, and David Goldsmith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: David Bowie and Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Justin Huertas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain, Don Black, and Terry Johnson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, and Alexander Dinelaris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: David Thompson and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, and Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and John O’Farrell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Jeffrey Zahn and Joe Troiano
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Alan Menken and David Spencer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, Claudia Shear, and Tim Federle
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Preston Max Allen
2016 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater and Chazz Palminteri
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Michael Mahler, Alan Schmuckler, and Kevin Del Aguila
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Meredith Stepien, Mark Swiderski, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Bridget Carpenter
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Danny Abosch and John Maclay
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Will Aronson and Hue Park
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, and Andreas Carlsson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Douglas Lyons, Greg Borowsky, and Melvin Tunstall III
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Gerard Alessandrini and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Clark Baxtresser, Pierce Siebers, Corey Lubowich, Joey Richter, and Brian Rosenthal
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: David Yazbek and Itamar Moses
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Bob Martin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Kyle Jarrow and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Shaina Taub and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
2017 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: The Legendary Motown Catalog and Dominique Morisseau
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jim Steinman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jimmy Buffett, Greg Garcia, and Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Jennifer Lee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Helen Park, Max Vernon, and Jason Kim
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, and Tina Fey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nicky Ager and Debbie Isitt
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jabara, Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, Des McAnuff, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Jules Feiffer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Philip LaZebnik
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Max Vernon
2018 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Eddie Perfect, Scott Brown, and Anthony King
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Nell Benjamin, Bob Martin, and Chad Beguelin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard, Guy Sigsworth, Michael Farrell, and Diablo Cody
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: John Logan and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Garry Marshall, and J.F. Lawton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Andrew R. Butler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Rick Elice and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Huey Lewis and the News, Jonathan A. Abrams, Tyler Mitchell, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: David Yazbek and Robert Horn
2019 Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Max Martin and David West Read
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Michael R. Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, and Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Gerard Alessandrini
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason SweetTooth Williams
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Brad Alexander and Kevin Del Aguila
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Deborah Wicks La Puma, Mo Willems, and Mr. Warburton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Yve Blake
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Alan Menken, David Zippel, Kristoffer Diaz, Robert Horn, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Joe Iconis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Paul Whitehouse, Jim Sullivan, John Sullivan, and Chas Hodges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Gary Clark, John Carney, and Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Richard Hawley and Chris Bush
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Tom Kitt and John Logan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Doug Besterman, Dean Pitchford, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Drew Gasparini